Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #467 - Config Actions System

Today we are talking about The Config Actions System, What it does, and how it helps with Drupal Recipes with guests Alex Pott and Adam Globus-Hoenich. We’ll also cover the Events recipe as our module of the week.

For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/467

Topics
  • Explain Config Actions
  • Is this related to the Actions UI
  • How are config actions used in Drupal
  • How will the average user interact with Config Actions
  • What does non-desctructive mean
  • Where did the Config Action system come from
  • Future of the Config Action system
  • How can people help out
  • How does the Config Action system help with Drupal CMS
Resources Guests

Alex Pott - alexpott Adam Globus-Hoenich - phenaproxima

Hosts

Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Nate Dentzau - dentzau.com nathandentzau

MOTW Correspondent

Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu

  • Brief description:
    • Have you ever wanted to set up and configure a robust events system in your Drupal website, in just a few seconds? There’s a recipe for that.
  • Module name/project name:
  • Brief history
    • How old: originally created in Mar 2013 as a distribution, but reborn as a recipe in July 2024
    • Versions available: 1.0.0-alpha3, compatible with Drupal 10.3 and 11
  • Maintainership
    • Actively maintained
    • Security coverage? - no stable release
    • Documentation in the works
    • Number of open issues: 1 open issue, which is a bug
  • Usage stats: not tracked for recipes
  • Maintainer(s): mandclu
  • Module features and usage
    • Listeners probably won’t be surprised to hear that Smart Date is at the heart of what you’ll get when you apply the Events recipe
    • You will have an Event content type, and a view to list upcoming and past events
    • The recipe will also set up add-to-calendar links on your event page, making it easy for your site visitors to be reminded of when your event will take place
    • There are companion recipes to add a calendar view, to be able to associate locations (with maps), and to add event registration
    • A modified version of the Events recipe has already been integrated into Drupal CMS, so it will be even easier to apply for a site based on that
    • Internally it makes use of the createIfNotExists and setComponents config actions, which is why I thought it would be relevant to today’s discussion
Link
https://sacstudio.libsyn.com/talking-drupal-467-config-actions-system
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