![]() I think that could be a game-changer for Drupal development, in helping answer both simple and complex questions about how to accomplish various tasks in Drupal, and even provide example code to get started. I see that there’s already been some work on creating an AI model trained to work with Drupal code specifically. I try to pay that forward by being responsive when anyone needs help with a module I maintain, or more generally a topic I know something about. ![]() I can go into the Drupal Slack channels and ask questions about search or webforms, and often the maintainers of the most popular modules will chime in to help me out. The size and engagement of our community has long been the envy of the open source world. I believe that what helped me “click” with Drupal was the community. Unfortunately, it might take you days to figure out how to write those lines. Sometimes I’m amazed by what you can accomplish with just a couple of lines of code in Drupal. Fortunately we’re moving away from that, but finding the right classes and methods can still be tricky. For a long time that meant learning a long list of hooks, which aren’t a common pattern in other CMS and framework options. I believe the perceived complexity with Drupal comes with trying to implement deeper customizations. My wife had a Squarespace website for a time but found it very frustrating because everything was so freeform, it was hard to make things consistent. I haven’t tried out a ton of other CMS options, but I haven’t found anything that to me is fundamentally easier. The basic site building features of Drupal were much easier than anything I had used before. How did this happen? What features of Drupal made you feel that it is powerful and aligns with your ideas? TDT Drupal is known for its steep learning curve and the comparative difficulty to master. My search for the best multilingual CMS brought me to Drupal, and I think its multilingual features continue to set Drupal apart to this day. I decided to find an existing solution instead of trying to build those capabilities myself. A customer wanted a website built to handle content in five languages, with versioning. In this background could you talk a bit about your introduction to Drupal? What circumstances led you towards Drupal?īefore Drupal, I was using a custom CMS built around a PHP framework that would later become CodeIgniter. Also, the record of holding the first triple Drupal Grand Master is with you. TDT It is a fact that you are one of the most prominent figures in the world of Drupal. Read the full conversation with Thomas Alias K, sub editor, TDT below. The future of Drupal is not dependent on the fortunes of a single organization, so if you do need to rebuild your site, an open source choice like Drupal is a much safer bet than proprietary vendors, who could decide to shift attention (and resources) away from their CMS products. Martin is a Drupal evangelist who really loves to spread the word about Drupal. The interview also touches upon the importance of Drupal 10. Starting with the Drupal scenario when he started his career, Martin goes on to explaining the changes that happened through the years. In his answers, Martin addresses the challenges and prospects of Drupal. ![]() Martin is a speaker at EvolveDrupal, Montreal. Martin is a Senior Solutions Engineer at Acquia, with a very long career in Drupal. The Drop Times (TDT) conducted an in-depth interview with Martin Anderson-Clutz.
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