Mike Anello (ultimike)

I’ll be teaching a 3-hour Responsible #drupal AI Basics workshop at EvolveDigital NYC Summit on November 20: 🤖🚀

www.evolvedigital.com#training

The focus will be the fundamentals of the Drupal AI module ecosystem, including automators and field widget actions! 🧠✨

Talking Drupal #524 - SDC with Drupal Easy | Talking Drupal

Blah blah blah, I was on @talkingdrupal.bsky.social recently discussing my new Professional Single Directory Components class, the Markdown Easy module, and my new DrupalEasy Show & Tell YouTube series: 🎙️✨

talkingdrupal.com/524

🎓💻🚀

Professional Module Development

Ready to improve your #drupal module development skills with PHPUnit tests, services, and static code analysis? 🚀

If so, then you're ready for Professional Module Development. 2×/week for 15 weeks starting January 27. 💻✨

drupaleasy.com/pmd 📚🔧

Really well-written #drupal tutorial about creating and using AI agents by Akhil Babu and Ananya Rakhecha from QED42 🤖✨

www.qed42.com/insights/exp...

Creating Single Directory Components with Drupal Canvas in mind | New England Drupal Camp Single Directory Components have changed the way some Drupal sites are themed. Drupal Canvas (formerly Experience Builder) has the potential to change how some Drupal sites are built. What happens whe...

Heading to New England Drupal Camp? I'll be presenting a session on creating #drupal SDCs with Drupal Canvas in mind: 🎨✨🎯

nedcamp.org/sessions/202...

I am super-excited about the future of the #drupal ECA module as outlined by Dries Buytaert and @jurgenhaas.bsky.social in the @drupalconeur.bsky.social Vienna keynote! 🎉⚡🔥

www.youtube.com/live/WNEyg3U...

Professional Single Directory Components

Don't be afraid to learn SDC basics including advanced libraryOverrides and Drupal Canvas integration 👻🎃

Professional Single Directory Components covers everything you need to build modern, component-driven #drupal themes! 📖✨

Nov 3 • Remote via Zoom 💻

www.drupaleasy.com/academy/sdc/...

DrupalEasy We are passionate about Drupal and especially Drupal talent development. Our professional development workshops and career training program are presented through DrupalEasy Academy, which is licensed...

Have you subscribed to the DrupalEasy YouTube channel yet?

www.youtube.com/drupaleasy 📺🎬

If not, you're missing out on DrupalEasy Show & Tell, where I demonstrate and learn something new in #drupal every episode! 🚀✨

Intro to Single Directory Components | New England Drupal Camp Are you ready to transform your approach to Drupal theming and build better, more maintainable sites? This half-day class will introduce students to creating and using Single Directory Components (SDC...

Want to learn the basics of #drupal Single Directory Components? I’ll be teaching a half-day class at @nedcamp.bsky.social on November 14 - register today! 🎓🚀💻 (only $50!)

nedcamp.org/sessions/202...

YouTube video by DrupalEasy DrupalEasy Show & Tell: Content templates in Drupal Canvas with Ted Bowman

New episode of DrupalEasy Show & Tell: Content templates in #drupal Canvas with Ted Bowman 🎬🎉

youtu.be/7mMMn2a8RD0

Finally - we can see how to link field content with SDCs in Drupal Canvas! 🚀✨

Professional Single Directory Components

“Coming into the course I had a little bit of experience with SDCs. But this course was the deep dive I needed to learn best practices and workflows to actually be effective.”

Via Michael Harris, #drupal Professional Single Directory Components graduate.

www.drupaleasy.com/academy/sdc/...

Professional Single Directory Components

Ready to master modern #drupal component architecture? 🏗️✨

Professional Single Directory Components will transform how you build reusable, maintainable themes. I’ll make complex concepts crystal clear! 💎

Nov 3 start date • $600 for 18 hours of training
www.drupaleasy.com/academy/sdc/...

#drupaldev

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I use it on DrupalEasy.com - check it out! ✅💼

Home Drupal is an open source platform for building amazing digital experiences. It's made by a dedicated community. Anyone can use it, and it will always be free.

Hire and mentor a new #drupal developer and earn 250 contribution credits! Seriously - if your organization wants to make an impact and gain visibility on drupal.org, this is the most efficient way to do it! 🎯💡🚀

All the info about the IXP program: www.drupal.org/ixp

According to Dries Buytaert in his DrupalCon Vienna keynote, #drupal Canvas 1.0 will be released next month and Drupal CMS 2.0 (which will include Canvas) will (hopefully) be released in January - followed by a "major marketing push" beginning in March. 🎨🚀📣

DriesNote DrupalCon Vienna 2025 | The Drupal Renaissance: Canvas, AI, Drupal CMS 2.0 & More YouTube video by Drupal Association

During his DrupalCon Vienna keynote, Dries Buytaert showed how autonomous AI agents can review existing content and suggest updates based on updated context - really impressive!

Check it out: www.youtube.com/live/WNEyg3U...

Nice, concise method for keeping image captions from growing wider than their images using just a few lines of CSS: 🎨✨

mariohernandez.io/blog/normali...

Via @imariohernandez.bsky.social

DriesNote DrupalCon Vienna 2025 | The Drupal Renaissance: Canvas, AI, Drupal CMS 2.0 & More YouTube video by Drupal Association

The #drupal AI Context Control center is a really elegant way to keep AI generated content on-track and on-brand on a Drupal site.

See it in action around the 58:20 mark: www.youtube.com/live/WNEyg3U...

Via DrupalCon Vienna keynote by Dries Buytaert

Professional Single Directory Components

Time to upgrade your #drupal theming skills with Single Directory Components? I can help. 🚀💻

www.drupaleasy.com/academy/sdc/...

Class begins Nov 3. 18 hours of instruction for $600. 📚✨

Using Ubuntu, install Docker, DDEV, Drupal 11, PhpStorm, and have Xdebug working in about 10 minutes - sweet! 🚀⚡🐧

ddev.com/blog/ddev-on...

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DrupalCon Vienna 2025 Live Stream YouTube video by Drupal Association

Screen grab from the @drupalconeur.bsky.social Vienna keynote by Dries Buytaert showing that #drupal contributions are on track to double from 2023 to 2025! 📈🎉🚀

www.youtube.com/live/WNEyg3U...

Drupal 11: Using Storybook To Preview Single Directory Components Single Directory Components (SDC) consist of a directory of files that go together to create a small component on a Drupal website. The component contains all the templates, styles, script, and images...

I've never actually used Storybook, but this article from Phil Norton about using it to preview SDCs is intriguing: 📚✨

www.hashbangcode.com/article/drup...

Noob question: shouldn't we be using Storybook for _designing_ and not just _previewing_ components? 🤔💭

YouTube video by DrupalEasy DrupalEasy Show & Tell: Dripyard with Mike Herchel and Andy Giles

Have you heard about the new #drupal SDC-focused Dripyard themes? I take one for a test-drive in this episode of DrupalEasy Show & Tell: 🚗💨

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DLR...

🎬✨🎨

Professional Single Directory Components

Recent feedback about Professional Single Directory Components: 💬⭐

"This class was extremely valuable. As always Mike over delivers and is able to break down complex concepts and make them easier to learn." 🌟🎓

Next class begins Nov 3. 📅

www.drupaleasy.com/academy/sdc/...

Smarter, Faster Testing: How AI Accelerates Test-Driven Development in Drupal Smarter, Faster Testing: How AI Accelerates Test-Driven Development in Drupal AI Applied Sebastian Leu - Software Engineer September 24, 2025 Take...

I acknowledge that AI isn't for everybody, but this seems like a really solid example of using AI to improve a #drupal contrib module: 🤖✨

www.tag1consulting.com/blog/smarter...

Via Sebastian Leu from Tag1 Consulting 🚀💡

Modern Higher Ed Websites with SDC and Storybook Managing a university’s digital presence is a complex challenge. Between faculty websites, alumni portals, departmental pages, and internal systems, it’s common for a large institution to maintain 50 ...

Nice, beginner-level article about how higher ed organizations can utilize single directory components and Storybook from Balint Pekker:

cheppers.com/post/higher-... 📚✨

One thing Balint doesn't mention: Storybook is open-source! 🎉💡

Support DDEV Help ensure DDEV's sustainable future through financial support and community involvement.

Be part of the effort to help #ddev continue to evolve - become a monthly $$$ supporter! Any amount is welcome. 💪🙌

ddev.com/support-ddev/

If you rely on DDEV, then DDEV relies on you! 🤝💙

How Drupal Plans to Beat Commercial CMS Platforms with AI-First Approach Dominique De Cooman, Founder and CEO of Dropsolid AI, speaks with Alka Elizabeth of The DropTimes about the remarkable growth of the Drupal AI Initiative—from its formation at Drupal Dev Days in Leuve...

"But when we demonstrated what Drupal could do with AI—how it reduces work for content managers and marketers while giving them more power—the conversation completely shifted." 💡🚀

* Dominique De Cooman via @thedroptimes.bsky.social

www.thedroptimes.com/interview/54... ✨🎯

DrupalCamp Italy 2025 - La più grande conferenza Drupal italiana Unisciti a DrupalCamp Italy 2025 a Roma il 14 novembre per una giornata di sessioni e networking con la community Drupal italiana.

DrupalCamp Italy is November 14 - get your ticket today and start dreaming about 🍝 and🍷 (that's what I'll be doing!)

www.drupalcampitaly.it 🇮🇹✨🎟️