Issue 657 - October, 31st 2024

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Headlines

Community Working Group Posts: Nominate Someone for the 2025 Aaron Winborn Award

Drupal Core News: Drupal 11.1 Alpha Phase Begins October 28; 11.1.0 to Be Released December 12-13

From Our Sponsor

Core

Add Alpha Level Experimental Package Manager Module [#3346707]

Entity Form and View Displays Now Have a createCopy Config Action

Quick Start Command Can Set Password

Return Types Are Required in All New Methods and Functions

Service Decoration Behaviour Can Be Controlled with `decoration_on_invalid`

Articles

Acquia Engage NYC 2024 Product Showcase

Don't Panic: A Blog About Drupal: Antibot - the New Messiah of Spam Fighting

Drupalize.Me: Keeping Up with Drupal’s Evolving Plugin API: Updating Tutorials for PHP Attributes

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joshics.in: Drupal 7: Navigating the Maintenance Maze

PreviousNext: Becoming a Drupal Certified Partner: How Commitment to Open Source Drives Value and Success at PreviousNext

PreviousNext: New Resource: How to Prepare Open Source Requests for Proposals

Specbee: Getting Started with Mintlify: The Smart Documentation Tool Your Team Needs

Tutorials

#! Code: Drupal 11: Batch Operations Built Into Drupal

Data Migration to Drupal - Product Example - Droptica

Drupal 7’s Last Call: Prepare for Drupal 11 with This Checklist!

Time’s almost up for Drupal 7! Our checklist makes it easy to prepare your Drupal 7 website for Drupal 11’s enhanced performance and security. Download now to ensure a seamless transition—don’t get left behind!

Drupal Life Hack's: Implementing Pagination in Drupal

Drupal Life Hack's: Secrets of Secure Development in Drupal: Key Functions

Golems GABB: Using JavaScript Frameworks - React, Vue, Angular in Drupal

How to Avoid Reinventing the Menu on a Drupal Project

Importing Data from CSV Into Drupal - Step by Step - Droptica

Joachim's Blog: Changing Your Mind About Dependency Injection

Specbee: PHP Attributes vs Annotations: Redefining Drupal Plugin Development

The Often-Forgotten Art of Exception and Error Handling

Releases

Eca 2.0.7

Lando v3.23.1

Trash 3.0.8

views_csv_source 1.0.7

Workbench 8.x-1.6

Podcasts

Episode 59 – Using Advanced Prompt Sequences to Unlock AI’s Full Potential with Jennifer Jones-Mitchell - the Future of Content Podcast

Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #473 - Color in CSS with Sass

Events

Announcing DrupalCamp Berlin’s Keynote and Featured Speakers!

We’re thrilled to announce the keynote speakers for DrupalCamp Berlin! Join us to hear from industry leaders Sascha Eggenberger, Stefan Priebsch, Nils Adermann, and Baddy Sonja Breidert as they share insights on the latest in Drupal and open-source innovation. Also featuring talks by Jürgen Haas, Marcus Johansson, Julien Hofer, Marie Dietz, Joachim Nickel, and Frank Nägler. Tickets are still available; register today!