Talking Drupal #473 - Color in CSS with Sass

Today we are talking about Color with CSS, Sass, and bringing it
all into Drupal with guest Aubrey Sambor . We’ll also cover
Navigation Extra Tools as our module of the week.


For show notes visit:
https://www.talkingDrupal.com/473
Topics

A little career background

Why Front end

Do you prefer JS or CSS

How do colors work today in CSS

Is this different from the past

What is gamut

Can color functions help with contrast

What color functions make you the most excited

Is Sass still a thing

Do you use preprocessors with color functions

Post CSS in Drupal

Any modules you can recommend to help with CSS colros

Any benefit for single directory compontents or web
components

Resources

New England Drupal Camp

Color in CSS: using new spaces, functions, and techniques to
make your site shine

Text wrap

Gamut

Do you still need Sass in 2023

Hosts

Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan
John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi
Aubrey Sambor - star-shaped.org starshaped
MOTW Correspondent

Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu


Brief description:

Have you been using the new Navigation module in Drupal
core, but wanted some of the useful links previously
available in the Admin Toolbar Tools submodule? There’s a
module for that



Module name/project name:

Navigation Extra Tools



Brief history

How old: created in Oct 2024, less than a week ago by
friend of the podcast James Shields aka lostcarpark

Versions available: 1.0.0-beta3 which works with Drupal
10.3 and 11



Maintainership

Actively maintained, already 3 releases

Security coverage - too new, but hopefully will have in
time

Test coverage

Number of open issues: 8 “open” issues, 4 of which are
bugs, but all but one of which are now marked as fixed with
the latest release

Usage stats:



12 sites

Module features and usage

With this module enabled, the new left side Navigation
menu available in Drupal core will include links to clear
caches (all or a specific cache), run cron, and run database
updates

It’s a good example of a module that does something very
specific and very useful, so I wanted to share it with our
listeners as quickly as possible

I know these functions are ones I’ve been missing in my
own Drupal 11 dev sites, so I’m looking forward to using this
module right away