Development Musings

None of us know what we're doing.

Single Directory Components vs. [React, Angular, Vue, ...]

by pixel5

Does Drupal need to compete with modern JS front-end frameworks? Or can it integrate them instead?

Single Directory Components vs. Front-end JS Frameworks

Connecting and Using Additional/External Databases

by pixel5

While many Drupal developers rely solely on using the default database/schema for their Drupal installation, there are many projects that require the use of external and non-default databases. Let's look at how we did that in Drupal 7 and then learn how to do it in Drupal 8 and beyond.

Connecting and Using Additional/External Databases in Drupal 8+

Custom Module Development: D8+ for the D7 Developer

by pixel5

At the time of writing this, there are approximately 400,000 websites that are still running Drupal 7 and, with end of life approaching in January of 2025, there isn't much time left to make the change.

Drupal 7 to Drupal 8 and Beyond