The Drop is Always Moving

Drupal core news archive. Posts were by @gaborhojtsy. Latest news on LinkedIn, Mastodon and BlueSky, same name.

[The Drop is Always Moving @DropIsMoving]

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[ultimike @ultimike]

Variants look like a useful addition to Single Directory Components coming in #drupal core 11.2.0:

https://t.co/LntpqmqJs5

Change record via @penyaskito

[The Drop is Always Moving @DropIsMoving]

From Drupal 11.2, the last APIs that needed .module files are OOP too! Devs can make use of Preprocess attributes to declare object-oriented preprocess hooks. Now there is no need for a .module file if all of the hooks are on classes in the Hook namespace. https://t.co/KD2dNXpMjO

[Drupal Dev Days @drupaldevdays]

💫 Drupal Developer Days 2026 and 2027 locations announced! 💫

📍 2026 April 22-25: Athens, Greece
📍 2027 Q2: Valencia, Spain

We can't wait to see you there. Stay tuned for more updates! 🤩

#DrupalDevDays #DDD25 #DDD26 #DDD27 #Drupal #OpenSource

[The Drop is Always Moving @DropIsMoving]

Announcing four new Drupal core leaders and a strategy update in the works! With the excitement surrounding Drupal CMS, many in the community are asking: what’s happening with Drupal core? We’re thrilled to share some great updates.

https://t.co/TixPzWJQzI

[The Drop is Always Moving @DropIsMoving]

Join us at DrupalCon Atlanta for all things Drupal CMS! Two keynotes, 20+ sessions, contribution opportunities, a dedicated training and even a game show will provide deeper insights into Drupal CMS, and this is just a slice of the whole conference! https://t.co/1NiooONywE

[The Drop is Always Moving @DropIsMoving]

People of the wonderful Drupal community are hosting more than 40 parties on Wednesday to celebrate the launch of Drupal CMS 1.0, quite incredible! Which one will you be at? There is also a global online party to join! https://t.co/cKnzRgB1tv

[The Drop is Always Moving @DropIsMoving]

Drupal 11.1.0 is now available! The first feature release of Drupal 11 improves the recipe system, introduces support for hooks written as classes, makes Workspaces more flexible and enhances performance.

Read more at https://t.co/u1ua9r5l6H

[The Drop is Always Moving @DropIsMoving]

Package Manager API module was just added as an alpha experimental module to Drupal 11's development code. It will be in a release when it reaches beta. Package Manager provides APIs on top of Composer and is used by Project Browser and Automatic Updates. https://t.co/nuAHHsiWCe

[The Drop is Always Moving @DropIsMoving]

For the first time, Drupal 11.1 will natively support OOP hooks! Dating back to the very early years of Drupal, hooks provide powerful ways to modify processing flows, forms, data structures and many other parts of the system. Read more at https://t.co/Oe4qP0w4Ep

[The Drop is Always Moving @DropIsMoving]

Let's meet at Drupal Starshot Initiative sessions at @DrupalConEur in Barcelona! Check out this rundown of what you can look forward to at the event and buy your ticket before the regular prices end midnight on Monday August 19!

https://t.co/HsSpoWDcPD

[Drupal @drupal]

#DrupalStarshot will offer out-of-the-box marketing best practices, user-friendly tools, and AI-driven site building features, all while maintaining the many advantages of #Drupal Core.

Learn more in Dries Buytaert's latest blog post: https://t.co/FFGALxZRAE

[The Drop is Always Moving @DropIsMoving]

Drupal 11 is now available! Check out the announcement video at https://t.co/1jQg77lgHg

[The Drop is Always Moving @DropIsMoving]

📢 Drupal 11.0.0-rc1 is now available! Release candidates are not for production sites, they are intended for widespread testing in preparation for the upcoming stable release. Test now! 11.0.0 is planned for the week of July 29, 2024. https://t.co/nHbpdcdwov

[The Drop is Always Moving @DropIsMoving]

Open source Drupal Starshot slide deck from @lauritimmanee and @gaborhojtsy with live recording from @drupaldevdays is now available at https://t.co/ODEN2SPJrs Present this at your company, meetup, Drupal 11 launch party, and so on!

[The Drop is Always Moving @DropIsMoving]

For the first time, Drupal Starshot adds a team of advisors to the leadership team. This council will provide strategic input and feedback to help ensure Starshot meets the needs of key stakeholders and end-users. Members are announced now at https://t.co/XwjlNvuhFF

[The Drop is Always Moving @DropIsMoving]

Composer 1 support in @Drupal is being phased out!
1️⃣ New https://t.co/hf2ENvlZSo packages/releases will not be available for Composer 1 after Aug 12, 2024.
2️⃣ Composer 1 support for older packages will be dropped after Oct 1, 2024. See https://t.co/xVtkDhExbl

[Gábor Hojtsy @gaborhojtsy]

We built a thing! Continuous forward compatibility checking of extensions for Drupal 12, 13, etc using @gitlab CI 😍 https://t.co/VMi7yrp2iE Get inline and ongoing feedback about readiness for upcoming major versions of Drupal as you develop extensions!

[Jesus Manuel Olivas @jmolivas]

Exciting news! You can now run #Drupal directly in your browser, no additional software required.

Thanks to Matt Glaman (@nmdmatt) outstanding work, Drupal now runs in the browser via #WebAssembly aka #WASM

This breakthrough allows evaluators and newcomers to "Try Drupal" effortlessly—just launch a demo site.

Read the full blog post here: https://t.co/HzeYtkaJx4

Follow updates on the Drupal at the Edge initiative here: https://t.co/0uJ6lIQSUS

Try Drupal in your browser right now here: https://t.co/viLwmBVd5K

While there's more to be done, this is a monumental step forward.

[Gábor Hojtsy @gaborhojtsy]

Today DrupalCI and patch testing is turned off on https://t.co/op0sSMxacG for good. While it is the end of an era, DrupalCI helped propel us into a strong culture of automated testing. Onwards with the faster and more versatile @gitlab CI! https://t.co/QSB03IzGOh