Modules Unraveled Podcast

063 DrupalCon Austin Announcement with Dianna Montalion Dupuis - Modules Unraveled Podcast

brian@modulesunraveled.com (Brian Lewis) — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:07:35 +0000

## DrupalCon Austin

* Where is the DrupalCon going to be

* Why Austin?

* When is it? (June 2-6)

* With extended sprints before and after

* What does the tech community look like there?

* What does the Drupal community look like?

* DrupalCamp Austin (June 21st 2013)

* What’s the Drupal adoption look like in Austin?

* It’s strongly linked with adoption of other front and back end technologies. (node.js etc)

* Who’s going to be the “boots on the ground” in Austin playing “host”?

* Probably the same people that did it for Portland. Sponsors etc.

* Four Kitchens, Astonish, Whole Foods, City of Austin, Volacci, et

062 Kraftwagen with Rolf van de Krol - Modules Unraveled Podcast

brian@modulesunraveled.com (Brian Lewis) — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:30:00 +0000

## Kraftwagen

* On the kraftwagen.org it says that Kraftwagen is “Drupal for large (distributed) development teams and staged deployments.” Can you elaborate on what exactly that means?

* (Rolf) pain of configuration in DB. Everything in code is essential. Standardized workflow

* What do you mean when you say “Drupal for developers”?

* It states that everything is in code. Does that include info from the database, like configuration?

* How does this compare to the configuration management initiative in Drupal 8?

* How does it integrate with multiple deployment targets like local, staging and live environments?

* It mentions skeletons, what are those?

* (Rolf) start points. mention scaffolding

* So, how does this all work? What are the components of Kraftwagen?

* (Rolf) kraftwagen (drush extension) and 2 important modules (kw-manifests and kw-itemnames). explain the workflow of Kraftwagen (setup, build, init db, update)

* On the site is says something about Environment awareness, and mentions that the Devel module shouldn’t be enabled on a live server, but should on a development environment. I get around this by using a global git ignore file on my local machine that ignores the devel module. So, when I spin up a new site on my local machine, part of that process is to install the Devel module, but my system prevents it from ever being pushed anywhere automatically. How does Kraftwagen deal with that?

* (Rolf) builds are not environment aware, but dependencies and manifests are.

## Use Cases

* Are you familiar with Aegir? How would you compare the two?

061 The Walkthrough.it Project with Kristof Van Tomme - Modules Unraveled Podcast

brian@modulesunraveled.com (Brian Lewis) — Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000

## Walkthrough.it

* What is walkthrough.it?

* I heard that this works with Selenium in the background

* What is Selenium?

* How does Selenium make this awesome?

* How is this related to the Tour module in Drupal 8 core?

* How do you record walkthroughs?

* How do you play walkthroughs?

* You recently finished a crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo, can you tell a bit more about

that?

* What things did you promised as part of the campaign?

* WalkHub: walkthrough server distribution,

* Walkthrough module for Drupal

* really awesome t-shirts

* WalkHub.net: GitHub for interactive tutorials

* An iPad application with introductory tutorials for Drupal distributions

## App

* What is this iPad app for?

## Drupal Module

* Can you tell me a bit more about the Drupal module?

* Will there be versions for both Drupal 7 and Drupal 8?

## Grand prize: documentation of a distribution

* You promised that you would document 1 distribution with walkthroughs if your IndieGoGo

campaign would be a success. Do you already know which one will win?

Audioblog: Who are new contributors? What leeway do we give them?

brian@modulesunraveled.com (Brian Lewis) — Tue, 07 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000

The following blog post was written by Cathy Theys of comm-press, and is also read by Cathy Theys. For a link to the original article where you can comment, and find all of the links mentioned in the blog, visit ModulesUnraveled.com/ab2. Enjoy!

If you'd like to participate in the Audioblog, you can contact me on Twitter @ModsUnraveled, or through the contact form at ModulesUnraveled.com/contact.

Audioblog: Twigs and Sticks and Themes and Bones - but names will never hurt me!

brian@modulesunraveled.com (Brian Lewis) — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000

The following blog post was written by Donna Benjamin of Kattekrab.net, and is also read by Donna Benjamin. For a link to the original article which contains all of the links mentioned in the post, visit ModulesUnraveled.com/ab1. Enjoy!

If you'd like to participate in the Audioblog, you can contact me on Twitter @ModsUnraveled, or through the contact form at ModulesUnraveled.com/contact.

Welcome to the Audioblog

brian@modulesunraveled.com (Brian Lewis) — Sun, 05 May 2013 02:44:45 +0000

Hi! Welcome to the very first Audioblog sponsored by Modules Unraveled. This is Brian Lewis, and if you're listening to this, it probably means that you prefer to digest your content audibly, rather than reading long blog posts. Well, I'm the same way, and I kept coming across blog posts that I wouldn't normally read, but something about them would catch my eye, and I'd dive in. Almost without fail, I'd come away glad I did decide to read the post. The problem is, I don't have time to read everything that I think looks interesting. But I do have a lot of time to listen to things in my car. So I got to thinking, "there's got to be a way that I can consume these blog posts without having to set aside precious time to read them." Now, I know there are apps out there that will read text to you, but those almost always have a difficult to understand (or tolerate) mechanical voice.

So I thought, "what if authors took five minutes and recorded their blog posts right after they've written them?" Well, as it turns out, nobody is doing that right now. So I decided to go ahead and reach out to some of the authors who are writing exceptional blog posts and ask if they would be willing to do that. Well, good news some of them have agreed! Others were interested in the idea, but weren't really comfortable recording themselves, or didn't have the technical ability to do so. Some of those authors have given me the permission to record their blog post for them.

All of this means that while you're driving in your car to and from work, working out at the gym or doing whatever you are right now, while you're listening to this, you'll be able to listen to blog posts so that you don't miss out.

My goal is to have the original authors record their posts so that they can put the tone and inflection that they had originally intended for the post into their recording. If they're not able to or willing to record themselves, but would still like their post to be available in an audio format, I'll be recording some of those.

The podcast will continue its weekly schedule, and these Audioblogs will be interspersed whenever they become available.

So, if you'd like to get involved, and you've written a post that you think lends itself to an audio format, go ahead and get ahold of me and I'll take a look. Keep in mind that I won't be accepting every post because some things just don't work well in an audio format, like how-to articles that really need visuals. I've already received a couple of recordings from Donna Benjamin and Cathy Theys, so those will be coming out in the next couple of days!

Thanks for listening, and I'd love to get some feedback on what you think about the Audioblog. You can always get ahold of me on Twitter - @ModsUnraveled, my email address is brian@modulesunraveled.com or through the contact form at ModulesUnraveled.com/contact

Thanks for listening!

060 DrupalCon Portland with Holly Ross and Stephanie El-Hajj - Modules Unraveled Podcast

brian@modulesunraveled.com (Brian Lewis) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:38:00 +0000

More about Holly

Now that we know a little bit about your background and where you’re from, tell us a little bit about what you do now.
What is your position in the association? What do you do there?
How long have you been in this position?

DrupalCon

Exactly four weeks from today, we’ll be finishing up the conference!
If you’re planning on attending, but haven’t got your tickets yet, the price goes up from $500 to $550 on Friday at midnight!
Free transit pass!
iOS app - http://saforian.com/CaseStudies/Drupalcon/ (Download here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/atdrupalcon/id636398190?mt=8)
What was your experience like at DrupalCon Sydney?
What are you excited about most for DrupalCon Portland?
Other events - Where can people find out about the events
- Trivia night
- Photo scavenger hunt

Portland

Where is the best place to eat?
- pinterest.com/drupalcon
Where is the best place to drink?
- Coffee - Stumptown
- Alibi - Alcohol (Also Karaoke)
- Upright? - Breweries
What should those of us who haven’t been before, make sure to do?

059 The Module Off with Mike Kadin - Modules Unraveled Podcast

brian@modulesunraveled.com (Brian Lewis) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:05:00 +0000

Module Off

What is the Module Off?
Why did you start the Module Off?
- Are you doing this to get free work?
What kind of feedback have you received from previous contenders?
Who can participate in the challenges?
How does someone go about submitting a module? and What does their submission need to include?
How is the winner selected?
What does the winner receive?
How can someone become a sponsor?
What are some of the past challenges?
Do you have any idea about what some future challenges might be?

058 Using Scald for Media Management with Sylvain Moreau - Modules Unraveled Podcast

brian@modulesunraveled.com (Brian Lewis) — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:45:20 +0000

Scald

What is Scald?
Can you give us some of the history behind the module?
Mention about the codesprint (rc3)
Why did you decide to go with Scald over Media?
What sets it apart from the Media module?
- The library that comes with Scald is real clean and easy to use, can you talk a little bit about how that came about?
What types of digital assets can you use with Scald?
- Images
- Videos
- Audio
- Tweets, Facebook statuses etc.
How does Scald work with on-site, and off-site digital assets?
What is an Atom?
What Atoms are available out of the box?
- Flash Files
- Audio : FIle Upload, Soundcloud
- Videos: Dailymotion, Youtube, Vimeo, EMbed.ly; Viddler
- PDF Files
- Tweets
- Images : Files Uploads, Flickr, Instagram
- Slides : Slideshare
How can developers extend Scald?
- they can build their own provider module to extend =add atom types
- contribute to the issue queue

Use Cases

What are some existing sites that are using Scald?
- Big French Media Companies : Radio France, France Television, ARTE (French/German TV), Le Figaro (one of France’s big newspaper), Radio Nova, Santé Magazine
- More big users : Commerce Guyz, British Council, Web Agencies
I understand there’s a distribution built around Scald. How can people try that out?

Roadmap

What’s in the future for Scald?
- 1.1 : UX redesign, responsive design, more spark integration, plupload (multi-upload), private file system, more providers

Questions from Twitter

Antti Tuppurainen@wroxbox
@ModsUnraveled Thank you for Scald. Happy to contribute. Any toughts about responsive image solutions like bit.ly/14Xvb2W #MUP058
David H. @FromWayDowntown
@ModsUnraveled @slybud A comparison to Media module (2x) would be awesome.
Damien McKenna @DamienMcKenna
@ModsUnraveled In the interest of improving its adoption on existing sites, any plans to integrate with field_entity?
Damien McKenna @DamienMcKenna
@wroxbox @ModsUnraveled Discussing http://drupal.org/node/1874994 would be good. (Identify the features missing from File_Entity that would allow Scald to run on top of it rather than using a separate entity.)
Antti Tuppurainen@wroxbox
@ModsUnraveled Can you compare scald and bit.ly/14XzL16 asset module. #MUP058 @slybud

057 Using CiviCRM for Newsletters in Drupal with Michael McAndrew - Modules Unraveled Podcast

brian@modulesunraveled.com (Brian Lewis) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0000

What do you see as the benefit of using an external service like CiviCRM as compared to a “Drupal” specific setup like using Simplenews or Message notify?
And for the sake of argument, what would you see as a benefit of using a “Drupal” setup over an external service?

CiviCRM

How much integration is there between Drupal and CiviCRM?
Can you create new lists from the Drupal interface?
Can you create the newsletters in the Drupal interface?
How does it deal with images in a newsletter?
How can you add site content into a newsletter?
Can you setup autoresponders?
Can you setup split tests?
Are there any analytics included?
How do users subscribe and unsubscribe from a newsletter?

056 The Message Stack of Modules With Amitai Burstein - Modules Unraveled Podcast

brian@modulesunraveled.com (Brian Lewis) — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Alright, before we get into the modules themselves, I’m going to be asking all of the guests in this series the same two questions about newsletters in Drupal.

What do you see as a benefit of using a “Drupal” setup like the Message stack over an external service like MailChimp?
And for the sake of argument, what might you see as the benefit of using an external service as opposed to a “Drupal” specific setup?

Message

What is the Message module?
What are some of the features?
Can users subscribe/unsubscribe?
What is the documentation like? Are there screencasts?

Message Notify

What is the Message Notify module and how does it integrate into the message stack?
What are some of the features?
- SMS - how do you use this?
Can users subscribe/unsubscribe?
What is the documentation like? Are there screencasts?

Message-Subscribe

What is the Message-Subscribe module and how does it integrate into the message stack?
What are some of the features?
- Messages sent on the fly/batches
- Can you setup daily/weekly digests?
How does it scale?
How custom can each message be?
Can you setup autoresponders?
How do you include site content?
How does it deal with images in a newsletter?
Are there analytics?
Can users subscribe/unsubscribe?
What is the documentation like? Are there screencasts?

Use Cases

What are the appropriate use cases for each module?

055 The Mass Contact Module with Jason Flatt - Modules Unraveled Podcast

brian@modulesunraveled.com (Brian Lewis) — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:05:00 +0000

Mass Contact

When I asked you to come on the show, you replied by saying that Mass Contact was never meant to be a newsletter module. So, can you explain exactly what Mass Contact is, how does it works, and how it should be used?
What are some of the features?
- You can send a message to one or more categories of users, which are specified by role.
- Large recipient lists may be broken up into smaller chunks.
- The site administrator can control how many messages are allowed to be sent by a single person in an hour.
- The message may be sent such that the recipients' e-mail addresses are hidden from each other.
- The message may be sent as plain text or HTML, even specifying the input format filter to use. (The Drupal 7 version requires the Mime Mail module.)
- The message may include one or more binary file attachments. (The Drupal 7 version requires the Mime Mail module.)
- The site administrator may specify different texts to be placed at the beginning and/or the end of every message that is sent out.
- A copy of the message may be saved as a node.
- Users may opt-out, by category, of receiving mass mailings on their account settings page.
Can users subscribe/unsubscribe?
What is the documentation like? Are there screencasts?

Use Cases

What is an appropriate use for this module?

054 The Simplenews and Newsletter modules with Sascha Grossenbacher and Paris Liakos - Modules Unraveled Podcast

brian@modulesunraveled.com (Brian Lewis) — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:27:06 +0000

Background

This is the second episode in the “Newsletters in Drupal” mini-series, and I’m really excited for this show! We’re actually going to be talking about two modules, and the reason I’m excited is because there’s potential for these two modules to merge into one. We all know that there are a million ways to do any one thing in Drupal, and from a site-builder, and maintenance point of view, it’s always a good thing if we can eliminate duplicate modules! So, while nothing’s set in stone yet, this might just be the beginning of the end for at least one redundant module!

Alright, before we get into the modules themselves, I’m going to be asking all of the guests in this series the same two questions about newsletters in Drupal.

What do you see as a benefit of using a “Drupal” setup like Simplenews or Newsletter over an external service like MailChimp?
- Sascha:
  - Everything happens in Drupal, Full control over the data, user interface and processes. Simplenews allows you create personalized newsletters based on the context of the user, using other data from your site. For example, you could add the list of content they flagged last month or suggestions based on that.
- Paris:
  - Better integration of your drupal data with the newsletter system.
  - You can use other existing modules to improve the creation or automatic population of your newsletter.
  - Central place for its administration.
  - It is open source, so you can easily modify it further according to your needs, or hire someone to build another custom module on top of it.
  - Of course, it is free
And for the sake of argument, what might you see as the benefit of using an external service as opposed to a “Drupal” specific setup?
- Sascha:
  - A large number of features that are ready to use and better backend user iinterfaces like templates and template builders. We are currently working on integrating with Panelizer, so that you can use similar tools as well in Simplenews but we don’t have nearly as much time as the teams behind these services to provide the same experience.
  - Scalability, being able to send tens of thousands of e-mails in short time. You can of course use a transactional e-mail service like Mendrill or Mailjet for reliability, statistics and so on but the e-mails are still built on your site.
- Paris:
  - You dont have to think about server configuration, mail servers, spam mails, blacklisting and other technical things.
  - Your server load, since the whole system is hosted elsewhere
  - Maturity: i think most external services are more mature than simplenews and of course a lot more than newsletter

Simplenews

What is simplenews, and how does it work?
What are some of the features?
- Sending nodes as newsletters to subscribers
- Multiple newsletter categories with separate settings
- Per category and multi-signup Blocks and Pages
- Subscriber management including mass-subscription and export
- Optional E-mail confirmations for anonymous users
- Customizable newsletter templates
- Support for HTML (including text alternative) newsletter when used in combination with a supported mail system module
- Views and Rules integration
- Support for multi-language newsletters
What is the documentation like? Are there screencasts?
- There is some documentation on drupal.org but it is outdated.
- There is the screencast from Modules Unraveled

What sets Newsletter apart from Simplenews? How is it different?
- Newsletter was built with automated newsletters in mind..That is, you have many newsletter lists and want to send them with different time intervals each..I know that there is an add-on module for simplenews that does that, but it came a lot later than newsletter was released
- It also has easier workflow for admins and statistics (Same as above, there is a simplenews module for that
- Finally it is base on Drupal 7 entities, which makes it easier to integrate with other entity based modules.
What are some of the features?
- Multiple newsletters lists configurable on existing terms
- Plain text or HTML out of the box.
- Multiple schedules Each newsletter can have more than one schedule, e.g. Daily, Monthly, Weekly, manually or even custom, eg after 10 new posts for this term.
- Centralized administration and configuration on a single page.
- Users can customize the terms in the list they subscribe to.
- Custom template per list.
- Statistics (CTR and Open-Rate)
What is the documentation like? Are there screencasts?
- Unfortunately not..all documentation there is, is in README.txt

Use Cases

When would someone use one module over the other?
- Sascha:
  - I had only a quick look at Newsletter today but from what I saw, it has more functionality for administrators and is probably also easier to use out of the box than Simplenews. I think it is a typical project that has been built for a specific use case and if that use case is what you are looking for, then newsletter might be a good match for you.
  - Simplenews has evolved over a long time and has some of advantages due to that
  - A reliable spooling system that makes sure that mails are sent and are only sent once, including support for large numbers of subscribers and parallel send processes
  - A more flexible sign-up process which can be configured per newsletter category, configurable confirmation mails, combined confirmations for multiple categories and so on
  - The fact that newsletters are nodes makes it easy to provide an online archive and a web-version of your newsletter
  - Uses Drupal’s theming system to build the outgoing mails.
  - So if those things sound like something you want or need, then you should probably have a look at Simplenews
- Paris:
  - Agreed with above, don’t have anything to add

What does the future hold?

Can we expect to see the modules merge in the near future?
- Sascha:
  - Depends on what you understand from a merge. A number of additional features provided by Newsletter (statistics, scheduling) is already available as separate projects. The new major version for Simplenews, which we are currently working on, will contain an improved architecture based on entities, similar to Newsletter. That should make it possible to provide the remaining additional functionality that Newsletter provides on top of Simplenews, for example the simple and straightforward of for creating and re-using templates. So once we are there, then we can probably state that Newsletter is deprecated for most usage in favor of Simplenews
- Paris:
  - Newsletter will just provide a migrate class to transfer all the data to simplenews equivalent and of course requiring as dependencies simplenews add-on modules (like simplenews_statistics)
What are the goals and features developed in for Simplenews 7.x-2.x?
- Sascha:
  - New underlying, entity-based architecture
  - Clean terminology in the UI and code: newsletters, subscribers, newsletter issues
  - Recipient handlers, allowing to address a subset of your subscribers based on views, organic groups, per language, a CRM

053 Using Mailchimp and Mandrill to Send Newsletters in Drupal with Lev Tsypin - Modules Unraveled Podcast

brian@modulesunraveled.com (Brian Lewis) — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:00:00 +0000

First-off, we’re going to be talking about both the MailChimp and Mandrill modules. So, before we get into the modules, can you explain the difference between the two services?
Unique relationship with MailChimp and how they’re sponsoring development, etc.
What do you see as the benefit of using an external service like MailChimp as compared to a “Drupal” specific setup like using Simplenews or Message notify?
And for the sake of argument, what would you see as a benefit of using a “Drupal” setup over an external service?

Mail Chimp

How much integration is there between the module and the service?
Can you create new lists from the Drupal interface? How many lists?
Can you create the newsletters in the Drupal interface?
How do you work with templates? Do you configure them on the MailChimp side, and then select them in the Drupal interface?
MailChimp has a “drag and drop editor”, is that functionality carried over to the Drupal interface?
How do you include site content?
How does it deal with images in a newsletter?
How can you add site content into a newsletter?
Can you setup autoresponders?
Can you setup split tests in the Drupal interface?
- LT: MailChimp handles this with it’s email optimizer
Can you view reports and analytics in Drupal?
How do users subscribe and unsubscribe from a newsletter?

Mandrill

What is Mandrill?
How does the Module integrate with the service?

Use Cases

MailChimp
Mandrill
When would you use both?
Documentation? Screencasts?

052 TMGMT with Christophe Galli and Sascha Grossenbacher - Modules Unraveled Podcast

brian@modulesunraveled.com (Brian Lewis) — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0000

TMGMT

What exactly is the Translation Management Tool?
- Started at a Sprint a year ago here in Zurich, initiated and supported by Miro Dietiker, among others.
  Does not introduce new translation functionality but builds on top of the existing content and entity translation modules.
  The focus is on the management of the translation process. Instead manually creating a translation by copy and pasting translations, it allows to create a job that can be sent to a local or external translation service.
  Various translation services are supported, local users, exporting XLIFF files, machine translation and translation agencies like Gengo, Supertext and One Hour Translation.
  The complete workflow of creating a translation is kept under control at any point, including quality control, review processes and saving the translation back to Drupal.
  It provides various management views that give an overview over the translation status of your site and pending translation jobs.
How does this integrate, or play nicely with i18n?
- It currently accepts nodes and entities as input. Integration with interface translation and so called i18n objects (menus, terms, views) is initiated but not yet complete. (Help is welcome!)
What is the current state of development?
- We are preparing the first beta release, to be released within the next weeks. The focus of this release is node and entity translation, improved user interfaces and the new local translator.
  The development version can be downloaded on the project page and we have a lot of automated tests to make sure that this version is as stable as possible.
  Apart from the core project, there is a translation server distribution coming. It is based on the google summer of code project by Sebastian Siemssen (fubhy). We will release a first version of that distribution together with the beta release.

Use Cases

At any given time, you can take a single node, send it to a translation service like Gengo, review translation and save it back in a single user interface.
Use the provided rules integration to automatically create a machine translation for all languages that your site supports when a news article is created.
Request a translation of all pages from your local translation team, which can use the local translator that provides a separate User interface on the same site.
Do the same for several sites, using a centralized translation server so that your translators only need to access a single site.
Or you can use our directory listing to find the best external translator for your content.

Questions from Twitter

Brant Wynn @brantwynn
@ModsUnraveled can #TMGMT be used with Lingotek translation service? #MUP052

051 Simplytest.me with patrickd - Modules Unraveled Podcast

brian@modulesunraveled.com (Brian Lewis) — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Simplytest.me

What is simplytest.me?
- “simplytest.me is a website where you can quickly test out a drupal.org project online without messing around locally.
  There are about 20.000 projects and some of them fit better to your needs than others do, and simplytest.me helps to find the right one.”
Who is behind the project? Is it just you, or a team?
- “Most of the initial development was done by myself, but I got much support from my colleagues and also Stuart Clark helped me cleaning up some messes recently.
  The project itself is opensource and I’m generally happy about any feedback I get.
  Everyone reporting bugs or making suggestions is part of the team for me.“
Is this just for modules? Or can you tryout themes as well?
- “It’s pretty much for any type of project hosted on drupal.org.
  It works for drupal core itself since version 6, for modules, themes, and even installation profiles, or distributions as we call them now.”
What’s the basic interface like? How do you test out a project?
- “I tried to keep the interface as simple as possible. All you need to do is basically start typing the name of a project hosted on d.o, then some autocomplete suggestions will appear,
  which you can select the project from. You can alternatively directly type in the project shortname or even the number of a sandbox module.
  After you selected a project simplytest.me shows you the available and supported versions which you can select. Then just click on ‘Launch Sandbox’ and it mostly takes about five
  seconds and if everything worked out you will be redirected to your personal sandbox and you’ll have 30 minutes to figure out whether a project does what you need or not.”
What if 30 minutes are not enough, can I get more time?
- “For most modules 30 minutes should be enough but if you need more time, for example to check out commerce kickstart, you just need to register on simplytest.me and your
  sandboxes will automatically last one hour. If you still need more you can contact me and I’ll see what I can do.”
What happens if there are dependencies?
- “Resolving dependencies turned out to be to most annoying problem while creating simplytest.me.
  In good cases all dependencies are described in the .info file of a project and they can be resolved recursively without problems. But things get complicated when dependencies have
  other names than the projects shortname.
  For example if a project has ‘content’ as dependency, there’s pretty much no good way for a machine to figure out that it needs to download ‘cck’”
What about third party libraries?
- “Third party libraries that need to be manually downloaded are even worse than dependencies.
  I simply have to rely on the developers here to reference all necessary libraries in a proper .make file.”
Is there more planned for the future?
- “Yes! The most frequently requested feature is to be able to apply patches on the selected project. I also want to add some kind of statistics page. There are many other suggestions
  too, but I still want to keep the user interface as simple as possible.”
Where is funding coming from?
- “I was very happy that my companies CEO didn’t hesitate a second to sponsor some of my working time and even the first server for the project.
  After simplytest.me got a bit popular I soon got a mail from RealityLoop and they also wanted to sponsor a server.
  I’m really grateful for their support, especially because they really showed that they were interested in the project and it’s potential for the Drupal Community rather than getting
  customers on their website.”

Use Cases

What are some use cases for Simplytest.me?
- “The intended usecase for simplytest.me was to be able to quickly spin up a testing site and figure out whether a module has the functionality you need.
  But it’s really cool to see that people are using it as on-demand demo sites for their modules and themes, or even for their client presentations.”
- Demo content (maybe install devel?)
What kind of feedback have you received from people using the site?

Questions from Twitter

Blue-Bag - @ModsUnraveled simplytest.me interview @patrickd_drupal great service! Any plans to allow >1 module selection?
- "Yes! That feature was also requested very often. It’s definitely planned, though it’s not very easy to implement, so it will take some time."

050 Aberdeen Cloud with Aaron Porter - Modules Unraveled Podcast

brian@modulesunraveled.com (Brian Lewis) — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:00:00 +0000

AberdeenCloud

What is AberdeenCloud?
How does it affect development?
- Version control - replace github?
- dev / staging / live
Is AberdeenCloud just for development? Or can you host a live site on it as well?
What kind of scalability does AberdeenCloud offer?
What’s the pricing look like?
What kind of support is available?

Use Cases

How can clients and site owners use AberdeenCloud?
What does AberdeenCloud have to offer for site-builders?
What tools/features are available for developers?
What’s coming up in the future of AberdeenCloud?

Questions from Twitter

Paul Johnson (@pdjohnson): What tools exist in Aberdeen cloud to make devs lives easier? E.g continuous integration, scaling, monitoring, upgrading Drupal, db backup
Paul Johnson: How does Aberdeen cloud differentiate itself from @acquia and @pantheon_drupal ?

Episodes 1-49 Have Been Archived

brian@modulesunraveled.com (Brian Lewis) — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:00:00 +0000

Hi, Brian Lewis here,

If you're looking for episodes 1-49, they've been archived. You can still download them, free of charge! But I migrated to another media host, and didn't want to pay the (fairly hefty) migration fee for all of the old episodes. :) So, episodes 50 and later will be available on this feed, and head over to http://modulesunraveled.com/podcasts1-49 to get the older ones.

As always, thanks for listening!