Part 2 - In this podcast, Yves Chedemois, aka yched, and I cover some changes to Drupal 8 core – CMI, the plugin system, and how they (and object oriented code) benefit developers.
Read the full post at the Acquia Developer Center: https://dev.acquia.com/podcast/112-meet-yves-chedemois-22-drupal-8-cmi-plugins-oo
In part one of my conversation with Yves Chedemois, we talk about his time working on Drupal, being part of the Drupal community (and the "Hey!" moment), Drupal development sustainability, and how the Drupal community stepped up to help him when he needed it recently.
Read the full post at the Acquia Developer Center: https://dev.acquia.com/podcast/111-meet-yves-chedemois-11-drupal-community-funding
Part 2: I spoke with the Top Shelf Modules team – Susan Rust, Ryan Cross, Rik de Boer, and Karl Scheirer – on November 4, 2013. In part two, we go into more depth about TSM's mission and discuss the sustainability (or otherwise) of Drupal's volunteer-based development model and the various efforts and experiments underway to change, improve, or "fix" it, some more pragmatic – like TSM and drupalfund.us, some more idealistic, like Gittip sponsorships and similar.
Read the full post and see the conversation video at the Acquia Developer Center: https://dev.acquia.com/podcast/110-meet-top-shelf-modules-22-volunteering-sustainability-dries-day
Part 1: I spoke with the Top Shelf Modules team – Susan Rust, Ryan Cross, Rik de Boer, and Karl Scheirer – on November 4, 2013. In part one, we go over the concept behind TSM, the quality and challenges in the Drupal contrib. module space, Drupal 8 and why it is time to upgrade your modules now (!). In part two, we go into more depth about TSM's mission and discuss the sustainability (or otherwise) of Drupal's volunteer-based development model and the various efforts and experiments underway to change, improve, or "fix" it.
Read the full post and see the conversation video at the Acquia Developer Center: https://dev.acquia.com/podcast/109-meet-top-shelf-modules-12-drupal-contributed-module-quality