Issue 678 - April, 17th 2025

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Headlines

Drupal Core News: Drupal 11.2 Alpha Phase Begins May 7

Drupal Now Has Three Composer UIs!

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Core

Deprecated SyndicateBlock Block Plugin in the Node Module

DrupalnodeNodeStorage::updateType Is Deprecated

Entity Form Modes 'description' Field Can No Longer Be an Empty String

template_preprocess_HOOK Are Defined as Callbacks in the Theme Hook

The d8_config Migrate Source Plugin Is Replaced by the config_entity Plugin

The Storage of User Data in localStorage for the Prepopulation in Anonymous Forms Is Disabled

Articles

Acquia Developer Portal Blog: Discovering Drupal: A Journey Into an Exceptional CMS

AI and Web Accessibility: Help or Hype?

Balint Pekker: AI Code Review for Drupal

Building an Off-Ramp from WordPress with DDEV

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CKEditor: DrupalCon AtlantaWrap-Up: Building Better with CKEditor

Dries Buytaert: My Phone's Battery Has Been Blogging for 7 Years

Drupal Experience Builder and Acquia Site Studio Q&A

Drupal for Marketers, Editors, and HR - 13 Features

Freelock Blog: Ask Freelock: Do I Need a Web Application Firewall?

Mario Hernandez: Using Modern Image Formats to Improve Performance

Ryan Szrama: The Moral Imperative to Compensate Free Software Authors

The Drop Times: UI Suite Is Announcing a New Display Builder: Pierre Dureau

The Drop Times: What the Keynote Speakers Are Bringing to Drupal Developer Days 2025

The Savvy Few: The European Accessibility Act: Everything You Need to Know

Weathering the Storm: Smart Strategies for Website Owners Facing Budget Cuts and Uncertainty

What It Means to Shift Left on Accessibility and How to Do It Right

Tutorials

Drupal Life Hack's: Laravel for Drupal Developers: Comparing Eloquent and Entity API

Exposing a Node.js App Over HTTP / HTTPS on a Subdomain in DDEV

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Releases

custom_field 3.1.7

Eca 1.1.12

Eca 2.0.16

Eca 2.1.7

Key 8.x-1.20

Panels 8.x-4.9

views_access_conditions 1.0.1

workbench_access 2.0.4

Podcasts

Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #497 - Drupal Forge