Each day, we witness various organizations, both large and small scale, opting for Drupal as their preferred platform for website development. But why?

Let’s delve into and understand the compelling reasons behind Drupal's popularity among nonprofits and NGOs. Additionally, we will examine some of the distinctive features that Drupal offers to these specific types of organizations. By the conclusion of this post, you will gain valuable insights into why many nonprofits and NGOs favor Drupal as their content management system (CMS) platform. 

Welcome to the second edition of Pitchburgh Diaries, a fortnightly update on our progress as we work on our plan for a decoupled Layout Builder using React.

Last fortnight's edition

This fortnight we've been focused on completing the API/persistence layer finalized and solidifying the APIs for the front-end components.

But before we get into the details, here's a demo of work so far ✨

Highlights of deliverables for this fortnight:

• Finalised the API
• Added an API for React Widget components plus a Widget manager
• Added a settings tray
• Added support for settings form to React Block components
• Added a document outline with drag and drop support
• Added a footer component that shows breadcrumbs
• Plain text widget
• Rich text widget powered by CKEditor
• Edit and select document modes
• Drag and drop to add new section or block

Our next steps are:

• Finalise documentation and release the front end code so others can start contributing widgets/formatters/blocks and layouts
• Make sidebar panes (left and right) pluggable as an extension point
• Implement save in the front-end (with autosave on idle)
• Implement block/region restrictions in front-end (aka Layout Builder restrictions support) - this already exists in the API.
• Support settings tray for section plugins
• Wire up to Drupal using drupalSettings and plugin definitions
• Undo/Redo support

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DrupalCon Lille is around the corner, and it comes with a schedule jam-packed with interesting talks. Which ones do you pencil in? We asked around, and these are the sessions that Annertechies are looking forward to checking out.

It’s yet again that exciting period of time, in which last minute tasks are crunched in the final week before heading out abroad for another round of DrupalCon festivities.  This year’s DrupalCon in Europe is being held in Lille, France, near the border with Belgium.  Having never been to this region of Europe before, I’m curious what the city has to offer and how the city vibe will resonate with all walks-of-life Drupalers traveling to one meeting point.

We’ve had another great year at Brainsum working on ambitious projects that run the gamut of client needs, one of which -, a social platform - is going to be showcased in a session.  Here’s what I’m looking forward to next week: