Issue 621 - February, 22nd 2024
Headlines
Drupal Core News: RFC Remove Support for Windows in Production in Drupal 11
Drupal Means Innovation: Introducing the Innovation Hub
Piyush Poddar Joins the Drupal Association Board: A Journey of Growth, Open Source Advocacy, and Global Collaboration
Several Classes Now Require the datetime.time Service as a Constructor Parameter
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Core
All Shipped Image Styles Include Webp Conversion
Destructable Services Can Now Be Destructed on Page Cache Hits
ObjectAwareSerializationInterface Is Introduced for Serializers That Can Serialize and Deserialize PHP Objects
PHPUnit Data Provider Methods Should Be Declared Static
The Database Cache Backend Supports Specifying a Serializer
The Serializer Service Is Passed as New Parameter to DatabaseBackendFactory and DatabaseBackend Constructors
Articles
Drupal.org Blog: It's Time to Migrate from Drupal 7. Let Me Show You (How to Start)
Drupalize.Me: New in Drupal 10.2: Create a New Field UI
ImageX: How Project Browser Transforms Module Discovery and Installation Experience
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The Drop Times: Contribution Health Dashboards: A Conversation with Alex Moreno
ThinkDrop Consulting: New Composer Plugin "Remote Bin Scripts" Makes It Easy to Install 3rd Party Tools.
Tutorials
Cameron Eagans: Update on Dependency Patch Resolution
Drupalize.Me: PHP Attributes for Drupal Plugins
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Releases
Address 2.0.1
admin_toolbar_content 2.0.4
ckeditor_lts 1.0.1
field_extra 1.0.8
office_hours 8.x-1.15
Podcasts
Beyond Blocks: Build Something Useful in One Day with Mark Conroy
DrupalEasy Podcast S16E5 - Jim Birch - Recipes
Lullabot Podcast: Navigating the Waters of Drupal Development with Tugboat
Tag1 Consulting: Shifting from FID to INP: Google’s New Metric for Improving Web Performance
Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #438 - CKEditor 4 End of Life
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