Issue 649 - September, 5th 2024

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Headlines

Drupal Starshot Blog: Drupal Starshot Initiative Update for the End of August 2024

From Our Sponsor

Core

All Tests Must Declare the Use of Strict Types

Deprecations in path_alias Modules to Remove the Term 'whitelist'

Form State 'immutable' Flag Is Removed.

PHP 8.4: Deprecation of GET/POST Sessions

PHP 8.4: Deprecation of session.sid_length and session.sid_bits_per_character

The Default Admin > Content View Now Correctly Uses the Language Field Plugin

Articles

Darren Oh: From Drupal Forge Trial Sites to Persistent Hosting

Darren Oh: Starshot Ignites Drupal Forge

Drupal Association Blog: Drupal Association Announces Dropsolid as Partner for Drupal 7 Extended Security Support Provider Program

Drupalize.Me: We Updated the Drupal User Guide for Drupal 11

Can Next-Drupal Sites Improve the ROI of Your Website?

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Mike Herchel's Blog: Five Ideas for the Drupal Association

Placeholders Are Often a Bad UX Pattern | Mark Conroy

The Drop Times: Frequently Asked Questions on 'Drupal CMS'

Wim Leers: XB Week 13: Location, Location & OpenAPI

Tutorials

#! Code: Drupal 11: Batch Processing Using Drush

Gizra.com: Drupal Core Contribution Guide

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Tag1 Consulting: Migrating Your Data from D7 to D10:Migrating Field Storage and Instance Settings

The Drop Times: Getting Started with Dresktop: Managing Local Drupal Environments

Releases

batch_import 1.0.0

Chosen 4.0.3

Emulsify 5.2.0

Iframe 3.0.0

image_sizes 3.0.3

jsonapi_include 8.x-1.8

Libraries 4.0.5

module_builder 4.0.4

more_fields 2.2.22

Readonlymode 8.x-1.3

scheduled_publish 8.x-3.11

Shorthand 4.0.16

Tour 2.0.3

varnish_file_purge 1.0.0

views_bulk_edit 3.0.0

Podcasts

Episode 55 – AI's Role in Modern Ghostwriting and Content Marketing with Andy Earle

Talking Drupal #465 - Greater Cleveland RTA