Issue 252 - August, 11th 2016
News
Statistics Module Now Has an Overridable Backend
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Articles
7 New Improvements You'll See in Drupal 8.2
Steve Burge highlights some of the changes in Drupal 8.2.
There Will Never Be a Drupal 9
Steve Burge makes a bold statement. "So, Drupal is adjusting successfully to the new reality. Big releases are probably history. Drupal's future is in regular, small, backwards-compatible releases."
There Will Be a Drupal 9, and Here Is Why
Gábor Hojtsy responds to Steve Burge's bold declaration that there will never be a Drupal 9. Worth reading.
Drupal 8 Module Development: Mad with Power
Module development in Drupal 8 is drastically different from Drupal 7 and previous versions. After you learn a few tricks, you’ll be surprised by how much you can do with so little code. This webinar will cover what it means for module development that Drupal 8 is object oriented, how to leverage the power of an IDE like never before, how to speed up development, and more.
Getting to Grips with Automated Deployment in Drupal 8
Tutorials
Avoiding Drupal 7 #AJAX Pitfalls
Creating Landing Pages with Drupal 8 and Paragraphs
If you've heard all the buzz about Paragraphs module but haven't had time to check it out give this post a look for a simple example of how you can use this versatile project.
How to Attach a CSS or JS Library to a View in Drupal 8
How to Install Drupal 8 (And Composer) on Windows 10 Bash
How to Validate Field Submissions in Drupal
Daniel Pickering shows us how you can set up text validation in Drupal 8 without writing any custom code.
It's August 2017: You're Still on Drupal 6, and That's OK!
A letter from the future about your Drupal 6 site.
JQuery.cookie in Drupal 7
Stop Telling Users That Another User Has Modified the Content in Drupal 8
"Every Drupal developer knows the following error message (maybe some by heart): The content has been modified by another user, changes cannot be saved."
Twig Extensions and Views FTW in Drupal 8
Working with Views can be a challenge. But Israel Morales says, "Many developers use the preprocess functions, or alter the query of the view, however there is another option: twig filters."
Projects
Overview of the Commerce 2.x Module for Online Stores
The DrupalConsole RC-1 Release Is Close with a Lot of Changes.
The Drupal Console project is being broken up into separate projects.
Use the Official Docker Drupal Library and Its Developer Version
Releases
admin_views 7.x-1.6
Bean 7.x-1.11
Drupal 8.1.8
Drupal 8.2.0-Beta1
Features 8.x-3.0-Beta7
focal_point 8.x-1.0-Beta2
Lightning 8.x-1.03
migrate_plus 8.x-2.0-Beta2
Openatrium 7.x-2.66
Panopoly 7.x-1.38
Quiz 7.x-5.0-Rc3
Thunder 8.x-1.0-Beta9
Video
Mediacurrent: Friday 5: 5 Free QA Webtools
Podcasts
The Open Mic: DrupalCamp Ottawa 2016 Round Table
Events
DrupalCamp LA 2016
August 27-28, 2016 in Irvine, California.
DrupalGamp Sydney 2016
September 3rd, 2016 in Sydney, Australia.
BADCamp 2016
October 20-23, 2016 in Berkeley, California.