Issue 257 - September, 15th 2016

News

Drupal 8.2.0-Rc1 Is Available for Testing

"8.2.x includes many REST improvements; new experimental modules for content moderation, block placement, a sidebar to configure site elements in place, and end date support; and many other features and improvements. You can read a detailed list of improvements in the announcements of beta1, beta2, and beta3."

Drupal Association News: Membership Is Connection

"Today we launch the membership campaign focused on the Drupal Association Community Cultivation Grants program. Association members fund grants to kickstart community-strengthening projects around the world."

Drupal Core Announcements: User Guide 8.x-2.0 Released!

What's New on Drupal.org? - August 2016

From Our Sponsor

Articles

3 More Major Features in Drupal 8.2

A short overview of some of the new features in Drupal 8.2 by Steve Burge.

3 Things Junior Devs Should Know About Writing Drupal PHP

New to Drupal development? Check this out.

Avoid These 5 Mistakes on Your Drupal Site

After numerous site audits, we’ve gathered the top lessons learned as well as tips and tricks for creating and maintaining effective Drupal sites. Learn about best practices and common mistakes in 5 crucial areas: architecture, security, performance, infrastructure, and website lifecycle

Drupal Code Standards: Documentation

"In this post we’ll talk about why good, standardized documentation is crucial to your project, and review Drupal coding standards regarding documentation and comments."

OG8 Development Mindset

Amitai Burstein discusses the Drupal 8 version of Organic Groups.

We Could Add Default Content to Drupal Core, but What Would That Mean?

Tutorials

Custom Views Filters with Search API and Simple Hierarchical Select

What Is a Drupal Meet Up, Drupal Camp, and a DrupalCon?

Looking to attend your first Drupal event? Learn about the different types!

Projects

Drupal HTML Formatter Module

Introducing the Selective Watchdog Backend Module

"Keep a good performance while storing logs on your Drupal database."

Introduction to Drupal 8 Module : Permissions by Field

The Coffee Module

Alfred/Spotlight for Drupal.

Releases

Drupal 8.1.9

Drupal 8.2.0-Rc1

elysia_cron 7.x-2.2

Lightning 8.x-1.04

Openoutreach 7.x-1.33

registry_rebuild 7.x-2.4

reroute_email 8.x-1.0-Beta1

Video

3 Videos Showing How to Build a Drupal 8 Module

Podcasts

Acquia Podcast - Drupal 8 Content Workflow Initiative - Part 1

Lullabot Podcast: Syntax Is Syntax? Lullabot's Non-Drupal Development Work

The Secret Sauce, Ep. 31: Understanding Your Company’s Purpose