Dropcast Episode 27: So Long 2016

Recorded December 14th, 2016.

In this, our final episode of 2016, we some time to reflect on the great things of the year, and take a look into 2017. We also expanded the Pro Project Pick into the Pro Project Pick of the Year. And as always we look at the latest Drupal news,  events and Ryan rides his sleigh in The Final Bell. Have a happy holiday, and we'll see you next year!

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Mediacurrent Blog Mentions:

• Decoupled Blocks with D8 and Javascript

• Module Spotlight: migrate_spreadsheet - Migrating from Excel sheets to Drupal

Segment: A 2016 Retrospective

• Bob: Launched Magmutual.com

• Bob: Presented at BADCamp

• Mario:  Launch of VisitTheUSA.com (D8)

• Mark: Friday 5.

• Ryan & Mario & Mark (not Bob): Launched WWE.com

• Ryan: Presented for the first time at a Drupal camp (Midcamp).

Pro Project Pick:

• Bob: Parargraphs module

• Mario: KSS Node

• Ryan: Big Pipe (For real though, Entity Translation).

• Mark: Drupal 8.2

Plans for 2017

• Bob: 2017 Get off the Drupal Island more(Attend non-Drupal events)

• Bob: Grow TheWeeklyDrop’s reach

• Mario: Conduct a training workshop at a Drupal Camp

• Mark: Get off the continent. (non-political) Attend an international event.

• Mark: Get Dries on this podcast. (or get guests more consistently so we quit blabbering like this)

• Ryan: Build and launch a Drupal 8 site.

• Ryan: Attend more events.

• Ryan: Be more intentional with how I use technology in life/work.

Drupal News:

• What’s New on Drupal.org? - November 2016

• D8 Change Records: Experimental Workflows Module Added to Core

• D8 Change Records: Layout Is a New Experimental Subsystem

  • Add experimental Field Layout module to 8.3 via Damien

Events:

• DrupalCamp NJ - Feb 3 - 4.

• SANDCamp - Feb 16 -18 in San Diego, CA

• Florida DrupalCamp - Feb 17 - 19 in Orlando FL

• Drupal Mountain Camp  - Feb 16 -19 in Davos Switzerland.

• Northern Lights DrupalCamp - Feb 24th - 26th in Reykjavík, Iceland

• DrupalCon News: Get Ready for DrupalCon Baltimore

The Final Bell:

• Preventing Drupal 8 from Applying Image Styles to GIFs to Preserve Animation

• Javascript 30

• EmailSanta.com