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Our contributions to Drupal 11.4 - and the 11.x journey so far

Drupal 11.4 is here. Several features landing in this cycle, and across the broader 11.x series, trace back to ideas we explored in contrib first. Worth noting too: Drupal major releases don't introduce new features. The real architectural work happens in the minors, and by the time 12.0 arrives, much of it will already be available, paving the way for the next series of improvements in 12.x.

Here's what we've been working on, and what else is worth knowing about.

Sponsoring Drupal Contribution

The Drupal open-source project relies on sustained contributions from individuals and organisations to keep it well-maintained, developing, growing and relevant in a competitive landscape. 

PreviousNext's Open Source Contribution Policies and Initiatives for the Drupal Community

PreviousNext builds open source digital platforms for large scale customers, primarily based on Drupal and hosted using Kubernetes, two of the world’s biggest open source projects. With our business reliant on the success of these open source projects, our company is committed to contributing where we can in relation to our relatively small size. We get a lot of questions about how we do this, so are happy to share our policies so that other organisations might adopt similar approaches.

Vagrant, PHING, core development and automation

At PreviousNext we rely heavily on vagrant for development environments and phing for performing automated tasks to speed up site building and project development. These tools are hugely beneficial in the long run. In this blog we'll have a look at how we as drupal core developers can automate the tedious tasks like site install/ re-install, testing, coding standards validation and enable modules.

Jibran IjazSenior Drupal Developer