Talking Drupal #417 - The Recipes Initiative

Today we are talking about The Recipes Initiative, the future of
install profiles, if distros are still a thing, and answering a
bunch of listener questions with our guest Jim Birch. We’ll also
cover Quick Links Kit as our module of the week.


For show notes visit:
www.talkingDrupal.com/417
Topics

What are recipes

How do you use recipes

Is it a module, configuration or something else

How do recipes compare to install profiles

Are you stuck with them

What happens if the config is changed

Are there namespace collisions

How do recipes compare with Distributions

Can you include content

Listener James: Can recipes uninstall modules

Can we use recipes now

When will recipes be in core

Can recipes be used by tests

Listener Andy: Can recipes and startkits interact

Can themes require recipes

Listener Matthieu: How do recipes compare with Symfony
recipes

Listener James: How easy will it be to make custom recipes

Listener Matthieu: Should contrib maintainers be watching
recipes

How can we get involved

Resources

Jim’s Design 4 Drupal Talk Recipes

Recipes Drupal Project Page

Strategic Initiative Page

Cioppino

php core/scripts/drupal recipe PATH/TO/RECIPE

config actions issue

infrastructure project meeting thread

Kevin Quillen blog post - Create Recipes

Guests

Jim Birch - @jimbirch
Hosts

Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan
John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi
Jen Lampton - jenlampton.com - jenlampton
MOTW Correspondent

Martin Anderson-Clutz - @mandclu


Quick Links Kit


Brief description:

Have you ever needed to add a set of quick links,
essentially visual navigation prompts, to the home page or
section pages of your Drupal site?

Quick Links Kit (different from Quicklink module created
by last week’s guest, Mike Herschel)



Brief history

How old: I created in Apr 2021



Versions available:

1.0.6 that supports Drupal 8, 9, and 10, and 2.0.1 that
supports only D10



Maintainership

Sporadically maintained, but a pretty simple module



Number of open issues:

1, and it’s not a bug



Usage stats:

1 site



Maintainer(s):

Me!



Module features and usage

The module is really just a set of configuration, with an
optional submodule that sets everything up, including the
placement of the block on the home page, for sites using
Olivero as their theme, so it’s perfect for a fresh install
of Drupal

It allows for SVG icons to be set for each link, and sets
their fill to inherit from the link style

The links can be created and managed without leaving the
page on which they’re used, by using the settings tray,
though it would be a quick configuration change to use a
modal or a separate page instead, if preferred.

The 2.0 version also makes use of Drupal 10’s new
responsive grid views display, so if you’ve wanting to try
that out, this is an easy way to get started

I thought this module was appropriate for today’s episode
because it’s an example of a module that will be a recipe
once the infrastructure for them is ready. That said, the
Olivero submodule does currently contain a little CSS to
improve the display of the links, but that could easily be
copied into your site’s custom theme.