A very special episode of the DrupalEasy Podcast - an episode two years in the making.

We talk with Jim Birch about the Recipes strategic initiative for Drupal. URLs mentionedDistributions and Recipes strategic initiative Core patch to test recipesConfig actions contrib moduleNEDCamp presentation on Recipes from Erik VolkernickRoadmap#distributions-and-recipes Slack channel DrupalEasy NewsProfessional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course.  Drupal Career Online - 12 weeks, 77 hours, live online, beginner-focused course.Audio transcript We're using the machine-driven Amazon Transcribe service to provide an audio transcript of this episode.SubscribeSubscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play, iHeart, Amazon, YouTube, or Spotify.If you'd like to leave us a voicemail, call 321-396-2340. Please keep in mind that we might play your voicemail during one of our future podcasts. Feel free to call in with suggestions, rants, questions, or corrections. If you'd rather just send us an email, please use our contact page.CreditsPodcast edited by Amelia Anello.

We talk with Kevin Quillen, author of Drupal 10 Development Cookbook, published in February, 2023 by Packt Publishing. URLs mentionedDrupal 10 Development Cookbook Open AI / ChatGPT integration moduleVelir Kevin's blog Drupal Test Traits Drush's generate command DrupalEasy NewsProfessional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course.  Drupal Career Online - 12 weeks, 77 hours, live online, beginner-focused course.Audio transcript We're using the machine-driven Amazon Transcribe service to provide an audio transcript of this episode.SubscribeSubscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play, iHeart, Amazon, YouTube, or Spotify.If you'd like to leave us a voicemail, call 321-396-2340. Please keep in mind that we might play your voicemail during one of our future podcasts. Feel free to call in with suggestions, rants, questions, or corrections. If you'd rather just send us an email, please use our contact page.CreditsPodcast edited by Amelia Anello.

We talk with Andy Giles about GitHub Copilot and his experience with it in Drupal development.URLs mentionedGitHub CopilotVisual Studio Code extension PhpStorm pluginOfficial Microsoft video on getting started with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code DrupalEasy NewsProfessional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course.  Drupal Career Online - 12 weeks, 77 hours, live online, beginner-focused course.Audio transcript  We're using the machine-driven Amazon Transcribe service to provide an audio transcript of this episode.SubscribeSubscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play, iHeart, Amazon, YouTube, or Spotify.If you'd like to leave us a voicemail, call 321-396-2340. Please keep in mind that we might play your voicemail during one of our future podcasts. Feel free to call in with suggestions, rants, questions, or corrections. If you'd rather just send us an email, please use our contact page.CreditsPodcast edited by Amelia Anello.

We talk with Luca Lusso, author of Modernizing Drupal 10 Theme Development, published in August, 2023 by Packt Publishing. URLs mentionedModernizing Drupal 10 Theme Development bookWebProfiler moduleStorybook Single Directory Components (SDC)Google LighthouseDrupalEasy NewsProfessional Module Development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course.  Drupal Career Online - 12 weeks, 77 hours, live online, beginner-focused course.Audio transcriptWe're using the machine-driven Amazon Transcribe service to provide an audio transcript of this episode.SubscribeSubscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play, iHeart, Amazon, YouTube, or Spotify. If you'd like to leave us a voicemail, call 321-396-2340. Please keep in mind that we might play your voicemail during one of our future podcasts. Feel free to call in with suggestions, rants, questions, or corrections. If you'd rather just send us an email, please use our contact page.CreditsPodcast edited by Amelia Anello.

We talk with DrupalEasy Podcast co-founders Ryan Price and Andrew Riley about what we'd want for Drupal Christmas - or maybe what we'd like to see evolve in the Drupal community in time for next Christmas!URLs mentionedDrupal planetDrupal marketing at Web Summit Project browserAutomatic updatesFunding projectAfter we recorded this episode, one of Andrew's wishes was granted! Drupal 10 will be supported until the release of Drupal 12 in mid-late 2026.DrupalEasy NewsProfessional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course.  Drupal Career Online - 12 weeks, 77 hours, live online, beginner-focused course.Audio transcriptWe're using the machine-driven Amazon Transcribe service to provide an audio transcript of this episode.SubscribeSubscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play, iHeart, or Spotify. If you'd like to leave us a voicemail, call 321-396-2340. Please keep in mind that we might play your voicemail during one of our future podcasts. Feel free to call in with suggestions, rants, questions, or corrections. If you'd rather just send us an email, please use our contact page.

We talk with Cameron Eagans about Composer Patches, an open-source, Composer plugin to assist with applying patches to code files.URLs mentionedCameron Eagans on MastadonCameron Eagans on LinkedIn  Composer Patches home Dependency patch resolution blog postNew-ish Composer Patches co-maintainer, Dane PowellNon-patchable targets Apply Drupal 9 compatibility patches with Composer DrupalEasy News Professional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course.  Drupal Career Online - 12 weeks, 77 hours, live online, beginner-focused course.Audio transcriptWe're using the machine-driven Amazon Transcribe service to provide an audio transcript of this episode.SubscribeSubscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play, iHeart, or Spotify. If you'd like to leave us a voicemail, call 321-396-2340. Please keep in mind that we might play your voicemail during one of our future podcasts. Feel free to call in with suggestions, rants, questions, or corrections. If you'd rather just send us an email, please use our contact page.

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.URLs mentionedDrupal Smart Snippets extension for Visual Studio Code (Github) vscodium Configuring Visual Studio Code doc page on Drupal.org  Auto Close Tag extension Auto Rename Tag extension Git Graph extension PHP Debug extension PHP DocBlocker extension PHP Intelephense extension YAML extension Twig Language 2 extension Suggested Visual Studio Code settings to go along with Drupal Smart Snippets extension:"editor.snippetSuggestions": "top", [this used to be the default behavior until 1.6.0] "php.suggest.basic": false, [source]DrupalEasy News Professional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course.  Drupal Career Online - 12 weeks, 77 hours, live online, beginner-focused course.Audio transcriptWe're using the machine-driven Amazon Transcribe service to provide an audio transcript of this episode.SubscribeSubscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play, iHeart, or Spotify. If you'd like to leave us a voicemail, call 321-396-2340. Please keep in mind that we might play your voicemail during one of our future podcasts. Feel free to call in with suggestions, rants, questions, or corrections. If you'd rather just send us an email, please use our contact page.

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).URLs mentionedDrupal 7 compatibility layer for Drupal 10 🤯Matt's blog PhpStan PhpStan Drupal extension drupal/core-dev PhpStan origin story Usage on Drupal.org for Drupal core (and contributed modules) PhpStan baseline functionality PhpStan strict rules PhpStan deprecation rules Get started with PhpStan DrupalEasy NewsProfessional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course.  Drupal Career Online - 12 weeks, 77 hours, live online, beginner-focused course.Audio transcriptWe're using the machine-driven Amazon Transcribe service to provide an audio transcript of this episode.SubscribeSubscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play, iHeart, or Spotify. If you'd like to leave us a voicemail, call 321-396-2340. Please keep in mind that we might play your voicemail during one of our future podcasts. Feel free to call in with suggestions, rants, questions, or corrections. If you'd rather just send us an email, please use our contact page.

We talk with Rosie Le Faive about Islandora, a Drupal 9 powered Document Asset Management system.URLs mentionedIslandora Digital Asset Management system Drupal.org project page and Github repository pageDocumentation and Getting StartedFedora Commons DrupalEasy NewsProfessional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course.  Drupal Career Online - 12 weeks, 77 hours, live online, beginner-focused course.Audio transcript We're using the machine-driven Amazon Transcribe service to provide an audio transcript of this episode.SubscribeSubscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play, iHeart, or Spotify.If you'd like to leave us a voicemail, call 321-396-2340. Please keep in mind that we might play your voicemail during one of our future podcasts. Feel free to call in with suggestions, rants, questions, or corrections. If you'd rather just send us an email, please use our contact page.

We talk with Randy Fay about the health of the DDEV project, his recent Drupal community recognition, and the DDEV testing infrastructure.URLs mentionedDDEV interactive support on Discord  Aaron Winborn AwardRandy's DrupalCon Pittsburgh wrapup  2023 Drupal Local Dev Survey resultsPlatform.sh sponsorship Github sponsors Localdev (DDEV) Foundation New ddev.com DDEV Advisory GroupRecruiting DDEV maintainers DDEV automated testing (link from 2019) - (from January 2022) Current windows/mac test runnersDrupalEasy NewsProfessional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course.  Drupal Career Online  - 12 weeks, 77 hours, live online, beginner-focused course.Audio transcript  We're using the machine-driven Amazon Transcribe service to provide an audio transcript of this episode.SubscribeSubscribe to our podcast on iTunes and Google Play. Listen to our podcast on Stitcher.If you'd like to leave us a voicemail, call 321-396-2340. Please keep in mind that we might play your voicemail during one of our future podcasts. Feel free to call in with suggestions, rants, questions, or corrections. If you'd rather just send us an email, please use our contact page.

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. URLs mentioned Docksal DDEV drupal/recommended-project Composer template Admin Toolbar Devel phpcs, phpcbf Pathauto Redirect Metatag Webform The Phoenix Project The Unicorn Project DrupalEasy News Professional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course. Drupal Career Online - 12 weeks, 77 hours, live online, beginner-focused course. Audio transcript We're using the machine-driven Amazon Transcribe service to provide an audio transcript of this episode. Subscribe Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play or Miro. Listen to our podcast on Stitcher. If you'd like to leave us a voicemail, call 321-396-2340. Please keep in mind that we might play your voicemail during one of our future podcasts. Feel free to call in with suggestions, rants, questions, or corrections. If you'd rather just send us an email, please use our contact page.

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. URLs mentioned Rod's videos on LinkedIn OSTraining.com DrupalEasy News Professional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course. Drupal Career Online - 12 weeks, 77 hours, live online, beginner-focused course. Audio transcript We're using the machine-driven Amazon Transcribe service to provide an audio transcript of this episode. Subscribe Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play or Miro. Listen to our podcast on Stitcher. If you'd like to leave us a voicemail, call 321-396-2340. Please keep in mind that we might play your voicemail during one of our future podcasts. Feel free to call in with suggestions, rants, questions, or corrections. If you'd rather just send us an email, please use our contact page.

We talk with Ted Bowman about the Automatic Updates initiative with a specific focus on how to use it and provide feedback. URLs mentioned Automatic Updates project on drupal.org Strategic initiative: Automatic Updates DrupalEasy News Professional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course. Drupal Career Online - 12 weeks, 77 hours, live online, beginner-focused course. Audio transcript We're using the machine-driven Amazon Transcribe service to provide an audio transcript of this episode. Subscribe Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play or Miro. Listen to our podcast on Stitcher. If you'd like to leave us a voicemail, call 321-396-2340. Please keep in mind that we might play your voicemail during one of our future podcasts. Feel free to call in with suggestions, rants, questions, or corrections. If you'd rather just send us an email, please use our contact page.

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. URLs mentioned Project browser project on drupal.org Strategic initiative: Project browser Kanban board for getting the top 100 module ready for Project browser Leslie's slides from NEDCamp DrupalEasy News Professional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course. Drupal Career Online - 12 weeks, 77 hours, live online, beginner-focused course. Audio transcript We're using the machine-driven Amazon Transcribe service to provide an audio transcript of this episode. Subscribe Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play or Miro. Listen to our podcast on Stitcher. If you'd like to leave us a voicemail, call 321-396-2340. Please keep in mind that we might play your voicemail during one of our future podcasts. Feel free to call in with suggestions, rants, questions, or corrections. If you'd rather just send us an email, please use our contact page.

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. URLs mentioned #mentoring channel on the Drupal Slack workspace DrupalEasy News Professional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course. Drupal Career Online - 12 weeks, 77 hours, live online, beginner-focused course. Audio transcript We're using the machine-driven Amazon Transcribe service to provide an audio transcript of this episode. Subscribe Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play or Miro. Listen to our podcast on Stitcher. If you'd like to leave us a voicemail, call 321-396-2340. Please keep in mind that we might play your voicemail during one of our future podcasts. Feel free to call in with suggestions, rants, questions, or corrections. If you'd rather just send us an email, please use our contact page.