In episode #220 we learn about Acquia's open source product, BLT, from Mike Madison.

www.talkingdrupal.com/220

Topics

• What is BLT?
• What is your involvement with BLT
• What type of project is it used for?  Size/Scope 
• What are the benefits of using BLT and similar tools
• As an  Acquia project, is BLT  tied to Acquia services
• What local tools are supported with BLT?
• Why is Lightning installed by default?
• Versioning with Drupal 8
• How do you recommend someone gettings started?
• How many people work on BLT at Acquia 

Resources

Acquia BLT

BLT on Github

BLT 10

Guest

Mike Madison  @mikemadison  mikemadison.net

Hosts

In episode #219, Stephen, John and Nic talk about tech things they are interested in, Drupal and otherwise.

www.talkingdrupal.com/219

Topics

• Show Transcripts
• Drupal Boston Meetup - Project Nights
• Gatsby
• Using composer to pull in custom project 
• iStat Menus
• Tome
• Lando - yarn and custom commands
• I switched to Linux, you can too

Resources

Otter.ai

Lando Gatsby Drupal

Lando Exclude “Turbo Mode”

iStat Menu

Tome Module

Hosts

In episode #218 we get an update on Backdrop, the Drupal fork, from Jen Lampton.

www.talkingdrupal.com/218

Topics

• What is Backdrop and how did it get started.
• What is the target audience for Backdrop.
• What is the target websites for Backdrop, is it based on size or complexity.
• How do you position Backdrop as an alternative to Drupal, what are the benefits of moving from Drupal to Backdrop.
• Is there a migration process from Drupal 7.
• How does Drupal 7 EOL impact Backdrop.
• What has been most satisfying about co-foundering a project like Backdrop, and the most challendging?

Resources

Backdrop CMS

Backdrop Forum

Backdrop CMS Live Chat

More resources

Guest

Jen Lampton  @jenlampton  www.backdropcms.org

Hosts

In episode #217 we talk with the Diversity and Inclusion Group leadership.

www.talkingdrupal.com/217

Topics

• Terms 101
• What does the group do and how was it started?
• Funding
• Initiatives
• Speaker Diversity Initiative
• Drupal Association
• Membership
• Drupal Camps

Resources

Drupal Diversity & Inclusion website

Dries Note

Add slack channels

• #diversity-inclusion: Main channel
• #ddi-careers -- post jobs, look for jobs, discuss work and career issues in the Drupal-sphere! 
• #ddi-contrib-team -- learn how to contribute back to the Drupal project! 
• #ddi-session-help -- get feedback on sessions or proposals you have for camps and cons! 
• #ddi-europe -- have conversations with the European Drupal community about D&I issues!
• #ddi-media-club -- discuss books & other media related to d&i! 
• #ddi-chat -- converse with DDI folks about *all kinds* of topics, from politics to why your view isn’t working! 

Drupal Camp Organizers slack: #community-diversity and #speaker-diversity

What we’ve learned from seven years of working to make RC 50% women, trans, and non-binary

Fundraising

Jill Binder site

Speaker Diversity Initiative Landing Page

Registration open for Speaker Diversity Workshop, set for September 21 and 28, 2019 

Guest

Tara King  @sparklingrobots

Alanna Burke @aburke626

Hosts