Talking Drupal Newsletter #490
#490 Drupal Contrib First
Today we are talking about Drupal Contribution, how you can approach it within your company, and why a Contrib First approach is important with guest Steve Wirt. We’ll also cover Config Importer & Tools as our module of the week.
Topics
What is contrib first
How does this help the Drupal community
Why is it a good idea for companies
How do you explain this to non dev folks like CEOs or Presidents
What do you say if a client does not buy in
How do you monitor and build confidence in other developers
How can someone get started
Any tools or tips for someone trying to bootstrap this
Resources
MOTW
Civic Actions Engineering Practice Area - Drupal Contrib First Module Development
Alt text validation - currently being built as Contrib First
Bill requiring US agencies to share custom source code with each other becomes law
Link shortners
http://dgo.re/ or https://dgo.to/ link shorteners for d.o
Guests
Steve Wirt - civicactions.com swirt
Hosts
Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan
John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi
Avi Schwab - froboy.org froboy
Module of the Week
with Avi Schwab - froboy.org froboy
This module aims to cover development needs with managing configurations during project development.
Importing all configs during development is not convenient and can lead to a bad behaviour with overwriting or deleting configs or content from a site.
Upcoming Episodes
#491 OpenY with Brent Wilker & Avi Schwab. Recording February 25.
#492 Pantheon Content Publisher with John Money & Chris Reynolds. Recording March 4.
#493 Drupal Developer Survey with Mike Richardson. Recording March 11.
#494 AI in EDU with Michael Miles. Recording March 18.
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