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cspell and drupalorg CLI: two useful tools for Drupal...

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2024/04/23

While preparing the recent Markdown Easy 1.0.1 release, I utilized a couple of tools that I hadn't used before in order to help improve code quality as well as the quality of the release notes.cspellcspell is a Node.js spell-checker for code that was made available to the default Drupal GitLab templates in February, 2024. There is a new SKIP_CSPELL variable that can be set if you'd like your project to completely ignore cspell (it is enabled by default.) Documentation on using cspell in Drupal

DrupalEasy Podcast - A very special episode

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2024/04/01

A very special episode of the DrupalEasy Podcast - an episode two years in the making.

Reintroducing Drupal core's Views "Combine fields...

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2024/03/12

I was recently reminded of a Drupal core feature that I hadn't used in a long time - and was pleasantly surprised at how useful it is.The Combine fields filter Views filter allows a site-builder to quickly and easily set up an exposed filter that searches multiple fields for a given search term. Think of it as a way to combine multiple exposed search filters into a single search box.Setting it up is quite easy - just include all the fields that you want to search in the Fields section, marking them

DrupalEasy Podcast S16E5 - Jim Birch - Recipes

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2024/02/15

We talk with Jim Birch about the Recipes strategic initiative for Drupal.URLs mentionedDistributions and Recipes strategic initiativeCore patch to test recipesConfig actions contrib moduleNEDCamp presentation on Recipes from Erik VolkernickRoadmap#distributions-and-recipes Slack channelDrupalEasy NewsProfessional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course. Drupal Career Online - 12 weeks, 77 hours, live online, beginner-focused course.Audio transcriptWe're using the

Why you should care about using settings.local.php

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2024/02/06

Teaching folks why a settings.local.php file is an important part of setting up a personal development environment is so important to us here at DrupalEasy that it is a foundational part of both of our long-form Drupal training courses.While preparing for an upcoming podcast mini-series I've been invited to participate in with the Talking Drupal folks, I'll be mentoring someone who is looking to re-enter the Drupal development scene after missing out on Drupal's transition from its pre-Symfony

DrupalEasy Podcast S16E4 - Kevin Quillen - Drupal 10...

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2024/02/05

We talk with Kevin Quillen, author of Drupal 10 Development Cookbook, published in February, 2023 by Packt Publishing.URLs mentionedDrupal 10 Development CookbookOpen AI / ChatGPT integration moduleVelirKevin's blogDrupal Test TraitsDrush's generate commandDrupalEasy NewsProfessional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course. Drupal Career Online - 12 weeks, 77 hours, live online, beginner-focused course.Audio transcriptWe're using the machine-driven Amazon Transcribe

DrupalEasy Podcast S16E3 - Andy Giles - GitHub Copilot

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2024/01/29

We talk with Andy Giles about GitHub Copilot and his experience with it in Drupal development.URLs mentionedGitHub CopilotVisual Studio Code extensionPhpStorm pluginOfficial Microsoft video on getting started with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio CodeDrupalEasy NewsProfessional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course. Drupal Career Online - 12 weeks, 77 hours, live online, beginner-focused course.Audio transcript We're using the machine-driven Amazon Transcribe

DrupalEasy Podcast S16E2 - Luca Lusso - Modernizing...

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2024/01/15

We talk with Luca Lusso, author of Modernizing Drupal 10 Theme Development, published in August, 2023 by Packt Publishing.URLs mentionedModernizing Drupal 10 Theme Development bookWebProfiler moduleStorybookSingle Directory Components (SDC)Google LighthouseDrupalEasy NewsProfessional Module Development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course. Drupal Career Online - 12 weeks, 77 hours, live online, beginner-focused course.Audio transcriptWe're using the machine-driven Amazon Transcribe

Test-driving the Rancher Desktop Docker provider with...

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2024/01/08

Recently, Randy Fay of the DDEV project blogged about two new Docker providers available (and supported by DDEV) for MacOS: Rancher Desktop and OrbStack. Both of these join Colima and Docker Desktop as supported Docker providers for DDEV on MacOS.What is a Docker provider?I know that I certainly have asked this question - more times than I care to admit. As Randy explains in the blog post:All of the Docker Providers on every platform (except Linux) are actually wrappers on the open-source

Using GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code to create...

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2023/12/29

Like many folks, I've been fascinated by the incredible evolution of AI tools in 2023. At the same time, I've been working to figure out exactly where AI fits into my various roles as a Drupal developer, trainer, and business owner.In this blog post, I detail a recent exploration I made into using AI (GitHub Copilot, to be precise) to generate a PhpUnit test in a Drupal contrib module that I maintain.tl;dr I was impressed.PrerequisitesFor this exercise, I used Visual Studio Code with the GitHub

DrupalEasy Podcast S16E1 - Andrew Riley, Ryan Price -...

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2023/12/21

We talk with DrupalEasy Podcast co-founders Ryan Price and Andrew Riley about what we'd want for Drupal Christmas - or maybe what we'd like to see evolve in the Drupal community in time for next Christmas!URLs mentionedDrupal planetDrupal marketing at Web SummitProject browserAutomatic updatesFunding projectAfter we recorded this episode, one of Andrew's wishes was granted! Drupal 10 will be supported until the release of Drupal 12 in mid-late 2026.DrupalEasy NewsProfessional module

How best to handle "Unsafe usage of new static()"...

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2023/12/13

As a Drupal module developer, if you're as big of a fan of PHPStan as I am, then you'll no doubt have run across the Unsafe usage of new static() error that PHPStan throws when analyzing code at level 0. In this article I will describe what causes this error and provide four possible solutions, weighing the pros and cons of each.Generally, this will occur in a create() method when you are injecting a dependency into a class using either ContainerFactoryPluginInterface or ContainerInjectionInterface

Using DrupalPod for core and contrib development

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2023/12/03

DrupalPod is a browser extension and GitPod configuration that allows Drupal contributors to quickly and easily spin up a personal development environment in their browser without pre-installing anything.Before we go any further, let's break down some of these concepts a bit more…GitPod is a cloud development platform - meaning that everything necessary for development is installed in the cloud and the only thing that needs to be installed on one's local machine is a modern web browser. Developers

Test-driving GitLab CI templates for Drupal...

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2023/11/20

Earlier this year, the Drupal Association (DA) and various community contributors announced the general availability of GitLab CI (Continuous Integration) for Drupal contributed modules. The goal of this project is to replace the existing, bespoke, Drupal CI for running automated tests for both Drupal core and contributed projects with GitLab's existing CI tools, thus saving community and DA resources in the long-term.For contributed module maintainers, this means being able to specify more

Mentoring a team of new contributors at DrupalCon...

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2023/10/25

One of the signature events of every Drupalcon (IMHO) is contribution day, when community members from around the world gather to work together in the same physical space to advance various aspects of the project - from strategic and community initiatives to contributed modules and themes as well as non-code contributions like Promote Drupal and, of course, core contributions.As part of this, space is always set aside for new contributors, with community volunteers helping to organize, train, and

Debugging all the things with Xdebug, DDEV, PhpStorm,...

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2023/10/09

Over the past few years, we've published a couple of blog posts about setting up Xdebug for Drupal module development. But, like all things in tech, there's always more to learn as tools and technology evolve.The setupI was recently working with one of our Professional (Drupal) Module Development students trying to determine why she wasn't able to use Xdebug to debug a PhpUnit-based functional test. To be clear, the breakpoint wasn't set in the actual test class, the breakpoint was set in some

Test driving the new DDEV Manager extension for...

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2023/09/20

IntroductionIf you use Visual Studio Code and DDEV, there's a new extension that may increase your efficiency. The DDEV Manager extension provides a user interface within Visual Studio Code for just about every conceivable DDEV command. As I am a user of both tools, and I often teach and present on the topic of maximizing one's efficiency related to Drupal development when using DDEV and Visual Studio Code, a thorough review of this new extension was a no-brainer for me.InstallationInstallation of

Introducing the Markdown Easy Drupal module

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2023/09/02

Markdown is a text processing library that takes readable text and converts it into HTML. Started over 20 years ago, it is now a widely-used library that makes it easy for people to write text documents that can be easily and predictably converted into HTML.Quick example - the Markdown syntax "this is **important**" converts to "this is important" after passing through a Markdown converter. There are many "flavors" of Markdown today - most include the basic syntax and many include their version

Come to the Lite 💡… of Professional Module Development!

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2023/08/08

If you’ve been on vacation or heads-down on summer projects and have been meaning to ramp up your module development skills, there is still time to register for theLite version of the Summer 2023 session ofProfessional Module Development, DrupalEasy's newest long-form, best-practice focused, professional Drupal development course.James Shields, who completed the Winter session earlier this year describes the PMD as “A fantastic course covering some really advanced stuff. If you understand the

DrupalEasy Podcast S15E6 - Cameron Eagans - Composer...

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2023/08/08

We talk with Cameron Eagans about Composer Patches, an open-source, Composer plugin to assist with applying patches to code files.URLs mentionedCameron Eagans on MastadonCameron Eagans on LinkedInComposer Patches homeDependency patch resolutionblog postNew-ish Composer Patches co-maintainer, Dane PowellNon-patchable targetsApply Drupal 9 compatibility patches with ComposerDrupalEasy NewsProfessional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course. Drupal Career Online - 12

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