Issue 286 - April, 20th 2017

News

Drupal 8 Core Upcoming Critical Release PSA-2017-001

"There will be a security release of Drupal 8.3.x and 8.2.x on April 19th 2017 between 17:00 - 18:00 UTC that will fix a critical vulnerability. While we don't normally provide security releases for unsupported minor releases, given the potential severity, we will provide an 8.2.x release that includes the fix for sites which have not had a chance to update to 8.3.0."

Drupal/coder and Phpcs Are Dev Requirements for Drupal Core

"In order to facilitate better coding standards for core, the Coder project and PHP_CodeSniffer are now dev requirements for the drupal/core package."

DrupalCon News: Additional Ways to Participate in Drupal Training

There's something for those that are new to Drupal all the way to those of a more seasoned vintage.

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Community

CWG Statement - April 16, 2017

A new statement from the Drupal Community Working Group clearing up some false information.

Don't Go Low

Larry Garfield calls for sanity, civility, and decency regarding the controversy that surrounds him.

Not for My Sake - on Excluding in the Name of Creating Inclusiveness

A thought provoking post from Drupal developer and community member Michelle Krejci.

Articles

12 Questions That Project Managers Should Ask Before a Drupal Project Kickoff

16 Cool Drupal Modules for Site Builders

Comparing Drupal and Adobe Experience Manager, Part 1 of 2

Inclusive Development: Using Style Guides to Improve Website Accessibility

"It is a way of rethinking development in a way that adds value to all users, not just accessibility to some users. It is a shift in the way you approach your thinking about development"

Marking Projects as Unsupported / What Is a Supported Project / Better Policy Needed.

The Perfect Website Launch

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Tutorials

Build a Quick RESTful View in Drupal 8

Doing Links on Drupal 8

Drupal Load Testing with Locust.io

ES6 for Drupal Developers: ES6 Modules, Classes, and Promises

How to Crop Images Using Crop API, Image Widget Crop and Focal Point in Drupal 8

How to Use Configuration Split Module to Split Configurations in Drupal 8

"The configuration Split module allows users to define sets of configuration that will get exported to separate directories when exporting and get merged together when importing."

Render a Menu Tree from Custom Code in Drupal 8

Want to Maintain Your Drupal Sites Better? Some Sessions to Watch at DrupalCon Baltimore!

Some DrupalCon sessions that seem like they might be beneficial for site-owners, site-builders, and other new Drupalers. Sessions are often available for video stream the same day as presented!

Releases

Ctools 8.x-3.0-Beta2

Jsonapi 8.x-1.0-Rc1

page_manager 8.x-4.0-Beta1

Panelizer 8.x-4.0-Beta3

Panels 8.x-4.0-Beta1

Panopoly 7.x-1.44

Redirect 8.x-1.0-Alpha5

References 7.x-2.2

Salesforce 8.x-3.0-Beta3

search_api_solr 8.x-1.0-Beta2

Shurly 7.x-1.4

Speedy 7.x-1.29

Webform 7.x-4.15

Wodby/docker4drupal 2.1.0

[Cck] Fix for SA-CONTRIB-2017-038