Issue 681 - May, 8th 2025

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Headlines

Drupal Starshot Blog: Marketplace Share Out #3: Value and Incentives

DrupalCon Atlanta 2025 - YouTube Playlist

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Core

BlockSettings Migration Plugin Now Requires the Block Plugin Manager

Handle Module Preprocess Functions as OOP Hooks [#3495943] | Drupal.org

hooks_converted Parameter and StopProceduralHookScan Attributes Have Been Renamed.

New FormAlter Attribute for Implementation of Form Alter Hooks

Preprocess Functions Are Supported in Object Oriented Code for Modules

The $Root Parameter for DrupalCoreDatabaseConnection::createConnectionOptionsFromUrl Is Deprecated

There Is a PREFIX and SUFFIX Constant on the Hook Attribute Class to Simplify Providing Custom Hook Attribute Classes

Articles

Acquia.com - Drupal Blog: Drupal SEO: Best Modules, Optimization Tips & Advanced Strategies

Beyond Free: Choosing the Right Search Solution for Your Website

Centarro: Revisiting Semantic Versioning in Drupal Commerce

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Drupal Association Blog: Extended Support on Drupal 7 vs. Drupal 10 Migration: Which Path Should You Take?

Drupal Association Blog: Let’s Support a Pillar of Open Source

DXPR: 2.7 "Baby AI" Is Here: DXPR Builder Delivers Free AI Writing to Every Drupal Site

Jacob Rockowitz: Back to the Basics: Learning How to Build a Drupal Module Using AI

The Drop Times: Dotsquares Migrates 17 Samuel, Son & Co. Sites to Drupal 10 with Unified Architecture

The Drop Times: Growing but Not Devoid of Pain

Tutorials

DDEV Add-on Maintenance Guide | DDEV

Golems GABB: Functional Testing on DDEV Selenium Standalone Chrome

Mario Hernandez: Understanding the Owl Selector

Mario shows us a cool CSS selector I wasn't familiar with.

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Releases

Address 2.0.4

Coder 8.3.29

Group 2.3.2

Group 3.3.5

Mongodb 3.1.6

state_machine 8.x-1.13

Video

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Podcasts

Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #500 - Community Edition