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Variants look like a useful addition to Single Directory Components coming in #drupal core 11.2.0: drupal.org/node/3517062 Change record via @penyaskito

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. drupal.org/project/drupal…

💫 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

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. drupal.org/about/core/blo…

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! drupal.org/about/starshot…

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! drupal.org/association/bl…

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 drupal.org/blog/drupal-11…

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. drupal.org/project/drupal…

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 drupal.org/node/3442349

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! drupal.org/about/starshot…

#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: dri.es/introducing-dr…

Drupal 11 is now available! Check out the announcement video at youtu.be/Dw6_fBZ6D5Y

📢 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. drupal.org/project/drupal…

Open source Drupal Starshot slide deck from @lauritimmanee and @gaborhojtsy with live recording from @drupaldevdays is now available at drupal.org/about/starshot… Present this at your company, meetup, Drupal 11 launch party, and so on!

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 drupal.org/about/starshot…

Composer 1 support in @Drupal is being phased out! 1️⃣ New Drupal.org 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 drupal.org/drupalorg/blog…

We built a thing! Continuous forward compatibility checking of extensions for Drupal 12, 13, etc using @gitlab CI 😍 hojtsy.hu/blog/2024-jul-… Get inline and ongoing feedback about readiness for upcoming major versions of Drupal as you develop extensions!

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: mglaman.dev/blog/running-d… Follow updates on the Drupal at the Edge initiative here: drupal.org/about/starshot… Try Drupal in your browser right now here: wasm-drupal.mglaman.dev While there's more to be done, this is a monumental step forward.

Today DrupalCI and patch testing is turned off on drupal.org 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! drupal.org/about/core/blo…