Interview

"I’d like to see Drupal continue to expand its presence in the JavaScript community via official packages on NPM. Specifically, I’d like to see Drupal offer an official JavaScript client to interface with JSON:API," Brian expresses his wishful thinking in this interview. A must read for those who are into decoupled initiative. ...more

Monica Flores has been declared the winner of the recently concluded election to the At-Large position of the Board of Directors of the Drupal Association (DA). She talks to the Drop times about her time with Drupal and her story in tech. ...more

Matt Obert traces his path from Linux system administration to Drupal, reflects on community contribution and Drupal 7 options, and raises early concerns about AI-assisted programming, open-source licensing, and attribution. ...more

Brian Perry explains why framework-agnostic web components could fit Drupal, reflects on mentoring through Google Summer of Code, and argues that decoupled architecture expands front-end choices without making traditional Drupal obsolete. ...more

Kyle Einecker explains why Drupal component systems became difficult to build, where Single Directory Components could help, and how Drupal Commerce can support both content-led and transaction-led websites. ...more

Talking Drupal co-host and one of the organizers of NEDCamp, Nic Laflin talks to the Drop Times. ...more

Benji Fisher connects Drupal security to the processes behind the code, explains how the OWASP Top Ten applies to real sites, and makes a practical case for usability fundamentals over fashionable trends. ...more

“The absolute best feature of Drupal 10, in my opinion, is that we’ve dropped support for Internet Explorer. It opens a lot of doors for the kinds of things we can do in Drupal core,” says Andy Blum to a question asked by The Drop Times. Andy is giving two sessions at NEDCamp 2022. ...more

Jacob Rockowitz makes the case for using Schema.org as the foundation of Drupal content models, reflects on Webform’s expanding ecosystem, and offers blunt advice to organizations weighing their options beyond Drupal 7. ...more

Alfred Nutile’s NEDCamp 2022 answers connect developer pacing, product thinking, and Drupal community experience to the challenge of building sustainable technical careers. ...more