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We executed the last field-related migrations in the previous article, but we are not done with field configuration yet! Back in article 17, we used the Migrate Skip Fields module to prevent the automatic migration from importing image and YouTube fields. Today, we will use Drupal recipes to create media types and manually add media reference fields where needed.

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In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of Single and Double Underscores in Python Names.

By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit Python naming conventions that rely on using underscores (_), how to differentiate public and non-public names by using a single leading underscore, how to use double leading underscores to leverage name mangling in Python classes, and other common uses of underscores in Python names.

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Hynek has been writing and speaking on some of the most significant topics in the Python space and I've enjoyed his takes. So I invited him on the show to share them with all of us. This episode really epitomizes one of the reasons I launched Talk Python 9 years ago. It's as if we run into each other at a bar during a conference and I ask Hynek, "So what are your thoughts on ..." and we dive down the rabbit hole for an hour. I hope you enjoy it.<br/> <br/> <strong>Episode sponsors</strong><br/> <br/> <a href='https://talkpython.fm/workos'>WorkOS</a><br> <a href='https://talkpython.fm/bluehost'>Bluehost</a><br> <a href='https://talkpython.fm/training'>Talk Python Courses</a><br/> <br/> <strong>Links from the show</strong><br/> <br/> <div><b>Hynek Schlawack on Mastodon</b>: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@hynek?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >@hynek</a><br/> <br/> <b>Why I Still Use Python Virtual Environments in Docker</b>: <a href="https://hynek.me/articles/docker-virtualenv/?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >hynek.me</a><br/> <b>Production-ready Python Docker Containers with uv</b>: <a href="https://hynek.me/articles/docker-uv/?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >hynek.me</a><br/> <b>Attrs</b>: <a href="https://github.com/python-attrs/attrs?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >github.com</a><br/> <b>uv</b>: <a href="https://docs.astral.sh/uv/?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >astral.sh</a><br/> <b>What’s New In Python 4</b>: <a href="https://docs.python.org/3.13/whatsnew/3.13.html?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >python.org</a><br/> <b>BusyBox</b>: <a href="https://www.busybox.net?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >busybox.net</a><br/> <b>Hynek's YouTube Channel</b>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@The_Hynek" target="_blank" >youtube.com</a><br/> <b>MOPUp for macOS</b>: <a href="https://github.com/glyph/MOPUp?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >github.com</a><br/> <b>Homebrew Python Is Not For You</b>: <a href="https://justinmayer.com/posts/homebrew-python-is-not-for-you/?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >justinmayer.com</a><br/> <b>argon2-cffi: Argon2 for Python</b>: <a href="https://github.com/hynek/argon2-cffi?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >github.com</a><br/> <b>pytest-freethreaded</b>: <a href="https://github.com/tonybaloney/pytest-freethreaded?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >github.com</a><br/> <b>LM Studio</b>: <a href="https://lmstudio.ai?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >lmstudio.ai</a><br/> <b>StackOverflow Trends Graph</b>: <a href="https://trends.stackoverflow.co/?tags=java,c,python,c%23,vb.net,javascript,assembly,php,perl,ruby,swift,r,objective-c&featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >trends.stackoverflow.co</a><br/> <b>Watch this episode on YouTube</b>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdt4Xa5sCik" target="_blank" >youtube.com</a><br/> <b>Episode transcripts</b>: <a href="https://talkpython.fm/episodes/transcript/481/python-opinions-and-zeitgeist-with-hynek" target="_blank" >talkpython.fm</a><br/> <br/> <b>--- Stay in touch with us ---</b><br/> <b>Subscribe to us on YouTube</b>: <a href="https://talkpython.fm/youtube" target="_blank" >youtube.com</a><br/> <b>Follow Talk Python on Mastodon</b>: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/web/@talkpython" target="_blank" ><i class="fa-brands fa-mastodon"></i>talkpython</a><br/> <b>Follow Michael on Mastodon</b>: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/web/@mkennedy" target="_blank" ><i class="fa-brands fa-mastodon"></i>mkennedy</a><br/></div>

Wishing to prove my assertion wrong on python-tk that piping python directly into tk/tcl interpreter is simple I tried to contradict myself by making a full GUI in matplotlib. Because, if you are not aware : matplotlib supports multi-target (Wx, Qt, gtk, tk, html) multi-platform widgets (Button, checkbox, text entry and so much more).

The challenge seemed pretty easy, to assemble an easy demo with simple example :

• One example on how to use text entry in matplotlib that doubles with a 2D plotter,
• and the one from matplotlib on how to draw a 3D surface with a colorbar
• and the one for projecting the contour of the function on the axis

Thus, the added value resided in letting people fill in the min/max/step information for the relevant dimensions.

Without the colorbar I would have just been slightly annoyed by the slowness of the reaction of matplotlib as a GUI, but the colorbar posed a new challenge because it would either stack for each drawing or make plt.clf/ax.cla erase too much (see this great resource on when to use cla/clf in matplotlib).

So ... I tried python-tk with matplotlib knowing all too well that you can embed natively matplotlib in tkinter interface.

And since it was working I kept it.

Here is a screenshot of the interface : WARNING this code should not be let in inventive hands (such as bored teenagers) because there is an evil eval; it requires to be in care of consenting adults.

Some highlights of the code :

• bidir python-tk requires setting the Popen PIPEs to non blocking and using select.select on the output
• matplotlib is unusable in non blocking mode : once matplotlib has the focus you need to destroy it to plot another function
• from np import * is evil, but it let you have access to all array oriented math function (sin, cos, exp, ...)

This said, we have a pretty compact code of 128 lines of code that is pretty more reactive than using matplolib's widget for a 3D ploter.

Unlocking the Future of Edtech with Drupal bhavinhjoshi Thu, 10/17/2024 - 11:02

Education and technology are no longer separate entities; they've woven into a single, dynamic tapestry known as Edtech. At the heart of this digital revolution lies Drupal—a CMS that goes beyond traditional boundaries, offering a powerful platform for innovation in education.

 

 

Seamless Integration with Learning Tools

Drupal isn’t just about managing content. It facilitates seamless integration with popular LMS platforms like Moodle. Consider the ICE-SA portal, which we integrated with Moodle to provide a seamless learning experience for civil engineers. This integration enabled learners to access a wide range of engineering resources and online courses from a single platform, enhancing their learning efficiency and satisfaction.

Scalable Solutions for Growing Institutions

Educational institutions often face the challenge of scaling their digital platforms to keep pace with growing student numbers. Drupal provides a scalable foundation that evolves alongside the institution. Education Above All needed to revamp their 'resources' website to accommodate a significant increase in user traffic. With Drupal, we ensured the site could handle the growth while maintaining a high level of performance, allowing more educators and learners to benefit from their valuable resources.

Customisable Learning Experiences

Every educational organisation has its distinct identity and goals. Drupal’s flexible architecture empowers institutions to tailor their learning portals to meet these unique needs. Take the SABEeX Drupal 10 website, for instance. By integrating SCORM features, the platform offered a more dynamic and interactive learning experience. This allowed learners to engage with customised content and track their progress effectively, transforming the traditional learning journey into a personalised adventure.

Security First

In an era where data breaches are all too common, protecting sensitive educational data is paramount. Drupal’s enterprise-level security measures offer robust protection, ensuring peace of mind.

Community Support and Collaboration

The Drupal community is a treasure trove of insights and collaborative potential, especially for those in education. By joining this vast community, developers and educators can share innovations and tools that enhance educational experiences globally. A recent collaboration between several European universities using Drupal led to the development of an open-source tool that revolutionised resource sharing across institutions.

Are you ready to rethink your Edtech strategy with Drupal? Whether you're looking to dive deeper into custom solutions or curious about real-world transformations, Drupal offers the tools to elevate educational experiences. Share your story of innovation or explore how you can harness the power of Drupal

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As of today, my user profile on Drupal.org says I've been on it for 16 years.

Originally self-learning HTML and CSS to build a website for a Tae Kwon-Do School I used to train at, I later started to learn PHP and MySQL before trying Drupal after it was suggested to me in a response to a question on a forum (which was also built with Drupal).

Since then, I've done great things with Drupal and met many great people at different events.

I've even started to interview some of them on my podcast.

Here's to the next 16 years, and I'm very excited so see where Drupal and PHP go.

After two years in development and more than 2600 commits from over two dozen authors around the world, Spyder 6.0.0 had its stable release on September 3, 2024! Now that 6.0.1 is out and the dust has settled, we'd like to formally announce the release here, thank those who've contributed to it, and introduce a series of posts highlighting its major new features and improvements that haven't already been showcased here.

DrupalCon Barcelona 2024 was another great Drupal community event. Discover highlights from our team's conference experiences!

Drupal 10's release date is December 14th, 2022. We took the opportunity to look for 10 things you might not know about the CMS yet. Curious? Read on!

Combining Drupal and Mautic is perfect for managing your omnichannel digital experiences. We built a plugin to allow you to send emails straight from Drupal.

Headless Drupal is an innovative way to use Drupal. In this blog we'll tell you everything you need to know about the concept, the pro's and cons and more...

In this blogpost, I'll show you how to get your meta tags working in your headless Drupal (Next.js) application.

To deliver a frictionless digital experience as efficiently as possible, headless offers you the perfect solution. In this blog we explain how we got there.

Dropsolid Experience Cloud is both capable of satisfying marketers and developers, enterprise customers, and agencies. While staying secure and compliant.

A DXP is a software to build, manage, deploy and continually optimize digital experiences across multiple channels such as websites, portals, emails and mobile.

Download from https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libunistring/libunistring-1.3.tar.gz

This is a stable release.

New in this release:

• The data tables and algorithms have been updated to Unicode version 16.0.0.
• New function uc_is_property_modifier_combining_mark and new constant UC_PROPERTY_MODIFIER_COMBINING_MARK.
• Fixed a bug in the *printf functions: The %ls and %lc directives could lead to a crash on Solaris and MSVC.

Join us THURSDAY, October 17 at 1pm ET / 10am PT, for our regularly scheduled call to chat about all things Drupal and nonprofits. (Convert to your local time zone.)

We don't have anything specific on the agenda this month, so we'll have plenty of time to discuss anything that's on our minds at the intersection of Drupal and nonprofits.  Got something specific you want to talk about? Feel free to share ahead of time in our collaborative Google doc: https://nten.org/drupal/notes!

All nonprofit Drupal devs and users, regardless of experience level, are always welcome on this call.

This free call is sponsored by NTEN.org and open to everyone. 

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Project: Drupal coreDate: 2024-October-16Security risk: Moderately critical 13 ∕ 25 AC:Basic/A:None/CI:None/II:All/E:Theoretical/TD:UncommonVulnerability: Improper error handlingAffected versions: >=10.0 < 10.2.10Description: 

Under certain uncommon site configurations, a bug in the CKEditor 5 module can cause some image uploads to move the entire webroot to a different location on the file system. This could be exploited by a malicious user to take down a site.

The issue is mitigated by the fact that several non-default site configurations must exist simultaneously for this to occur.

Solution: 

Install the latest version:

• If you are using Drupal 10.2, update to Drupal 10.2.10.
• Drupal 10.3 and above are not affected, nor is Drupal 7.

All versions of Drupal 10 prior to 10.2 are end-of-life and do not receive security coverage. (Drupal 8 and Drupal 9 have both reached end-of-life.)

This advisory is not covered by Drupal Steward.

Reported By: 

• Pierre Rudloff

Fixed By: 

• catch of the Drupal Security Team
• Lee Rowlands of the Drupal Security Team
• Benji Fisher of the Drupal Security Team
• Kim Pepper
• Wim Leers
• xjm of the Drupal Security Team

Coordinated By: 

• xjm of the Drupal Security Team
• Dave Long of the Drupal Security Team
• Juraj Nemec of the Drupal Security Team

For the last year, Thibaud Colas and I have had a weekly DSF co-working session — we get on a video call and spend an hour quietly working together on DSF things. It's worked well to help us carve out time to work on DSF initiatives, so we'd like to expand into an open-to-everyone weekly "office hours" format.

These will be Wednesdays at 6PM UTC (convert to other time zones). (Yes, that means the first one will be in just about 4 hours, short notice I know, so maybe mark it down for next week.)

All you need to do is bring something DSF-related to work on. This is intentionally broad, as long as it's vaguly DSF-related you're welcome to come. It's not a general-purpose Django coding session (you're welcome to be writing code but it should be related the DSF, e.g. working on djangoproject.com or something.)

This week and next, we'll probably be focusing on nominations for the DSF Board -- nominations close October 25th.

For now, we're deliberately not publishing the video call information publicly — we're a bit worried about spammers and scammers. So if you want to join, you'll need to contact the board, or someone on the board, to get the info. You can use the DSF contact form, and anyone's welcome to contact me directly: — email jacob@djangoproject.com, Signal jacobian.01, or @jacob@jacobian.org on Mastodon.

(Yes, this introduces some friction which is at odds with the "everyone's welcome" ethos. If/when we figure out a better way to moderate these calls, we'll change this.)

I look forward to seeing you there!