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.

Today we are talking about Web Components with Ron Northcutt.

www.talkingDrupal.com/353

Topics

  • What are native web components
  • How are they different from custom elements
  • How are they different from JS frameworks
  • Libraries
    • Elix
    • Bit
    • Polymer
    • Lit
  • ShadowDOM
  • Difference between Progressive Web App and NWC
  • Benefits of NWC
  • How do you use them
  • What are lifecycle callbacks
  • Styles
  • Html
  • Slots
    • named
    • anonymous
  • Support for NWCs
  • Use cases
  • Anything else?

Resources

Guests

Ron Northcutt - @rlnorthcutt

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan
John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi
Donna Bungard - @dbungard

MOTW

Menu block
This module provides configurable blocks of menu links with additional features not available in Drupal 8+ core.

Direct download: td-353-libsyn.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:00pm EST

Today we are talking about D7 to D9 Migration with Mauricio Dinarte.

www.talkingDrupal.com/352

Topics

  • Why are you passionate about migration
  • First thing to think about when migrating
  • Timeline
    • Factors
  • Tips and tricks
  • Helpful tools and migrations
  • Tricky things to migrate
  • Data structure inconsistencies
  • Embedded media
  • Data management
  • Source sets
    • CSV
    • Json
    • DB connection
  • Understanddrupal.com
  • Who is the audience
  • Any new content

Resources

Guests

Mauricio Dinarte - understanddrupal.com - @dinarcon

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan
John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi
Donna Bungard - @dbungard

MOTW

Event Platform
The Event Platform is actually a set of modules, each of which provides functionality designed to satisfy the needs of anyone creating a site for a Drupal Camp or similar event.

Direct download: td-352-libsyn.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:00pm EST

Today we are talking about Core Theming with Cristina Chumillas.

www.talkingDrupal.com/351

Topics

  • What’s new in core theming?
  • Why is Claro in core important?
  • Why is Olivero in core important?
  • Why was it so long between new themes?
  • Continuous improvement?
  • What is the biggest improvement?
  • What happens to old themes?
  • Accessibility
  • CSS
    • Build tools
  • Drupal 10
    • IE
    • UC
  • Compound elements
  • Getting involved

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Resources

Guests

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan
John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi
Mike Herchel - herchel.com - @mikeherchel

MOTW

Quicklink
This module provides an implementation of Google Chrome Lab’s Quicklink library for Drupal. Quicklink is a lightweight (< 1kb compressed) JavaScript library that enables faster subsequent page-loads by prefetching in-viewport links during idle time.

Direct download: td-351-libsynv2.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:00pm EST

Today we are talking about Accessibility Scanning & Testing with Mike Gifford & Daniel Mundra.

www.talkingDrupal.com/350

Topics

  • Accessibility Scanning and Testing
  • Goals
  • Popular tools
  • Drupal tools
  • Storybook
  • VPAT
  • OpenACR
  • How it replaces VPAT
  • OpenACR and Drupal
  • Tackling Accessibility
  • Tools to use
  • Automation
  • CI/CD
  • Issues that will not be caught

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Resources

Guests

Mike Gifford - mgifford.medium.com @mgifford
Daniel Mundra - danielmundra.com

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan
John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi
Mike Herchel - herchel.com - @mikeherchel

MOTW

Editoria11y
Editoria11y (“editorial accessibility”) is a user-friendly checker that addresses three critical needs for content authors

  1. It runs automatically. Modern spellcheck works so well because it is always running; put spellcheck behind a button and few users remember to run it!
  2. It runs in context. Views, Layout Builder, Media and all the other modules Drupal uses to assemble a complex page means checkers that run on individual fields cannot “see” errors that appear on render.
  3. It focuses exclusively on content issues: things page editors can easily understand and easily fix. Editoria11y is meant to supplement, not replace, testing with comprehensive tools and real assistive devices.
Direct download: td-350-libsynv2.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:00pm EST