Issue 651 - September, 19th 2024

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~ Bob Kepford - Editor

Headlines

DrupalCon Barcelona Session Schedule

From Our Sponsor

Core

Calling BlockContentTestBase::createBlockContentType with a String for the Block Values Is Deprecated

JavaScript Files in Modules Moved to Module/js

Articles

CKEditor: Enhance Your Drupal Experience with the Free CKEditor 5 Plugin Pack

Darren Oh: The Drupal Forge Business Model

Drunomics: Why We Don't Use GraphQL

Four Kitchens: Get Ready for Drupal 11: An Essential Guide

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Golems GABB: Gamification on Drupal Websites

Horizontal Digital Blog: Why You Shouldn't Upgrade from Drupal 7

How AI Tools Can Enhance Design Work

Morpht: Nightly CI Hygiene Pays Off

Oliver Davies' Daily List: When Did You Last Deploy to Production?

Prepare for the Future: Upgrade from Drupal 7 to 10

Specbee: Cooking Up Irresistible Drupal Websites with Recipes

ThinkDrop Consulting: Reflections on OpenDevShop and the Hidden Costs of Open Source Maintainership.

Wim Leers: XB Week 16: Better UX Thanks to Ghosts & Redux

Tutorials

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#! Code: Drupal 11: Using the Finished State in Batch Processing

Drupal Life Hack's: Mastering Dependency Injection in Drupal: A Practical Guide

Live Previews for LocalGov Microsites Design Changes | Mark Conroy

Releases

autocomplete_deluxe 2.0.4

Drupal 10.2.8

Drupal 10.3.4

Drupal 10.3.5

Drupal 11.0.3

Drupal 11.0.4

Filebrowser 3.1.0

Graphql 8.x-4.9

Jsonrpc 2.1.2

Tour 2.0.4

Podcasts

How AI Can Make Marketing More Human with Deanna Ballew - the Future of Content Podcast

Talking Drupal #467 - Config Actions System

Violinist, Render Arrays and Feature Flags with Eirik Morland - Beyond Blocks