Tracking Drupal (and open source) contributions
We at Axelerant have been contributing to Drupal in our own ways since a long time. In fact, I worked as a full-time contributor to Drupal a few months after I joined. This was around the time Drupal 8...
View ArticleHow I contribute to Drupal (my workflow)
I have been contributing to Drupal in a few different ways for a few years now. I started off by participating in meetups, and then contributing to Drupal core whenever I found time. Eventually, I was...
View ArticleAltering forms in Drupal: Comparing hooks and object-oriented approaches
I previously wrote about how the object-oriented style of programming can be seen as a solution to all programming problems. There is a saying: if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a...
View ArticleAltering forms in Drupal: a workable mixed approach
I thought I was done with the series of posts on object-oriented programming after my last one. Of course, there is a lot we can write about object-oriented programming and Drupal, but that post covers...
View ArticleRemote Drupal Development
Over the years, I have significantly lesser time for development and an increasing need to move around. After dealing with back-pain due to the weight of my Dell laptop while travelling for...
View ArticleA Drupal Developer’s Tech Stack
The title of this post is not really accurate, but I can't think of another way to say it. This post is related to my earlier one on what a Drupal Developer does day-to-day. Here, I will talk about...
View ArticleA Drupal Developer’s Tech Stack… continued
Just as I published yesterday's article on the tech stack, I realized that I missed a few important things. I had said that the list was only a start, so I think it is fitting to continue it today. As...
View ArticleUnderstanding overridden configuration in Drupal
The configuration API is one of the major areas of progress made in Drupal 8. It addresses many challenges of managing a site across environments for Drupal 7 and before. It's not perfect. After all,...
View ArticleWhat I want to see in Drupal’s Future
This DrupalFest series of posts is about to end and I thought that a fitting end would be to talk about the future of Drupal. I have already written a bit about this in my previous post: what I want to...
View ArticleThe month of DrupalFest
I began writing this series of posts on April 1st, 2021 to celebrate DrupalFest, Drupal's 20th year. When I started, I was not sure I would be able to write something every day. For one thing, April...
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