Issue 467 - December, 17th 2020

As 2020 winds down I wanted to highlight some of the most popular links from the past year. Here's to a better 2021. See you on the other side.

News

Drupal’s Biggest Event of the Year Will Be Online in 2021

DrupalCon North America 2021 is officially pivoting to virtual for the safety of our community. We will gather together online April 12 - 16. Join us to build Drupal, make connections, and foster friendships through DrupalCon!

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January

3 Modules to Enhance Drupal 8 Layout Builder

Build a CLI Tool to Automate Your Workflows

Drupal’s Admin UI and How It Compares to WordPress

PHP in 2020

February

A Sure-Fire Migration Approach to Drupal 8

Cloudflare Workers to Extend Drupal

Drupal 8 Performance Tips and Tricks for 2020

From a Drupal 9 Architect: When Will Drupal 9 Really Be Ready?

March

Dries Buytaert - Sustaining the Drupal Association in Uncertain Times

Getting Started with the Gutenberg Editor in Drupal

Update on the Status of Drupal’s New Olivero Theme

Using Drupal in a Pandemic

April

5 Benefits to Drupal's Layout Builder - from an Editor’s Perspective

Drupal 8 Admin Themes for Next Level Admin Experience

Drupal Layout Builder vs Paragraphs: Which One to Choose?

May

Announcing DrupalSpoons - a Full Featured Home for Contrib

"DrupalSpoons is a model and a movement. It shows how great development for Drupal Contrib modules can be. DrupalSpoons is a particular configuration of groups and projects built at Gitlab.com"

Did You Get Lost in 2020? Don’t Worry, 2021!

So much to look forward to as the new year beckons; Why should you put getting proficient and confident in Drupal in your sights? DrupalEasy shares 5 great reasons!

Getting Started with Paragraphs and Bootstrap in Drupal

New Drupal Brand Ready for Drupal 9 Launch

"The new brand represents the fluidity and modularity of Drupal, and our community value of coming together to create a greater whole."

June

An Effective Method of Using Config Split

Composer Plugins for Drupal Developers

Dries Buytaert: Drupal 9.0.0 Released

Drupal 9

The new Drupal 9 landing page.

Drupal 9.0.0

Top Drupal 8 Modules - Rain Edition

July

'Simple Like Button' Released as a Drupal Module

"Why we used a custom AJAX form and a custom entity"

Alternatives to Upgrading from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9

Is It Time to Give Drupal Another Look?

Next Steps for Components Everywhere in Drupal - Part 2

August

Adding Non-PHP Dependencies to a Composer-Based Project

Did Breaking Backwards Compatibility Kill Drupal?

Jeff makes many good points. Worth reading whether you agree with the premise or not.

Different Options of Decoupling Drupal

Drupal 8 Content Migrations from CSV or Spreadsheet

September

Add CSS & Javascript to Your Drupal Site

Advantages of Component-Based Web Design Systems

Drupal 8 Form Builder

Preparing Your Drupal 7 Site for an Eventual Migration

Wim Leers: The Sunset of the API-First Initiative

October

A Robust Command Line for All Drupal Sites

Drupal 10 Is Coming, and Much Sooner Than Expected—But That’s Not a Bad Thing

Drupal Enabled Drag and Drop Content Management

Key Modules to Start Your Drupal 9 Website

The New Faces of Drupal: Theming with Sascha Eggenberger

November

6 Tips to Rock Drupal 8 SEO

Drupal 8.9 and Drupal 9.0 Marked Incompatible with PHP 8

One of My Biggest Mistakes While Building the Webform Module for Drupal

December

Decoupled Platforms: Contentful vs. Drupal

Expressive Authoring with Layout Paragraphs

Gear for Developers on for the Dev

If you're looking for some new developer t-shirts we have what you're looking for at FortheDev.com. Check out our work from home and Drupal shirts. Want a WeeklyDrop shirt? We have them as well and much more.