Talking Drupal Newsletter #474
Episode #474 - Revolt Event Loop
Today we are talking about the revolt event Loop, what it is, and why it matters with guest Alexander Varwijk. We’ll also cover IEF Complex Widget Dialog as our module of the week.
Topics
What is an event loop
Why does Drupal need an event loop
What will change in core to implement this
What problem does this solve
Does this make Cron cleaner and long running processes faster
What impact will this have on contrib
How would contrib use this loop
What does this mean for database compatibility
What inspired this change
Test instability
Why Revolt
Will this help with Drupal AI
Resources
revoltphp/event-loop was added as a dependency to Drupal Core
Migrate BigPipe and the Renderer code that's currently built with fibers
Revolt Playground that shows converting some Fiber implementations from Drupal to the Event Loop
DrupalCon Barcelona Talk about "Why Async Drupal a Big Deal Is"
Async PHP libraries
https://reactphp.org/
https://amphp.org/
Guests
Alexander Varwijk - alexandervarwijk.com Kingdutch
Hosts
Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan
John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi
Joshua "Josh" Mitchell - joshuami.com joshuami
Module of the Week
with Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu
The IEF Complex Widget Dialog automatically transforms a complex IEF form
(insert/edit/remove/add existing/duplicate) to a Dialog instead of an inline form.
Extremely interesting with more complex IEF forms and / or more extensive parent forms.
Also the "remove item" markup has been improved to make it more functional.
Show News
New England Drupal Camp is next week. Visit with John, Nic and Martin. Learn more.
Upcoming Episodes
#476 AI Autonomy with Jay Callicott. Recording November 12.
#477 Josh's Show Recording Novemger 19.
#478 Drupal Trial Experience with Matt Glaman. Recording November 26.
#479 Drupal CMS Media Management with Tony Barker. December 3.
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Minifigure of the Week
by Nic Laflin
71008-8
This week I would like to share 71008-8 Alien Trooper! This is the 8th minifigure in the 13th series of collectible minifigures. Released in 2015, it kind of looks like he is wearing overalls!
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