Talking Drupal Newsletter 7/7/25
#510 - Drupal Hooks: Drop 'em like they're hot
Today we are talking about Drupal Hooks, why they got changed in core, and what to do now with guest Karoly Négyesi better known as Chx. We’ll also cover Media Folders as our module of the week.
Topics
Deep Dive into Drupal Hooks
The Evolution of Drupal Hooks
Challenges and Solutions in Hook Conversion
Community Involvement and Contributions
The Future of Drupal Hook System
Introduction to Procedural Hooks
Understanding Theme Hooks
Complexities of Preprocess Hooks
Converting Hooks to Object-Oriented
Impact on Contributed Modules
Challenges in Core Conversion
Future of Drupal Hooks
Lightning Round and Conclusion
Resources
Guests
Károly Negyesi - ghost-of-drupal-past
Hosts
Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan
John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi
Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu
Module of the Week
with Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu
Media Folders - This module provides a better UI for managing and selecting Media entities in a folder structure.
Show News
Martin and John are co-presenting at Drupal GovCon on Thursday at 4:30 pm on The Path from Developer to Drupal Evangelist.
“As developers grow in seniority, they often are naturally brought into more customer-facing conversations. This can be a tricky evolution to navigate. Lucky for you Martin and John are here to help!
At many organizations a non-developer Drupal evangelist is mapped to a more sales or new business focused role. We know In many circles, the word “sales” has a variety of negative connotations. In truth most of us use a variety of techniques to be persuasive on a daily basis, that could be understood as “selling” our love for Drupal.
In this talk Martin and John will share their own stories traveling the path from senior Drupal developers into roles directly tied to the sales process. We’ll discuss what to think about when considering the shift, what pitfalls you may run into along the way, and how to best succeed while helping to generate new business and increase adoption of Drupal.”
Martin is presenting at Drupal GovCon on Thursday at 10 am on From Chatbots to Content Magic: The AI-Driven Future of Drupal.
“Integration of artificial intelligence functionality with Drupal has been on a blistering pace over the past year. From countless individual contributed modules taking initial tentative steps to the rapidly-becoming-a-best-practice AI module ecosystem, the Drupal community has largely embraced the possibilities of leveraging AI on user, site-builder, and developer levels.
This presentation will provide an overview of where we are, where we've been, and where we're heading with a focus on the AI module ecosystem as well as AI integration with Drupal CMS. Several live demos will showcase existing functionality that you can add to your Drupal sites today.”
Upcoming Episodes
#512 Member Platform. Recording July 15.
#513 Back To The Office with Kaleem Clarkson. Recording July 22.
#514 HTMX with Shawn Duncan. Recording July 29.
#515 AI with Amazee with Michael Schmid. Recording August 5.
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