The Drop Times

In The DropTimes Editor's Pick Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 15, readers will find key updates from the Drupal community, starting with the official launch of the Drupal Marketplace Initiative announced by Dries Buytaert at DrupalCon Atlanta 2025. This issue highlights how the community can get involved through surveys, Slack discussions, and live sessions. It also features an interview on UI Suite's new Display Builder, updates on AI integration, simplified local setup tools, and key upcoming events including Drupal Developer Days and DrupalCamp Finland 2025.

Sergio Morais has released Draggable Mapper, a new Drupal module that lets users place interactive markers on images with a drag-and-drop interface. The module supports custom icons, titles, and descriptions, and is built using Drupal best practices for seamless integration.

The newly released Book Library API module by Frank Thoeny provides structured book management for Drupal sites, including RESTful API access, taxonomy integration, and role-based permissions. It supports Drupal 9 and above and is designed for both traditional and headless architectures.

The London Drupal User Group will hold its April 2025 meetup on April 24 at The Children’s Society, focusing on large-scale Drupal implementations and highlights from DrupalCon Atlanta.

The Drupal community has launched the Marketplace Initiative to assess the need for a public marketplace for reusable site templates. Led by a working group of Drupal leaders and contributors, the effort aims to gather input and make a recommendation ahead of DrupalCon Vienna. Surveys, Slack discussions, and volunteer opportunities are now open.

Acquia India has been recognized by Great Place To Work® as one of the Top 50 Best Workplaces in Health and Wellness for the third consecutive year, based on feedback from over 2 million employees across 20 industries.

Josh Koenig, Co-Founder of Pantheon, shared takeaways from the “Future of the Drupal Economy” session at DrupalCon, highlighting support for Acquia’s open-source Experience Builder and discussing the importance of mid-market focus, sustainable business models, and outcome-driven services in the Drupal ecosystem.

A roundup of Drupal events taking place from April 14 to 20, 2025, including meetups, planning sessions, and technical talks in Leuven, Austin, Seattle, Boston, Waterloo, and Utrecht. Sessions cover topics such as PHP 8.4, Drupal recipes, project use cases, and open-source collaboration.

The experimental MCP Client module for Drupal, created by Marcus Johansson and co-maintained by James Abrahams, allows Drupal sites to connect with MCP-enabled systems like Slack, Figma, and Google Docs. The module supports MCP version 2 and OAuth authentication and is currently intended for local testing only.

Drupal developer Balint Pekker has implemented Claude AI in GitHub workflows to automate code reviews, offering inline feedback on pull requests and improving development consistency. The setup targets Drupal-specific files while skipping core and contrib code.

Say hello to Hyperdrive—a blazing-fast, framework-free Drupal theme built for modern devs. Faster builds, cleaner code, and ready for the future of Drupal!

Pierre Dureau’s session, “Design systems, the Drupal way,” from DrupalCon Atlanta 2025 is now available on the Drupal Association’s YouTube channel. The talk covers integrating full design systems into Drupal themes using SDC, the Icon API, and UI Suite.

QED42 joined the recent Drupal meetup in Pune, connecting with community members and reflecting on collaboration and shared learning within the Drupal ecosystem.

Code, connect, and chill—join the Atlanta Drupal community for a casual coworking meetup on April 30. Drop in, grab a drink, and meet fellow devs!

DrupalCon Vienna will take place from October 14–17, 2025. The Client & Industry Track invites case study submissions from organizations using Drupal to support digital transformation and enterprise solutions.

Ahead of Drupal Developer Days 2025 in Leuven, keynote speakers share what their sessions will cover—from AI and CMS usability to PHP, WebAssembly, and developer impact. Here's a look at the conversations shaping this year’s event.

Chris Kelly has updated Sheephole, a desktop app that allows non-developers to manage Drupal sites without using the command line. The latest version adds support for running composer update.

Dotsquares has been named a contributor to Drupal CMS 1.0. The company has launched its first site on the platform, with three more underway, and is supporting a university’s migration from legacy systems.

Lucknow’s diving into open source! LucknowFOSS 1.0 lands April 12 with talks, workshops, and a bold session on turning old Windows 10 machines into Linux champs. Join the city’s first FOSS fest and be part of the movement!

The Boston Drupal Group is hosting Lightning Talks on April 14, 2025, in a hybrid format at the Somerville Public Library and via Zoom. Organized by Tom Yukhayev and Benji Fisher, the event features 10-minute informal talks open to all. It’s a free, low-barrier way to connect, share, and spark ideas within the Drupal community.