Issue 496 - July, 22nd 2021

Headlines

Security Advisories: Drupal Core - Critical - Drupal Core - Critical - Third-Party Libraries - SA-CORE-2021-004

Fruition Acquires DDEV

Randy Fay on Twitter: Regarding the Acquisition of Ddev

"This is great for #ddev - The "ddev" name is going to be only for the local dev open-source project, and @FruitionSearch is planning to provide some financial support to the project and organize more with other stakeholders."

drupal_get_path() and drupal_get_filename() Have Been Deprecated in Favor of Extension Listing Services

Form Mode Manager - Moderately Critical - Access Bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2021-023

From Our Sponsor

Articles

Palantir: Proudly Announcing the Palantir Fellowship Program

Powerful Front-End Framework Upgraded: What’s New in Bootstrap 5

Drupal 7 End of Life - What You Need to Know

How Oomph Built a Cross-Network Notification System for RI.gov

Using JSON API along with the Queue and Batch APIs, we built a bi-directional notifications system that will allow RI.gov’s hundreds of networked websites to publish near-real-time global notifications.

shaal/DrupalPod: Start Drupal Contributions with 1 Click.

This project allows you to work on Drupal contributions with a familiar setup of a "normal" Drupal website. No computer is needed because it is all running in the cloud.

Take a Deep Dive Into the Decoupled Menus Initiative of Drupal

A good collection of video and a summary of the initiative.

Tutorials

Building Chatbots in Drupal Using Dialogflow

Custom Node Routes

Drupal 9: Configuring Drupal to Authenticate Against a Remote SimpleSAMLphp Identity Provider

T-Shirts for Developers on for the Dev

If you're looking for some new developer t-shirts we have what you're looking for at FortheDev.com. Check out our newest t-shirts just added this week. Want a WeeklyDrop shirt? We have them as well and much more.

Releases

easy_breadcrumb 2.0.1

entities_import 8.x-1.1

graphql_metatag 8.x-1.5

Scheduler 8.x-1.4

search_api 7.x-1.28

search_api 8.x-1.20

search_api_autocomplete 8.x-1.5

upgrade_status 8.x-3.8

Drupal 7.82

Drupal 8.9.17

Drupal 9.1.11

Drupal 9.2.2

field_encrypt 3.0.0

Video

Contributing with Ease = Moving Drupal Issues Faster - Drupal Asheville

Create a Sub-Theme for a LocalGov Drupal Website

Generating Static Sites with Drupal and Tome W/ Sam Mortenson

Getting Started with Layout Builder for Drupal 8 & 9 - Drupal Asheville

Hack & Play: Drupal Static Code Analysis Fun - Matt Glaman

SC DUG July 2021 – Queries on Queries

Using Hsl() in the Olivero Theme - Lullabot

Podcasts

Tag1 Consulting: How to Load Test with Goose - Part 3: Bigger Instances

Talking Drupal #303 - Multitasking

Events

Announcing the First-Ever Contribution Mentor Summit

Join us in September for the Contribution Mentor Summit. The summit is aimed at increasing the number of contribution mentors that can then help new contributors begin their journey in contributing to the Drupal project. Familiar with the Drupal contribution processes?? Then YOU are the right person to come to this event and learn how we pass that knowledge onto new contributors. September 17-18, 2021 virtually in Open Social

Call for Speakers - Drupal Diversity & Inclusion Camp 2021

Drupal Diversity & Inclusion is holding the first ever Drupal Diversity & Inclusion (DDI) camp! Our aim is to bring new voices and important topics together into a relaxed and fun virtual conference. This event exists to center and elevate marginalized voices in the Drupal & web community. We want to hear about what you want to talk about! Speakers will receive free admission to the camp and a small stipend as a thank you for their work!