Expert Drupal & Tech Articles

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
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  • 2025 is here: Keys to survive the European Accessibility Act

    The European Accessibility Act (EAA) represents a paradigm shift in digital inclusion within the European Union. Passed in 2019 and with compliance deadlines starting in 2025, this regulation seeks to remove barriers for people with disabilities in essential products and...

    • Imagen de Olalla

      Olalla Rodicio

  • 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

  • Optimizing Drupal Performance - Internal Page Cache

    In this article, we explain how Drupal's Internal Page Cache works, a core module that caches pages for anonymous users, optimizing performance by avoiding repeated rendering. We also provide some recommendations on how to use this module effectively.

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      Luis Ruiz

  • Successful QA testing and issue reporting

    Within the web development workflow we follow at Metadrop, one of the crucial steps is the review of the implemented task's quality. This process aims to detect possible errors or bugs in order to correct them before the work reaches...

  • The form API at the DrupalCon Prague

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

    • RIcardo Sanz Ante

      Ricardo Sanz

  • CKEditor widgets: an alternative to Paragraphs?

    Whenever users require to be able to enter predefined HTML snippets such as quotations, tabs or even simple layouts, our first option is usually to create new fields or paragraphs. However, there is an alternative that in some cases is...

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