DrupalEasy Podcast 174 - Floss Belt (Ryan Szrama - Drupal Commerce)

Ryan Szrama (rszrama), President and CEO of Commerce Guys, project leader ofDrupal Commerce, and proud ex-Best Buy Geek Squad member joins Ryan, Ted, and Mike for a comprehensive discussion Commerce Guys' recent relaunch as a standalone company, and the current development progress of Drupal Commerce for Drupal 8. We also discussed Drupal 8.1, a potential future for the theme layer, the absolute correct pronunciation of "Szrama", and a big announcement from Ted.

Interview

• Commerce Guys Refocusing on Drupal Commerce as Platform.sh Becomes an Independent Company blog post.
• https://drupalcommerce.org, especially the blog for updates on 8.x-2.0.
• http://docs.drupalcommerce.org
• Meta for checkout issues (base form to be inlcuded in alpha4):https://www.drupal.org/node/2710973
• Payment roadmap issue (target for beta1 at DrupalCon):https://www.drupal.org/node/2711013

DrupalEasy News

• DrupalEasy and SixMileTech team up for Introduction to Drupal 8 Module Development at DrupalCon New Orleans.
• DrupalEasy Podcast now on Google Play.
• DrupalEasyPodcast on Reddit - upvote stories you'd like us to cover.

Three Stories

• Drupal 8.1 is now available.
• Unify & simplify render & theme system: component-based rendering (enables pattern library, style guides, interface previews, client-side re-rendering) - issue by Wim Leers.
• Why you SHOULDN'T upgrade from Drupal 6! - blog post by David Snopek.

Sponsors

• WebEnabled.com - devPanel

Picks of the Week

• Mike - Bootstrap base theme.
• Ted - Is size just a number? Reflecting on community growth, mentoring, and where we spend our efforts DrupalCon session by David Hernandez andKalpana Goel.
• Ryan P - Registry Rebuild and --fire-bazooka for when you move between environments.
• Ryan S - Cloudflare.

Upcoming Events

• DrupalCon New Orleans - May 9-13, 2016.

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• @ryanszrama

Five Questions (answers only)

1. Kayaking
2. Clash Royale
3. Become a beverage professional
4. Llamas
5. DrupalCon Barcelona 2007

Intro Music

The Dean Scream.

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