Here's what I've been working on for my Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Code Enigma for sponsoring the time to work on these.

Over the past few weeks I've been sharing handy ways to set up Drupal for easier Drupal core development. Here's a bash script for installing Drupal and allowing you to choose what profile you want.

Here's what I've been working on for my LocalGov Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Big Blue Door for sponsoring the time to work on these.

Fellow Drupalists!

We have exciting news. As a way to express our appreciation for our community, the Drupal Association is pleased to announce some changes to the Individual Membership program, now called Ripple Makers!

Our goal is to increase communication and transparency, and create more opportunities for engagement.

The Drupal Association is a United States incorporated 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Donations to Ripple Makers are tax deductible, where applicable. We raise funding primarily through event registration, event sponsorship, the Drupal Certified Partner program, some grants, and individual contributions. We do not have a for profit parent corporation telling us what to do, nor do we ever charge to download Drupal. In fact, it is our mission to ensure that it will always be free. 

Drupal has given members of our community opportunities beyond just a career. The values adopted by open source communities create innovation, collaboration, and creation across the globe. Drupal itself is recognized as a Digital Public Good. Drupal is a lever for change and makes a difference preserving the integrity of the internet. 

At the heart of the Ripple Makers transformation is a commitment to fostering deeper connections with each and every member of our community, recognizing the invaluable role that sustaining donors play in advancing our shared mission and impact. By revamping our sustaining donors club to be more inclusive and communicative, we aim to create a culture of belonging where every donor feels valued, heard, and empowered to make a difference. 

Ripple Makers is your chance to give back—and to celebrate the Drupal community and the open source ecosystem that helps it thrive. We invite you to make a monthly donation in support of the Drupal Association.

Long gone are the days of using HTML tables for page layouts. That time almost seems shrouded in myth. One of the (many) reasons tables fell out of use was the advent of responsive design to meet the needs of different contexts and screen sizes. Tables are rigid. Their presence naturally hampers the responsiveness of a website to conform to a smaller screen size.

But tables are still useful. In some cases, they are necessary.

Low-code solutions are a quick and adaptable substitute for the conventional development cycle as digitization picks up speed. 

Low-code developments are quick, flexible, and affordable but perform better at certain tasks than others. Businesses usually use them mainly in these particular areas- Workflow Automation, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Data Integration, Mobile and Web Applications, Business Process Management (BPM), Internal Tools and Dashboards, and E-commerce Platforms.

Before this, let’s delve into the concept of low-code development to gain insight into how it benefits businesses.

At DrupalCon Portland, Dries announced Starshot during his State of Drupal presentation. Part of Starshot is the idea that we have Drupal CMS and Core. The big difference is that the Drupal CMS offering comes with standard contributed modules used by almost every existing Drupal build. Then, Dries showed a proposed wireframe for the Drupal.org download page. One of the first things I noticed was the "Launch" in the Drupal CMS section. I wasn't sure about the end goal: