DrupalEasy Podcast

We talk with Cameron Eagans about Composer Patches, an open-source, Composer plugin to assist with applying patches to code files.

We talk with Andy Blum about the Drupal Smart Snippets extension for Visual Studio Code. The extension brings some really useful Drupal-y features to Visual Studio Code including hook completion, form and render array element completion, and service and service method autocomplete.

We talk with Jordan Powell about Cypress, an open-source, javascript-based testing framework.

We talk with Matt Glaman about PhpStan and they whys and hows of using it in your day-to-day Drupal development. We also touch on his Drupal 7 compatibility layer experiment and his current writing project(s).

We talk with Rosie Le Faive about Islandora, a Drupal 9 powered Document Asset Management system.

We talk with Randy Fay about the health of the DDEV project, his recent Drupal community recognition, and the DDEV testing infrastructure.

We talk with Ryan Price about how to start a new Drupal project the right way, including development environment setup, code base setup, initial modules, Git setup, and common newbie mistakes.

We talk with Rod Martin about what it takes to be a software trainer (including informal, one-on-one teaching) and how students can best prepare for a training.

We talk with Ted Bowman about the Automatic Updates initiative with a specific focus on how to use it and provide feedback.

We talk with Leslie Glynn about the Project Browser initiative with a specific focus on how to check it out and get involved with the project.

We talk with Alison Jo McCauley about how to be a mentor, including skills required, how to manage a mentor/mentee relationship, and tips for success.

Stan Ascher is the name of the person Alison mentioned during the podcast who played guitar during lunch at GovCon.

We talk with Brian Perry about web components, and how to get started with this new-ish technology.

Brian Perry, front-end architect with Bounteous, joins Mike Anello for a beginners talk about front-end components, including Brian's advice for what the first steps are for someone who wants to get started using them.

Donata Stroink-Skillrud, president of Termageddon LLC, licensed attorney, certified information privacy professional, and vice-chair of the American Bar Association ePrivacy Committee joins Mike Anello to talk about privacy (and other web site) policies (it's much more interesting than you think!) and why it is so important for modern web sites to have one.

AmyJune Hineline, community ambassador at Kanopi Studios, joins Mike Anello to talk about virtual Drupal events.