CMS and Static Site Generators: Explained

Websites have entered a new playing field now, at least compared to what they used to be a few decades ago. They are not one-dimensional anymore. They represent a multitude of different business agendas that are essential for growth and visibility. Websites are not just limited to words, their world has widened progressively. From animations to social media integration, websites today can do it… Read more

Drupal Website Audit: Complete Guide

“A thorough website audit can clue you into the necessary changes and will help you drive significant results.” Websites are complex beasts and the issues that arise are of inevitable nature. Being oblivious to these issues is quite common when you don’t conduct the site audit properly and regularly. What happens next is quite obvious - you fail to identify a wide range of website issues which… Read more

Drupal 2020: Year in review

2020 has ended. (Finally!) So, is it time to rejoice? Is it time to be cheerful and optimistic?  Or, do we have to be realistic and concerned about the coming months?  We have this proclivity to celebrate and be mirthful when the New Year begins. But the fact is that Covid-19 hasn’t left yet and has actually left an indelible mark. We keep hearing about the occurrence of new Covid strains and how… Read more

Impact of large companies on open source

Open source is gradually sliding into the workspace of most developers these days, as they prefer a model that listens to their needs, and is also something that they can exercise some control over. As opposed to closed source where only the management can change, edit, and contribute, open source welcomes all opinions - from all nooks and corners of the world.  Why open source? In recent times… Read more

Drupal vs AEM: The Ultimate Comparison

To say that a website or a web application is deemed worthy primarily because of its content would not be totally wrong. A website’s performance does play in the equation, but it is the content that seals the deal for the user. Web builders across the world are becoming aware of this fact and that is why the web content management (WCM) systems have become pivotal for websites.  A WCM helps you… Read more

REST APIs in Drupal

You must be familiar with words like intermediary, middleman and mediator. What do these words mean? Could they possibly denote a job profile? I think they can. An intermediary, a middleman and a mediator, all constitute a connection between two parties, they provide a line of communication that makes one access the other with ease; like a store manager, he allows the consumer to access the… Read more

Managing your development workflow for Drupal projects

“Development workflow aligns team members, keeps them engaged, and drives a balance between speed and quality of code changes.” In today’s competitive environment, organizations are constantly engaged to create new ideas that can act as the leading front doors to building businesses. Starting a new web development project means a blank slate that comes along with the opportunity to try out new… Read more

Drupal 9: All questions answered here

“The big deal about Drupal 9 is … that it should not be a big deal” - Dries Buytaert (Founder and Project Lead of Drupal) June 2020 marked the onset of the long-awaited version 9 of the Drupal CMS. And just like every product, the moment this new CMS rolled out, it raised a lot of interest in the Drupal community as well as among Drupal users. The interest was to understand the new version of… Read more

Key modules to start your Drupal 9 website

The long-awaited Drupal 9 was launched on June 3, 2020. It comes with solutions that empower businesses to take advantage of the power of Drupal. With the thousands of modules that Drupal provides, I will take you through the ones that will help you with the development of the Drupal 9 site. Here’s a list of the must-have Drupal 9 modules!  Token The Token module provides tokens that are not… Read more

The unlikely Drupalists: An electrical engineer who became a frontend developer

Sometimes the Road of Life Takes an Unexpected Turn and You have No Choice but, to Follow it to End Up in the Place You are Supposed to Be. - Anonymous A thought that’s crossing my mind while I type this is I never expected myself to be here as a writer. For me, since childhood, I have always been told that I’d end up being a doctor. And I always thought I would. But as I grew up, I realized… Read more