Issue 711 - December, 11th 2025
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Drupal Blog: Drupal Canvas Is Now Available: Inside Drupal's New Visual Page Builder
"Drupal Canvas represents an ongoing, community-driven effort to modernize how we build with Drupal. Canvas adds a more visual, flexible way to arrange and adjust page components, helping non-developers work more independently while providing developers space for deeper technical work."
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hook_requirements Deprecated in Favor of Separate Runtime and Update Hooks and Install-Time Requirements Checks
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