Issue 631 - May, 2nd 2024

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~ Bob Kepford - Editor

Headlines

Drupal Core News: Drupal 11.0.0-Alpha 1 Will Be Released on the Week of April 29, 2024

At the time of writing Drupal 11.0.0-alpha had not been released but it very well could be once you read this!

Drupal Association Blog: Making the Most of Your Time at DrupalCon Portland

Balint Pekker: Simplifying Drupal Documentation

From Our Sponsor

Core

Install Profiles No Longer Need to Add an Administrator Role to User 1

Node Preview Container Now Responds to Drupal.displace()

Settings 'state_cache' Is Removed and Permanently Turned On

Articles

Brian Perry: Drupal API Client 1.0 Release

"We’re extremely excited to announce the 1.0 release of the Drupal API Client. This release includes a fully functional JSON:API client and completes our commitment as a result of funding from the ‘Pitch-burgh’ innovation contest."

Do You Still Need Sass?

Drupalize.Me: Learning Drupal with the Help of an AI Tutor

Evolving Web: Which Page Builder Is Best? Drupal vs WordPress vs Webflow

How We Broke Up Complex Drupal Webforms to Improve the User Experience | Capellic

"Legal forms are often challenging to understand and fill-out. Breaking them into manageable chunks was essential for end users and content editors."

ImageX: Drupal 7 vs. Drupal 10: An Objective Visual Comparison of Some Popular Website Features

Integrating Drupal, Ecommerce and ERP Capabilities for B2B Manufacturers

Introducing Gesso — a headless commerce accelerator that reduces time-to-market for technology and architecture upgrades, unlocking ecommerce, ERP and CMS integrations for B2B Manufacturing. Featuring native integrations with Drupal, Storyblok, BigCommerce, Drupal Commerce, Shopify and Acumatica.

Mandclu: Getting Smart Date Dialed Up to 11

Specbee: How to Convince Your Team to Migrate Your Drupal 7 Website to Drupal 10

Tag1 Consulting: Source Site Audit - a High Level Overview

The Drop Times: DrupalCollab: How Big Is the Drupal Community?

The Drop Times: From Drupal's Roots to Aiven's Branches: Angie Byron's Tech Journey

The Drop Times: Streamlining Local Development with DDEV, Docker, and NGROK

Tutorials

Debug Academy: How to Create a Partial Date Field in Drupal (I.e. Year & Month Without Day)

Don't Miss LagoonCon 2024 During DrupalCon Portland

Developers and infrastructure teams seeking streamlined application delivery will find Lagoon invaluable. It caters to various scales, from several Drupal sites to extensive multi-application setups. LagoonCon, on May 6 at 6:30 PM PDT (after day one of DrupalCon), welcomes CTOs, developers, site builders, and product owners interested in enhancing their delivery experience. Don't miss out—register for free today!

Frontend Performance Optimization for Drupal Websites: Part 1 - Capellic

LN Webworks: How to Create Custom Token in Drupal: Step by Step Guide

Releases

config_inspector 2.1.9

Fences 3.0.3

field_addons 1.0.2

generated_content 1.5.2

Geolocation 8.x-3.13

image_style_usage 1.0.1

module_usage 1.0.0

quiz_maker 1.0.2

Scheduler 2.0.3

smart_date 4.1.1

taxonomy_manager 2.0.10

upgrade_status 4.3.1

Podcasts

Skills Upgrade #8

Talking Drupal #448 - D11 Readiness & PHPStan