DrupalEasy Podcast 162 - Meeting Dries in the Loo (Alex Pott, Drupal 8 Update)

Alex Pott (alexpott), Drupal Research Engineer for Chapter Three, and a Drupal 8 co-maintainer joins Mike, Ted, and Ryan with an update on Drupal 8 critical and major issues, and the path to a Drupal 8 release. We also discuss progress on the Rules module for Drupal 8, beta-to-beta Drupal 8 updates, and Ted's epic screencast.

Interview

• Critical issues - 6 remaining as of the recording of the podcast.
• Major issues - more than 1,000.

DrupalEasy News

• DrupalEasy's Drupal Career Online's 12-week Fall 2015 session is underway with an all-new version of the curriculum that focuses on modern Drupal development workflows as well as including all-new Drupal 8 lessons.

Three Stories

• #d8rules finished milestone 1.
• Drupal 8 now ships with beta-to-beta updates.
• Making a Drupal 8 Contrib Module - The Movie: Raw and Uncut.

Sponsors

• WebEnabled.com - devPanel

Picks of the Week

• Mike - Drupal 8 Display Modes.
• Ted - Xdebug Helper for Chrome.
• Ryan - Configuration workflow for Drupal 8 Sites by Greg Anderson and Drupal motivational video by Wunderkraut.

Upcoming Events

• Online Drupal 7 Module Development - Learn Module Development Online.
• DrupalCon Barcelona - September 21-25, 2015 - Mike will be handling the keynote Q&As - send him your questions for Dries and the other keynote speakers.
• Baltimore DrupalCamp - October 9, 2015.
• DrupalCamp Atlanta - October 16-17, 2015.

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• @ultimike
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• @sixmiletech
• @alexpott

Five Questions (answers only)

1. Plays the ukulele.
2. Butt.
3. Live by the sea and sail on a boat regularly (after he gets Drupal 8 out the damn door).
4. Deer.
5. DrupalCon Paris, sprinting with Karen S and shaking Dries' hand in the toilet.

Intro Music

Every Day I'm Drupalin' Drupal Rap.

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