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Conversations with other people in the Drupal community, and related communities, has been a continued source of inspiration for me. Back in September, in a discussion at the San Francisco Drupal Users Group, someone mentioned a Backdrop module that uses Javascript to automatically format dates and times in the timezone of any visitor using Javascript. It seemed like a really interesting idea, and I wondered if there was something in its approach I might be able to bring to Smart Date. But it was a busy time, and I noted it down, but forgot about it. It was during the recent Drupal 10 Launch Party that I was reminded about the idea of using Javascript to format dates, so they would be automatically in any visitor's timezone. The same idea had been implemented effectively for that site'sMoreSince there already are many development environment options available today like DDev and DockSal, why should you go for Lando for a Drupal setup?
Well, the reason is simple!
Lando is easy to work with, portable, and fast. And Lando can run anything, anywhere! It is the most approachable Devops tool that is quickly gaining popularity. A simple way to describe Lando is that it’s automated environment setup allows for easier development.
In this article, we’ll talk about Lando, its setup, architecture, and how you can use Lando recipes with Drupal, along with Lando configuration. So, let’s get started!
Lando is a powerful local development environment and DevOps tool which is free and open source, built on Docker. It is compatible with local environments on OSX, Windows, and Linux. Using Lando, you can prepare various types of services and tools effortlessly. Lando allows you to set different services for every project without affecting other projects working on Lando.
As a developer, it becomes super easy to set up the configuration in the service and tooling codebase, as well as the application configuration that needs to be run. Once the setup is complete, developers can enter the repository to run Lando and begin working on the project in complete isolation without disturbing the consistency in their development environments.
You’re already aware of what Lando is and its compatibility with Drupal. Now, as some of you may be familiar with Docker, you might be wondering how similar Lando and Docker are. The Lando setup configuration is similar to Docker compose and the isolated development environment is similar to that of Docker containers.
But such a similarity raises the question: why do you need Lando when you have Docker installed? Here’s why:
If you need help learning about the system requirements and installation of Lando for Drupal 9, refer to our blog here.
Recipes are a combination of services, proxies, and tooling designed as start-state-of-sane defaults for a particular use case. Lando's recipes are the highest abstraction of Lando, containing common combinations of services, events, and tooling.
Services are simplified but highly configurable docker containers. They can run build steps such as installing a PHP extension or running yarn install. Tooling allows users to run arbitrary commands or combinations of commands or combination of services when invoked. They’re incredibly useful while being super simple to use.
Config allows you to set some more important things your recipe provides. With Lando, you can configure and make changes according to your requirements.
For a better understanding, let’s take a deeper look into Lando services and tooling.
Lando services are simplified and highly configurable Docker containers. They should be able to run build steps and can be overridden to low levels. Services get automatic networking and security features.
Some of the most useful services are:
If you need additional on-server dependencies like PHP extensions or node modules, it sounds like a build step.
There are four major build steps:
Events allow the user to run an arbitrary command before or after certain parts of the Lando runtime. In simple words, you can automate commands or tasks you might often or always run, either before or after something happens. Lando and App runtime events can be hooked into pre- or post-events.
You can also hook into pre and post-events for all tooling commands.
Tooling allows you to run arbitrary commands on arbitrary services. Every Lando Drupal recipe ships with useful dev utilities. These are the commands that display on the Lando help page, such as
Here, using tooling we can create our custom commands and can define what these commands will do internally and on which containers. These also help us to expose certain services directly to the developer and automate processes.
Whenever we execute this command, it will go into the app server service and will run the command to see if the code is as per the Drupal standard. If not, it will display appropriate error messages.
This command will set and enable the xdebug-on on the app server for debugging.
Once you’ve set up Lando for your Drupal website, you can create custom services, and recipes, and use specific docker images for your services. Lando allows you to integrate with different server configurations and CI/CD. Additionally, you can also learn to automate testing to move ahead with your Lando recipes in Drupal.
Lando and Drupal blend well. And if you are already familiar with Docker and docker compose, setting up Lando for your Drupal website and using its recipes, combining the events, services, and tooling would be super easy for you!
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The new CKEditor 5 core module comes with many improvements and countless new features. Including but not limited to:
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First, we decided that it was time for an updated logo - something we haven't had since the start of our company. The updated logo incorporates the new "tilted drop" design element referring to both our Drupal roots and a capital letter "D" for DrupalEasy, of course! We retained the lime green color that we've grown accustomed to, and will be using this new design element in various new ways moving forward.
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Oh, how annoying when you go on to the site, but it does not have responsive layouts, and you have to use these inconvenient horizontal scroll bars. There are fewer and fewer awkward sites on the Internet every year, but the problem has not wholly disappeared.
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