Talking Drupal
Talking Drupal is a weekly chat about web design and development by a group a guys with one thing in common, we love Drupal. With hosts Stephen Cross, John Picozzi and Nic Laflin.

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

Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

 

Direct download: TalkingDrupal220.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:38pm EDT

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

Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

 

Direct download: TalkingDrupal219.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:10pm EDT

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

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

 

Direct download: TalkingDrupal218.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:29pm EDT

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

Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

 

Direct download: TalkingDrupal217.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:00pm EDT