Meet Drupal Developer Mike Bell
Blog postIn this Drupalize.Me interview, we talk with Mike Bell, a Senior Developer at CTI Digital. This interview is part of an ongoing series where we talk with a variety of people in the Drupal community about the work they do. Each interview focuses on a particular Drupal role and this interview with Mike focuses on the developer role.
At this point, whether we've decided to use a third-party pre-rendering service or we've written our own isomorphic JavaScript application to serve as the front-end of our website, our hosting requirements have definitely gotten more complex. Let's take a look at the continuum of decoupled site architectures and start to come up with a list of things to keep in mind when considering their hosting requirements.
There's been a lot written about API design, it's probably not surprising there are several books written about the subject. It also seems like nearly every cloud-based service provides an API to allow access to your data. In this tutorial, we'll attempt to condense this information and answer the following questions:
- Are there different types of API paradigms?
- What kinds of considerations do we need to make when building an API for our decoupled site?
- And, what's this REST thing everyone is talking about?
Let's dig into those questions one at a time.
Andrew Berry, from Lullabot, has written a great article asking Should you Decouple? Like most architectural decisions there are trade-offs to consider with a decoupled approach. Let's take a look at some of the pros and cons of a decoupled approach. Is it the right choice for your project?
A Simple Drupal 7 to Drupal 8 Migration
Blog postWith the official release date of Drupal 8 right around the corner, I wanted to take a look at how much effort would be required to migrate our blog to Drupal 8. In this blog post we'll take a look at the current documentation, and status of the migrate module in Drupal core as well as a couple of contributed modules that can help us out.
Decoupling Explained
FreeIf you're interested in decoupling Drupal, there's a good chance you've heard at least some of the buzz in the Drupalverse about "headless" or decoupled Drupal. Or perhaps you watched Dries' keynote from DrupalCon Barcelona or read Dries' blog post about the future of decoupled Drupal. Whatever the case may be, this tutorial and the ones that follow will walk you through building a simple decoupled blog. In Dries' terminology the demo site we'll be building is "fully decoupled." While it would be trivial to adopt similar techniques to build a progressively decoupled site, let's dig a bit deeper into what it means to build a decoupled Drupal site.
Meet Project Manager Sean Lange
Blog postWe asked Sean Lange what it means to be a project manager and for some advice from his experience. Sean is an advocate for developers and project manager at Lullabot, a fully distributed digital agency. Read more about Sean's approach to his role as a project manager in this Drupalize.Me interview, part of our Drupal roles series.
Role-Based Learning Pathways
Blog postToday we're introducing a new learning tool: role-based learning pathways!
Do you want to build Drupal sites? Do you want to work with Drupal themes or become a Drupal developer? If yes, then these pathways are for you. Check them out, and start learning (more) Drupal!
LaunchCode Education Partnership
Blog postWe're now a LaunchCode Education Partner, and we're thrilled to introduce you to this great organization!
Meet Front-End Developer Helena Zubkow
Blog postIn this Drupalize.Me interview, we talk with Helena Zubkow, front-end developer at Lullabot, based in Orlando, Florida. This interview is part of an ongoing series where we talk with a variety of people in the Drupal community about the work they do. Each interview focuses on a particular Drupal role and this interview with Helena focuses on the front-end developer role.
In this series, Object-Oriented PHP Part 3, we'll teach you all about inheritance in PHP, including how that works in classes, abstractions, and interfaces. These concepts are keys to understanding the code you will see in Drupal 8 modules.
Meet Drupal Developer Kate Marshalkina
Blog postIn this Drupalize.Me interview, we talk with Kate Marshalkina, senior developer at SystemSeed, based in Moscow, Russia. This interview is part of an ongoing series where we talk with a variety of people in the Drupal community about the work they do. Each interview focuses on a particular Drupal role and this interview with Kate focuses on the developer role.
Drupalize.Me Is Going to ZendCon
Blog postWe'll be attending ZendCon 2015 this week, learning about what the PHP community is up to, and sharing our Drupal knowledge.
Meet Project Manager Jeanne Cost
Blog postIn this Drupalize.Me interview, we talk with Jeanne Cost, project manager at Fuse IQ, based in Seattle, Washington. This interview is part of an ongoing series where we talk with a variety of people in the Drupal community about the work they do. Each interview focuses on a particular Drupal role and this interview with Jeanne focuses on the project manager role.
How to Log Messages in Drupal 8
Blog postDevelopers familiar with Drupal 7 will also be familiar with watchdog(), an API function that allows you to create a log message that appears on the Reports page in the Drupal administrative UI. Implementing D7’s hook_watchdog allows module developers to customize the destination of these log messages. In Drupal 8, both functions are replaced by a PSR-3-compatible logging interface (change notice).
Meet Front-End Developer Tiffany Tse
Blog postIn this Drupalize.Me interview, we talked with Tiffany Tse, front-end developer, Creative Director for Coldfront Labs, Inc., and instructor at Alongquin College. This interview is part of an ongoing series where we talk with a variety of people in the Drupal community about the work they do. Each interview focuses on a particular Drupal role and this interview with Tiffany focuses on the front-end developer and themer role.
Drupal 8, Release Candidate 1
Blog postMeet Drupal Site Builder Scott Wilkinson
Blog postIn this Drupalize.Me interview, we interview Scott Wilkinson, a builder of Drupal sites that solve problems for his freelance clientele. This interview is part of an ongoing series where we talk with a variety of people in the Drupal community about the work they do. Each interview focuses on a particular Drupal role and this interview with Scott focuses the site builder role, filled by a person who builds Drupal sites by expertly piecing together and configuring modules, themes, and settings.
What's New at Drupalize.Me - September
Blog postIt's that time again! Here's an overview of our big accomplishments in September, including the inside scoop on a Drupal 8 release and what that means for our training, the tutorials we've published this month, and tech updates for the site.