Talking Drupal Newsletter #448
Episode #448 Drupal 11 Readiness and PHPStan
Today we are talking about Drupal 11 Readiness, What you need to think about, and PHPStan with guest Matt Glaman. We’ll also cover MRN as our module of the week.
Topics
What do we mean by Drupal 11 Readiness
How will this be different than 9 and 10
Top 5 tips
D11 Meeting and slack channel
Will this be easier
Major issues
What is PHPStan
How does it play a role
How is PHPStan Drupal different than PHPStan
Does using PHPStan with drupal reduce the need for tests
How do you see it evolving over the next few years
Drupal 12 wishlist
Resources
Change records
Hosts
Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan
John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi
Matt Glaman - mglaman.dev mglaman
Module of the Week
with Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu
MRN which is short for Maintainer / Module Release Notes
This episode is sponsored by
Skills Upgrade #9
Welcome back to “Skills Upgrade” a Talking Drupal mini-series following the journey of a D7 developer learning D10. This is the final episode, 9.
Topics
Review status of Chad's Smart Date test
Panel discussion
Chad, What was your biggest takeaway?
Mike, How do you approach this type of one on one mentorship differently than your courses?
AmyJune, do you think there are other types of focused mentorship like this that would be valuable to the community?
Chad, what was the most surprising thing you learned in Modern Drupal vs Drupal 7?
Michael, what did you learn through this process?
How do you think people will use this journey to help their learning process?
Chad, what are your plans for your next contribution?
Resources
Chad's Drupal 10 Learning Curriclum & Journal
Chad's Drupal 10 Learning Notes
The Linux Foundation is offering a discount of 30% off e-learning courses, certifications and bundles with the code, all uppercase DRUPAL24 and that is good until June 5th
https://training.linuxfoundation.org/certification-catalog/
Hosts
Nic Laflin - www.nlightened.net
AmyJune Hineline - @volkswagenchick
Guests
Chad Hester - chadkhester.com @chadkhest
Mike Anello - DrupalEasy.com @ultimike
Show News
Track down John and Martin at DrupalCon! TalkingDrupal listeners get a big HUG!
This week, the final episode of Skills Upgrade was released. Thanks to Chad, Mike, AmyJune, and Stephen for putting this together.
Upcoming Episodes
#450 Exam / Certification Prep. with Martin and Chad Hester. Recording May 3.
#451 Just Say Drupal with Ivan Stegic. Recording May 14.
#452 Matthew's Show. Recording May 21.
#453 Urban Institute with Josh Miller. Recording May 28.
Submit your questions on the #TalkingDrupal channel on Drupal Slack or @TaklingDrupal on Twitter, @TalkingDrupal@Drupal.Community on Mastodon.
Getting Smart Date Dialed Up to 11
by Martin Anderson-Clutz
I just tagged the first stable release for Smart Date 4.1, a year (almost to the day) since the first stable release of Smart Date 4.0. A lot of work went into this new release, but I'm thankful beyond words to the many people who helped shape it into what it is today.
Ready for Drupal 11
By the time the Project Update Bot submitted its automated Drupal 11 fixes for Smart Date, the most challenging fixes had already been dealt with. A new deprecation was introduced in Drupal 10.2, but I was leery of making changes that would make Smart Date require a very recent version of Drupal…
Continue reading at www.mandclu.com
Minifigure of the Week
by Nic Laflin
71045-2
This week I would like to share 71045-2 E-Sports Gamer! This is the 2nd minifigure in the 25th series of collectible minifigures. Released in 2024, this figure has a great mouse and keyboard. I love the colors in this figure.
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