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There has been a lot of discussion regarding test automation and the advantages it may give when done appropriately. When automation in testing is discussed, we frequently hear about automated tools, proper coding methods, design patterns, flaky tests, and so on. Did you realise, however, that a strong test data management strategy is at the heart of any Test Automation framework?

As the web matures we develop new technologies and create new conventions. But still – there are things that never change. Our eyeballs are no different from those of Arkhimedes nor does our nerve structure differ from that of Sokrates. In the end we are what we are and that sets us limits.

Proudly referring to the million-around installation of Drupal core is cool but does anyone know which locale is being used on them as the primary default site language? And which others are configured as secondary options as well? From the business perspective do we know which budget size requires localized UI more often?

Search Api and Facets are some of the most useful tools we’ve got at our disposal in the Drupal ecosystem. A well polished search page is often the centerpiece of the websites we craft, and as such, it’s one of the webpages we take the most time optimizing.

Continue the Driesnote conversation with questions for Drupal Project Founder, Dries Buytaert.

I have been working with Drupal for 14 years and this session is a result of my experience developing, maintaining and being involved with hundreds of Drupal sites in various stages, teams and in different industries.

With Drupal 8’s adoption of Composer, the Drupal community joined the larger PHP community in adopting PHP’s default package manager. While this brought about many benefits, such as Drupal 8 being built using many libraries that we don’t have to build and maintain by ourselves, it has not been without pain for the Drupal ecosystem and especially Drupal site builders.

Serverless does not mean there are no servers; those are only just hidden from you. Scale with ease without provisioning servers and without paying for idle...is this for real? Yes it is! Can Drupal also be part of a serverless architecture? You bet! Can Drupal itself run serverless? Let's find out!

Drupal site builders often encounter recurring use cases, such as grouping fields together or providing hierarchical lists of options. There are common approaches to these use cases, based on core functionality such as Taxonomy or on contributed solutions such as Paragraphs - But there are drawbacks to these approaches.

CKEditor 5 will be replacing CKEditor 4 in Drupal 10. The new CKEditor 5 is a whole new way to think about a WYSIWYG. It makes the task of editing content easier and more reliable.

The Form API is a Drupal powerful system to create all kind of forms. However, given its complexity, it may be hard to completely understand it and is easy to end up fighting against it when building complex forms.

At CERN we create and maintain a custom distribution of Drupal.