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Drupal is Dead - Long Live Drupal (E16)

Commercial Progression presents Hooked on Drupal, “Episode 16: Drupal is Dead - Long Live Drupal". In this episode of the Hooked on Drupal podcast we dare to cover the most controversial of Drupal news, including the Dave Hall blog post signaling the imminent decline of Drupal. Could it be true? Tune in and find out if Drupal 8 is already dead.

SMG is Hooked on Drupal

Voltron Style Mergers and the Return of the Drupal Podcast (E15)

Commercial Progression presents Hooked on Drupal, “Episode 15: Mergers, Acquisitions, and the Return of the Drupal Podcast". On hiatus for over 8 months, the Hooked on Drupal podcast returns with thoughts on Drupal 8 after the first anniversary; plus company news of mergers, acquisitions, new hires, and other 2016 highlights.

Michigan Drupal Developers present on Drupal 8 and Drush at 2016 DrupalCamp

DrupalCamp Michigan took place on Saturday July 16th, 2016 at the Michigan State University main library in Lansing Michigan. Michigan Drupal developers from across the state arrived bright and early for this day long camp of presentations and panel discussions. As a founding member of the Michigan Drupal User Group, it was Commercial Progression's distinct honor to once again sponsor this year's camp and participate in delivering session content.

DrupalCon 2016 review

DrupalCon New Orleans 2016 Highlights with Steve Burge from OSTraining (E14)

Commercial Progression presents Hooked on Drupal, “Episode 14: DrupalCon New Orleans 2016 Highlights with Steve Burge from OSTraining".  In this special DrupalCon edition of Hooked on Drupal we conferenced in Steve Burge of OSTraining for a full report from his DrupalCon New Orleans note sheet.  Held on May 9-13, DrupalCon New Orleans was the premiere event for the North American Drupal community in 2016. Steve is joined by Brad Czerniak (developer at Commercial Progression) for an in depth review of the Driesnote (State of Drupal May 2016 Presentation) and other DrupalCon highlights.

The Future is Hooked on Drupal

The Future of Decoupled Drupal & other Bold 2016 Predictions (E13)

Commercial Progression presents Hooked on Drupal, “Episode 13: Future Predictions of Drupal, Technology, and Powerball Winners".  That's right, you heard it here first folks, someone has already won the Powerball. Ok, so maybe that is old news... but what about the future of Decoupled Drupal website architecture, static site generators, and the next revolution in IOT technology? To receive these clairvoyant predictions along with many important highlights from 2015, you will need to tune into the future with our latest podcast. 

Drupal 8 OOP Part 2: Creating an Admin Form

In part 2 of my Object Oriented Programming (OOP) for Drupal 8 series, we are going to create an administration form. If you missed part 1, I talked about how to make a simple custom block in D8, which is something we do here at Commercial Progression to brand our sites. I chose a custom block to show that the new changes in D8 aren’t so scary, and to introduce object oriented concepts and definitions with a real-world example.

Michigan Drupal Summer

Michigan Drupal Developers and their Summer Projects (E10)

Commercial Progression presents Hooked on Drupal, “Episode 10: Summer of Drupal with Special Guests Hillary Lewandowski and Michael Zhang".  In this episode of Hooked on Drupal, the usual crew is joined by two new members to the CP team.  Hillary Lewandowski, the latest member to the development team brings her wisdom from a formal education in computer science.  Additionally, Michael Zhang is one of two summer interns from Northville High School and an active member of Northville DECA, with a focus on marketing. As the Commercial Progression team size grows, our development team has begun to specialize.  Brad has focused on developing new processes for site architecture and shares his discoveries about how to prepare a project for design and development. Other team members share their personal project subject matter.

Drupal 8 OOP Part 1: Building a Block

Object Oriented Programming (or OOP for short) organizes code into objects with properties and behaviors. Drupal developers are comfortable with the paradigm of procedural programming, which uses functions to pass in data, manipulate it, and return something. In the following post, I will help explain to tech-savvy developers how OOP will look and feel in Drupal 8.

DrupalCon 2015 review

DrupalCon LA 2015 Highlights with Steve Burge from OSTraining (E9)

Commercial Progression presents Hooked on Drupal, “Episode 9: DrupalCon LA 2015 Highlights with Steve Burge from OSTraining".  In this special DrupalCon edition of Hooked on Drupal we conferenced in Steve Burge of OSTraining for an on the ground report from Los Angeles.  Held on May 11-15, 2015 DrupalCon LA was the premiere event for the Drupal community.  Steve brings us the inside scoop of highlights and takeaways as the conference wraps up.  Additionally, Alex Fisher (also a DrupalCon veteran) shares his memories and insights from past DrupalCons.  Commercial Progression has recently sponsored OSTraining with a $5000 kickstarter backing to bring Drupal 8 upgrade training to the masses.  This new collection of video resources will be released in September 2015.  With Dries call to support Drupal as public utility from DrupalCon, this announcement seems especially timely.

Backdrop and Acquia Lift

Drupal 8 Release Date from Dreisy-Wan Kenobi plus Backdrop & Lift (E7)

Commercial Progression presents Hooked on Drupal, “Episode 7: Dreisy-Wan Kenobi You're our only hope!".  In this latest installment, lead developers Brad Czerniak and Chris Keller are given a mysterious droid with a message from "Dreisy-Wan Kenobi" concerning the future release date of Drupal 8.  After a brief moment of reminiscing about the highlights of DrupalCamp Michigan, Brad and Chris muse about the cryptic messages that seem to predict when Drupal 8 will launch, what the fate of the Backdrop CMS will be, and what Acquia Lift actually is.  Tune in for cosmic revelations from beyond time and space.

New Podcast Launches - Hooked on Drupal

Commercial Progression is excited to announce Hooked on Drupal, a new audio / video podcast focused on news and events within the Drupal development community. Hooked on Drupal is a biweekly show with a casual interview format. Hooked on Drupal is available for RSS syndication here at the Commercial Progression site. Additionally, each episode will be available to watch online via our YouTube channel, within the iTunes store, and on SoundCloud as a traditional audio podcast.

Listen to Hooked on Drupal

Hooked on Drupal - Podcast Launch (S1E1)

In this first episode of Hooked on Drupal, Shane Sevo hosts an interview discovery of Commercial Progression’s lead developers, Brad Czerniak and Chris Keller.  In this first episode of Hooked on Drupal we discussed the setup for Podcasting with Drupal, security release "SA-CORE-2014-005", Drupal 8 musings, Symfony framework, TWIG templating, and the next Michigan Drupal meetup. Tune in and enjoy a fun tour of all these topics, plus a bonus discussion of special crockpot recipes. Hooked on Drupal Content Team: BRAD CZERNIAK - Developer Talent, CHRIS KELLER - Developer Talent, SHANE SEVO - Host.