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 The Drupal Event Organizers Working Group with Avi Schwab.

For show notes visit:
www.talkingDrupal.com/379

Topics

  • What is the EOWG
  • How was it formed
  • What are some of the initiatives
  • How does the EOWG support Drupal Events
  • How is the EOWG different from the Contrib Events Community Initiative
  • What is planned for 2023
  • How do you get involved
  • Becoming a board member
  • Drupalcon
  • Midcamp

Resources

Guests

Avi Schwab - froboy.org @froboy@mastodon.online

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan
John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi
Leslie Glynn - redfinsolutions.com @leslieglynn

MOTW

Correspondent

Martin Anderson-Clutz - @mandclu
Previous/Next API
Provides a performant way to define a sequence of content.

Direct download: td-379-libsyn.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:00pm EDT

Today we share interviews conducted at NEDCamp in November 2022. This is an audio only episode.

For show notes visit:
www.talkingDrupal.com380

Topics / Guests

  1. John Picozzi
  2. Shane Thomas
  3. Donna Bungard
  4. Chris Wells
  5. Jacob Rockowitz
  6. Leslie Glynn
  7. Mike Anello
  8. Mike Miles
  9. Nic Laflin

Hosts

Stephen Cross @stephencross

MOTW

with Martin Anderson-Clutz - @mandclu

Bookable Calendar Module
https://www.drupal.org/project/bookable_calendar
A very easy to use Bookable Calendar module. Whether you’re giving lessons and want your students to be able to book a lesson or a business trying to stagger traffic into your building, this module aims to get you up and running as fast as possible.

Direct download: TalkingDrupal380.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:12pm EDT

Today we are talking about Acquia’s Drupal Acceleration Team with Tim Plunkett.

For show notes visit:
www.talkingDrupal.com/378

Topics

  • What is the Drupal Acceleration Team (DAT)
  • Responsibilities
  • Previous releases
  • Office of the CTO - OCTO
  • How big is the team
  • Direction
  • Priorities for new releases
  • Dries’ involvement
  • Contribution %
  • What are you working on now
  • Something you wish you were working on
  • R&D
  • Planning 2-5 years
  • Getting involved

Resources

Guests

Tim Plunkett - @timplunkett

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan
John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi
Leslie Glynn - redfinsolutions.com @leslieglynn

MOTW

Correspondent

Martin Anderson-Clutz - @mandclu
Keysave
Adds Javascript to allow editors and admins to save an entity or config using command-s or control-s instead of clicking on the submit button.

Direct download: td-378-libsyn.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:00pm EDT

Today we are talking about the Drupal State module with Brian Perry.

For show notes visit:
www.talkingDrupal.com/377

Topics

  • NedCamp
  • Drupal State Module
  • Who is involved
  • Drupal State - a module without a release
  • NPM
  • Decoupled menus
  • What problem does this solve
  • How is this different from GraphQl
  • In production
  • Roadmap
  • Getting involved
  • Which front-end
  • Individual Drupal ecosystems like commerce
  • Evaluating JS Frameworks
  • Stability

Resources

Guests

Brian Perry - Brianperry.dev @bricomedy

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan
John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi
Leslie Glynn - redfinsolutions.com @leslieglynn

MOTW

Correspondent

Martin Anderson-Clutz - @mandclu
Christmas Snow
Adds a Javascript snow effect to your website.

Direct download: td-377-libsyn.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:00pm EDT

Today we are talking about Burnout with Jono Bacon.

For show notes visit:
www.talkingDrupal.com/376

Topics

  • What is burnout
  • Why is it so important to you
  • Have you suffered from burnout
  • Do different professions have different rates of burnout
  • Is it individual or teams / projects / community oriented
  • Is it only mental or can it be physical
  • What contributes to burnout as a contributor or maintainer
  • What can prevent burnout
  • How do you recover
  • First episode was Talking Drupal #265
  • Helping communities
  • Signs to watch out for
  • What is next

Resources

Guests

Jono Bacon - www.jonobacon.com @jonobacon

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan
John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi
Leslie Glynn - @leslieglynn

MOTW

Correspondent

Martin Anderson-Clutz - @mandclu
Token
The Token module provides a centralized API for text substitution. Since Drupal 7 some Token support is built into core, but the module provides common and reusable token UI elements and missing core tokens.

Direct download: td-376-libsyn.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:00pm EDT