Drupal Blogs in December

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DRUPAL BLOGS IN DECEMBER

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Continuing practiceLast month we began with an overview of our blogs

that were written in NovemberWe promised that from now on, at the beginning of

every month, you will be able to see, which Drupal blogs we have written for you over the past month

With that, you will be better informedWe also present you some of the best drupal blogs

from other authorsSo, here's December's work



https://www.agiledrop.com/blog/drupal-blogs-november


Our Drupal BlogsBesides an overview of November's blogs from us and from other authors, we began our December's work with Drupal Camps in Middle AmericaThere have been some complaints about the choice of the term Middle America, but we stand by our decision, which we also explained in the blog postHowever, two big Drupal Camps were found in that area, making a good promotion for Drupal



https://www.agiledrop.com/blog/other-top-drupal-blogs-november

https://www.agiledrop.com/blog/drupal-camps-middle-america

https://www.agiledrop.com/blog/drupal-camps-middle-america





We continued with Drupal Commerce 2.x for Drupal 8, which was written by our CEO Iztok Smolic, who had a session on Drupal Camp Munich under the same name So, all of you who have missed the session, here's a chance to learn something new about Commerce 2.xPrior to that, Acquia announced its partnership with MagentoThere are assurances that Drupal commerce is not neglected, but we'll see about that in the future



https://www.agiledrop.com/blog/drupal-commerce-2x-drupal-8





And there was only one continent left to analyse Drupal CampsIt was Oceania, which was a pleasant surpriseIt offered stability, because from 2008 there was at least one Drupal Camp organized every year and from 2014 there were at least three Drupal Camps organized every yearIt's true that this year all of them were in Australia, but New Zealand also helped in the past



https://www.agiledrop.com/blog/drupal-camps-oceania





Then it was time to give voice to other important people in Drupal Community as wellTherefore, we have made an interview with Janez Urevc, a Slovenian mastermind when it comes to Drupal and its connection with mediaWe talked about Drupal events, Drupal community and media management, which is considered as the main weakness in Drupal’s core



https://www.agiledrop.com/blog/janez-urevc-if-you-are-not-involved-community-you-are-leaving-choices-about-your-future-hands








Christmas was nearly upon as at that time, so it was time to connect Drupal with ChristmasWe presented some of our ideas how the two of them can be connected, from modules, templates, Drupal Christmas song to all sorts of ornaments in the shape of Drupal Icon and so onWe knew that you had your ideas as well, so we encouraged you to realize them



https://www.agiledrop.com/blog/drupal-christmas-motives

https://www.agiledrop.com/blog/drupal-christmas-motives





With our world tour of Drupal Camps concluded there was only one thing left for us to doTo present you an overview with all of our findings and the final ranking table, which measured the quantity of Drupal Camps organized on the continentThere were some surprises, but in general, more or less was as expected



https://www.agiledrop.com/blog/which-drupal-camp-go


And our last blog topic in December (meaning last year as well) was what challenges Drupal will have to face in 2017

Year 2016 was pretty successful, with a lot of new projects, modules, solutions ... launched, but there is, of course, room for improvementEspecially in community, where professional Drupal developers are not as active as they should be, in Drupal's core, where Media Manager is absent, in organizing Drupal events, especially in South America and so on



https://www.agiledrop.com/blog/challenges-ahead-drupal-2017

https://www.agiledrop.com/blog/challenges-ahead-drupal-2017


Other Drupal BlogsBuilding Views Query Plugins for Drupal 8

We begin our list with the second part of Building Views Query Plugins for Drupal 8 by Matt Oliveira. He wrote about coding the plugin and ended up with a basic functioning example. Yet, the author left some space open for the final third part.You can read the full blog post here.



https://www.lullabot.com/articles/building-views-query-plugins-for-drupal-8-part-2

https://www.lullabot.com/articles/building-views-query-plugins-for-drupal-8-part-2


The wonders of Twig theming

Our second choice is Ixis with The wonders of Twig theming. This blog post uncovers Twig theme layer, which was used for rebuilding the Ixis site in Drupal 8. The post also covers some things about frontend tools in general, making information very useful for Drupal developers.You can read the full blog post here.



http://www.ixis.co.uk/blog/wonders-twig-theming

http://www.ixis.co.uk/blog/wonders-twig-theming


Diversity Matters

Drupal Camp Munich raised a lot of questions about diversity in Drupal, because copies of a men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine were about to be handed out to participants as part of the welcome bags. Josef Dabernig was present on the event and he, from first hand, wrote about diversity at Drupal community events, stating that diversity does matter.You can read the full blog post here.



https://www.amazeelabs.com/en/blog/diversity-matters

https://www.amazeelabs.com/en/blog/diversity-matters


Drupal 8 Configuration Management in the real world - workflow and gotchas

Configuration Management has made it possible to store all Drupal configuration in code, making it a huge win for Drupalistas. But there are several gotchas that companies and individuals have to be careful of. John Locke pointed them out in his blog post.You can read the full blog post here.



https://www.freelock.com/blog/john-locke/2016-12/drupal-8-configuration-management-real-world-workflow-and-gotchas

https://www.freelock.com/blog/john-locke/2016-12/drupal-8-configuration-management-real-world-workflow-and-gotchas


Contact Block

There has been many blog post about Drupal modules that run on less than 1% of reporting sites. Contact Block, a module which will expose your contact form to the block system, really caught our eye.You can find the full blog post here.



http://gogrow.org/tutorials/contact_block

http://gogrow.org/tutorials/contact_block


Drupal as a Political Act

We know now that being involved in a Drupal community can only be beneficial for you. Whether you are a web developer or not. Matthew Tift makes our list with his blog post Drupal as a Political Act, where he described how Drupal community makes World a better place with bringing people together, discouraging hate and promoting democracy.You can read the full blog post here.




https://www.lullabot.com/articles/drupal-as-a-political-act

https://www.lullabot.com/articles/drupal-as-a-political-act


Lamborghini using Drupal

And for the last, it’s very important for Drupal to gain users with a big reputation. Users, which are well known around the world, can only help Drupal in gaining its popularity. Therefore, a blog post by founder Dries Buytaert about Lamborghini using Drupal also finds its place.You can read the full blog post here.



http://buytaert.net/lamborghini-using-drupal

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Drupal Blogs in December