diff --git a/source/_daily_emails/2024-06-07.md b/source/_daily_emails/2024-06-07.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6c9c865f --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_daily_emails/2024-06-07.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +--- +title: Not invented here +date: 2024-06-07 +permalink: daily/2024/06/07/not-invented-here +tags: + - software-development + - drupal +cta: d7eol +snippet: | + Drupal used to suffer from a case of "not invented here". +--- + +Drupal used to suffer from a case of "not invented here" syndrome. + +Prior to Drupal 8, all the code within Drupal (with the exception of jQuery, I believe) was written by Drupal Developers. + +The PHP code was mostly procedural and didn't match how modern PHP code was being written in other projects. + +There was no other third-party code and we had to rely on downloading zip files from Drupal.org, using `drush dl` or Drush Make - a Drupal-only tool for specifying and downloading the specified versions of Drupal and other modules you were using - to get the latest updates. + +Drupal.org has its own Git hosting, testing infrastructure and issue queues. + +Luckily, since Drupal 8's release in 2015, this has been changing.