Expert Drupal & Tech Articles

Practical articles and deep dives on Drupal development, AI, web accessibility, DevOps, and software quality from Metadrop's engineering team.

Engineering knowledge from real Drupal projects

Everything published here comes from production work: the contributed modules we maintain on drupal.org, the migrations, upgrades, and audits we deliver for enterprise clients, and the tooling we build to raise quality on every project. We document what we learn so your team can apply it.

Topics we write about regularly:

  • Drupal development — architecture, contributed modules, upgrades, migrations, and performance
  • AI and automation — practical AI integrations in Drupal, LLM tooling, and editorial workflows
  • Web accessibility — WCAG compliance and the European Accessibility Act
  • DevOps and infrastructure — hosting, CI/CD, local environments, and platform migrations
  • Software quality — testing strategy, Behat, PHPUnit, and QA tooling

  • Implementing an AI customer support agent in Drupal using Voiceflow

    Voiceflow is a platform that facilitates the creation of highly customizable AI chatbots and develop complex conversation flows without programming. With the Voiceflow module, you can easily i ntegrate your chatbot in Drupal effortlessly and intuitively.

    • Alberto Ortega

      Alberto Ortega

  • VLSuite: web pages in record time

    This article introduces VLSuite, a powerful tool for building websites in Drupal quickly and easily. Designed for users of all experience levels.

    • Antonio Nunez

      Antonio Núñez

  • Building an RC boat using an ESP32

    Learn how to build your own remote-controlled boat with an ESP32, using recycled materials and promoting cooperation, DIY, and Open Source values.

    • Eduardo Morales Alberti

      Eduardo Morales

  • We are going to the Drupal Camp Spain at Seville

    Let's talk about the Drupal Camp Spain, give credit to all people that make this possible and share Metadrop's contribution: this year will be there with four talks and one workshop.

    • RIcardo Sanz Ante

      Ricardo Sanz

  • Drupal Dev Days Vienna 2023 is next week!

    Drupal Dev Days takes place next week in Vienna, let's explore this event, the Mautic Open Source Marketing Automation tool, the importance of FLOSS and three sessions Metadrop is sharing during the event.

    • RIcardo Sanz Ante

      Ricardo Sanz

  • Scrollytelling using scrollama.js, CSS and best practices

    For some years now, a number of techniques have been quite popular with one thing in common: the introduction of animations or interactions triggered by the user's scrolling through the page. In this article we show you how to implement...

RSS

Don't lose anything

Subscribe to our RSS