DrupalEasy Podcast 168 - Spooning with a Fork (Jen Lampton, Nate Haug - Backdrop Update)

Drupal fork Backdrop co-founders Jen Lampton (jenlampton) and Nate Haug (quicksketch) joined Mike, Anna, and Ted to discuss the current state of Backdrop, its (surprising) relations with the Drupal community, Drupal 8, as well as some current Drupal news and our picks of the week!

INTERVIEW

• Jen Lampton (jenlampton on drupal.org, jenlampton on github.com), co-founder Backdrop CMS and Drupal 8 core contributor.
• Nate Haug (quicksketch on drupal.org, quicksketch on github.com), co-founder Backdrop CMS and Drupal 8 core contributor.
• https://backdropcms.org
• https://github.com/backdrop

DRUPALEASY NEWS

• The next session of the 12-week Drupal Career Online course starts in March, 2016 - visit DrupalEasy.com/dco for all the details.

THREE STORIES

• Crawling the top 15,000 Drupal websites: 2016 edition blog post by Kristian Polso (Risse).
• Work on Migrate UI, frontend testing, bug fixes, and more for Drupal 8.1.0blog post from xjm.
• Drupal: 15 years old and still gaining momentum blog post by Dries.

SPONSORS

• WebEnabled.com - devPanel

PICKS OF THE WEEK

• Mike - Contact Storage module for Drupal 8.
• Ted - Scheduled Updates module for Drupal 8.
• Anna - How I Stumbled Upon the Internet’s Biggest Blind Spot.
• Nate - Support the Software Freedom Conservancy, 1-1 donation matching until January 31, 2016.
• Jen - Radix Layouts for Drupal for Backdrop.

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Online Drupal 7 Module Development - Learn Module Development Online.
• DrupalCamp New Jersey - January 29-31, 2016.
• Drupal Global Sprints 2016 - January 30, 2016.
• SANDCamp - February 24-27, 2016.
• DrupalCamp Utah - March 4-5, 2016.
• Florida DrupalCamp 2016 - March 5, 2016.
• MidCamp - March 17-20, 2016.

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• @sixmiletech
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• @backdropcms
• @jenlampton
• @quicksketch

FIVE QUESTIONS (ANSWERS ONLY)

1. Equestrian.
2. Many, many Android volume control apps (still looking for one that works).
3. 2015 tax return.
4. Koala.
5. After developing her first two Drupal projects.

INTRO MUSIC

The Drupal Song - written and performed by Jeff Robbins.

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