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Introducing The Dashboard Initiative

penyaskito — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 13:18:03 +0000

Introducing The Dashboard Initiative

Last year, during DrupalCon Prague, Cristina approached me with an idea to include Dashboards in core. We met with Sascha, and since then a team emerged and we have been meeting more or less regularly defining how this would look like, and creating some proof of concepts.

penyaskito Sat, 07/22/2023 - 15:18

Rewriting history on a git repository for editing author and email on past commits

penyaskito — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 23:58:02 +0000

Rewriting history on a git repository for editing author and email on past commits

Today I needed to rewrite some git repo commits from a very recently created repository where only I had committed, but from multiple systems with different setups; my usual setup with the proper info, another one where I didn't add the global user.email git property yet, and also added the license file from gitlab itself. So basically I had three different mail addresses and two different names associated with different commits that I wanted to unify, as that's a pretty messed up history for a very recent repo.

As I found on this question on StackOverflow about git author rewriting, that can be done with git-filter-repo tool:

penyaskito Thu, 12/30/2021 - 00:58

A Drupal JavaScript behavior for marking edited line items in the cart

penyaskito — Sun, 23 May 2021 16:14:25 +0000

A Drupal JavaScript behavior for marking edited line items in the cart

There are lots of ways to learn about something, and everyone learns in a different way, having best results with different options: some people get better results with articles, others with videos, or others with examples. My favorite way is with examples. And when trying to learn how to achieve something with Drupal, my favorite examples are Drupal core itself.

If you need to get something done and not sure where to start, try to think: where have I seen that before?

penyaskito Sun, 05/23/2021 - 18:14

Profiling Drupal, WordPress or any php application with DDEV, XHProf and XHGui

penyaskito — Sat, 01 May 2021 21:18:05 +0000

Profiling Drupal, WordPress or any php application with DDEV, XHProf and XHGui

I've been a very late adopter of Docker containers. Probably because most of my work in the last years was not dependent on the PHP version, so I used the same PHP version and MySQL/MariaDB as RDBMS every time. For a server I managed I played with LXC as a container system, and served quite well, but I didn't really need to touch it often, and my friend Andrés helped most of the times. Docker seemed confusing to me and, hold my beer, I thought it wouldn't stay, so I didn't really want to learn it. You might say now that my career as seer is over.

penyaskito Sat, 05/01/2021 - 23:18

A personal site upgrade from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9: some migration tips

penyaskito — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 10:43:20 +0000

A personal site upgrade from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9: some migration tips

Welcome to just another blog with complex infrastructure for just a few visits. It was about time.

This post was intended to be a detailed guide about how I used Drupal migrate tools for upgrading from D7 to D9, but, being fair, it was quite straight forward, so I will just share some tips. Take into account that my last attempt to blog lost its pace quite fast, so I could have been migrating it manually and probably had saved some time. But as someone who contributed to the migrate initiative and the Drupal to Drupal migrations, it's quite a shame that I never actually used it in a real project.

penyaskito Mon, 04/26/2021 - 12:43

Salesforce: generating Excel files from VisualForce APEX pages

penyaskito — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 12:01:14 +0000

Salesforce: generating Excel files from VisualForce APEX pages penyaskito Mon, 09/22/2014 - 14:01

I have been working recently with Salesforce, and generating Excel files was not working for me.

It should have been as easy as changing the apex:page contentType property, but its output was like:

<table id="j_id0:j_id1" border="0" cellpadding="0"....

My problem was using

<apex:column>whatever</apex:column>.

Instead, you should use

<apex:column value="whatever" />

and it should work.

Hope this helps.

Drupalcamp Spain 2012

penyaskito — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 13:39:07 +0000

Drupalcamp Spain 2012

penyaskito Sat, 11/10/2012 - 14:50

On October 20th and 21st took place in Madrid the 3rd edition of the biggest Drupal event in Spain, Drupalcamp Spain 2012. On Saturday I participated on a panel with Pedro Cambra, Ramon Vilar, Juampy Novillo and José Reyero about how to contribute to Drupal, with modules, themes, translations, documentation, marketing, events... The slides we used as guide are available on Slideshare:

Contribuir en Drupal: Por dónde empiezo? from Christian Lopez

On Sunday, I made a session where I tried to explain the changes in multilanguage between Drupal 7 and Drupal 8, that will be a reality hopefully on August 2013. The slides are also available in Slideshare:

Multilenguaje en Drupal 8 from Christian Lopez

The videos of every session will be available soon at the Vimeo channel of the Spanish Drupal Association.

That weekend took place the first Assembly of the Spanish Drupal Association, where I was nominated as a Board Member. I hope to contribute with them spreading Drupal use in Spain.

And after a very busy weekend, a plane to Frankfurt. But that's part of another story.

Post image: Some rights reserved by Pedro Lozano

Non-interactive performance tests and reporting with JMeter

penyaskito — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:57:41 +0000

Non-interactive performance tests and reporting with JMeter

penyaskito Wed, 09/26/2012 - 12:57

Once you have modelled your stress tests with JMeter (that's another story that deserves its own post), maybe you want to launch them in a non-interactive way from your continuous integration server.

For doing so, you just need to launch JMeter with the non-interactive mode:

./apache-jmeter-2.6/bin/jmeter.sh -t my-test-plan.jmx \
-l my-test-plan-2012-16-09.jtl -n

This commands launch the test plans, but the output file is XML. How could I send this as a report to the QA team or the management people? Just launch:

xsltproc ./apache-jmeter-2.6/extras/jmeter-results-report_21.xsl \
my-test-plan-2012-16-09.jtl > report-2012-16-09.html

The result will be an HTML file which is rendered as the image attached.

Hola penyaskito:

Qué bien quedarían usos reportes en integración continua ejecutados todas las noches tras los últimos commits del día.
Y si además incluyes el despliegue automatizado, mejor aun ;)

Me han dicho que todo lo que necesitas para eso lo tienes resuelto en http://clinkerhq.com ;)

Un abrazo crack!

Gridinit

For real time reporting and distributed jmeter tests across the globe we'd love you to try gridinit.com

Me lo apunto para ponerlo en

Me lo apunto para ponerlo en práctica. Hasta ahora las pruebas de rendimiento las hacía jugando con Apache AB. Un día de estos me debería currar un artículo de optimización de Apache, MySQL, Wordpress, he conseguido bajar bastante el tiempo que tarda en servirse las páginas aunque no estoy del todo contento. Los recursos estáticos enlentecen mucho los portales y estoy pensando en usar Varnish o incluso un CDN.
¿Alguna experiencia al respecto?

Buenas Fco Antonio,

Buenas Fco Antonio,
Actualmente acostumbro a servirlos con Varnish, y jugando bien con los TTL y los expires. A ver si pronto puedo escribir sobre ello. Si tienes acceso a un CDN seguramente sea lo mejor y delegar los recursos estáticos. Muchas veces además no sólo afectan al sistema en sí, sino a la percepción del usuario por la limitación de conexiones simultáneas de los navegadores.
Gracias por tu comentario.

Qué formal te pones al

Qué formal te pones al responderme por poner mi nombre completo :P.
En principio en lo que tengo montado he jugado con optimización de MySQL, pendiente hacerlo en el Postgre, luego Apache+APC (que mejora bastante el rendimiento), también módulo Modspeed y luego en los Wordpress jugar con plugins de optimización, carga retrasada de imágenes y otros. Dentro de un tiempo vamos a migrar el servidor y estoy pensando si optar por nginx o seguir con Apache; en cualquier caso montaría Varnish a ver qué tal se comporta. Con los CDN no tengo experiencia y hay que pagar por el servicio, por lo que si Varnish me da un rendimiento aceptable, me lo quedo y de paso bicheo la configuración. Ya te contaré.

Git workflow with submodules for Drupal deployment

penyaskito — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:50:43 +0000

Git workflow with submodules for Drupal deployment penyaskito Mon, 09/24/2012 - 23:50

Maybe you've seen the great article on Drupal Deployment with Git Submodules, by Randy Fay. I manage this site using that strategy, but some times I forget how every operation is done. So here I'm collecting them for my own reference.

For fetching all the new info from submodules:

git submodule foreach git fetch origin

Now we go into each module folder and use:

git pull

If we wanted to switch to a different branch, we should use:

git branch -a # we see the available branches 
git checkout 7.x-2.x # the different branch

For committing it, we go back to the contrib folder and do:

git add contrib-module-name

Then, we use:

drush updb --debug -y

Maybe we see some warnings because of unresolved dependencies. In that case, add the new submodule:

git submodule add --branch 7.x-1.x git://git.drupal.org/project/entity.git sites/all/modules/contrib/entity

Finally, updating core:

git merge drupal/7.x drush updb --debug -y

Ok, so we've done this on our DEVELOPMENT site. If everything is OK, now it's time to update the server, after doing a backup:

git pull
git submodule update --init 
drush updb --debug -y

Remoting for the Drupalcon Munich D8MI Sprint

penyaskito — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:55:25 +0000

Remoting for the Drupalcon Munich D8MI Sprint penyaskito Fri, 08/17/2012 - 18:55

After participating on the Drupal Developer Days D8MI Sprint, I was very sad I couldn't assist to the Munich Drupalcon one, but I decided to participate remotely.

I asked for people who wanted to join me on the Sevilla Drupal Group, and Jesús Balsera (jsbalsera) and Juan Fernández (@Maxtorete) joined me.

We'll start today and will be sprinting until next Sunday, if everything goes well and nobody leaves (hope so).

The focus on D8MI is set, and these are some notes I took about some issues that I'd like we collaborate with:

~~http://drupal.org/node/1733746~~ => ~~D8 installer is broken if selecting a non-English language on installation~~ => ~~Drupal core, install system, normal, needs work, 3 comments, 1 IRC mention~~

~~This is a problem when installing D8 in another language. A patch is attached, but needs some work.~~

~~@penyaskito did the initial work.~~

~~@jsbalsera managed to fix the requested changes and use drupal_classloader_register instead of include_once. Other sprinters did more tweaks and it was committed :-)~~

http://drupalcode.org/project/drupal.git/commit/3f92626

~~http://drupal.org/node/1738178~~ => ~~Javascript library localisation vs localization~~ => ~~Drupal core, locale.module, normal, fixed, 5 comments, 5 IRC mentions~~

~~Minor string fix, reported by @penyaskito.~~

http://drupalcode.org/project/drupal.git/commit/428226c

~~http://drupal.org/node/1392208~~ => ~~Impossible to install Drupal in a non-English language when following the provided instructions~~ => ~~Drupal core, install system, normal, needs review, 12 comments, 2 IRC mentions~~

~~@Gabor & @penyaskito.~~

http://drupalcode.org/project/drupal.git/commit/ea5de2e

~~http://drupal.org/node/1637348~~ => ~~Import Gettext .po files in progressive batches to avoid time limits~~ => ~~Drupal core, language system, normal, fixed, 28 comments, 15 IRC mentions~~

~~@penyaskito worked on this at Barcelona and has been completed now.~~

http://drupalcode.org/project/drupal.git/commit/7e79095

http://drupal.org/node/1658842 => Introduce a translations:// stream wrapper to access the .po file directory => Drupal core, language system, normal, needs work, 12 comments, 3 IRC mentions

@penyaskito working on it. NW.

http://drupal.org/node/1738330 => Confusing Language negotiation when accessing / => Drupal core, language.module, normal, active, 0 comments, 2 IRC mentions

@jsbalsera working on it

http://drupal.org/node/253157 => Add a new user permission "Translate own nodes" => Drupal core, translation.module, normal, needs work, 31 comments, 3 IRC mentions

~~Needs rerolling,~~ functionality tests and upgrade tests.

@penyaskito rerolled it.

@maxtorete is writing functional tests. NW

http://drupal.org/node/1189184 => OOP & PSR-0-ify gettext .po file parsing and generation => Drupal core, locale.module, normal, needs work, 256 comments, 70 IRC mentions

Properly test this.

Minor follow-ups.

http://drupal.org/node/1632384 => Import available language data and translations form translation server => Drupal core, locale.module, normal, needs review, 13 comments, 5 IRC mentions

http://drupal.org/node/1627006 => Collect project information for translation update => Drupal core, locale.module, normal, needs review, 23 comments, 5 IRC mentions

Work started

http://drupal.org/node/1191488 => META: Integrate l10n_update functionality in core => Drupal core, locale.module, normal, active, 12 comments, 4 IRC mentions

This is a major issue broken into smaller pieces. Those ones needs care. Doesn't look specially easy.

Let's see what we can afford.

Entrevista !

¿Cuáles dirías que son las principales pre-condiciones y tareas de trabajo previo a las que te has enfrentado para verdaderamente poder ser de provecho a un sprint trabajando en remoto? Me refiero, si no hubiera sido posible si no tuvieras los contactos que tienes, si ha ayudado mucho que ya estuvieras trabajando en esa temática en upstream con anterioridad ...

¿La organización del evento está facilitando de alguna forma el trabajo a los que participáis en remoto?

¿Cómo os habéis organizado los que habéis participado en remoto para colaborar entre todos?

Respuesta...

¿Cuáles dirías que son las principales pre-condiciones y tareas de trabajo previo a las que te has enfrentado para verdaderamente poder ser de provecho a un sprint trabajando en remoto? Me refiero, si no hubiera sido posible si no tuvieras los contactos que tienes, si ha ayudado mucho que ya estuvieras trabajando en esa temática en upstream con anterioridad ...

En cuanto al empezar a colaborar, siempre es más fácil y rápido montar el entorno de desarrollo y conocer el flujo de trabajo si tienes a gente que pueda apoyarte o resolver dudas. No obstante, está bastante bien documentado el proceso. Veáse http://drupal.org/project/drupal o http://drupal.org/contribute/development.

En cuanto al conocimiento necesario, más importante aún es tener alguien cerca que pueda ayudarte. En mi caso, en Barcelona tuve la ayuda de varios sprinters y he intentado ser el apoyo de los que me han acompañado desde Sevilla. No obstante, el aportar dentro de alguna iniciativa como la de Multilenguaje hace que sea fácil saber quién te puede ayudar, y dónde debes enfocarte. Además está la lista de gente participando y su disponibilidad, y todos los participantes suelen estar online en el canal de IRC de la Iniciativa, #drupal-i18n en Freenode.

¿La organización del evento está facilitando de alguna forma el trabajo a los que participáis en remoto?

La organización del evento en sí poco puede hacer realmente, aparte de proporcionar un lugar para el sprint a los que sí pueden asistir, y de que tengan conexión para ayudarnos en el IRC ;-)

Los líderes del sprint sí están siempre repartiendo las tareas en función de la experiencia e intereses de cada participante, además de apoyar en cualquier duda con su amplio conocimiento del tema en cuestión.

Creo que el organizar las mejoras entre versiones con las diversas iniciativas es algo que facilita enormemente los avances y el conseguir involucrar a más gente, conseguir patrocinios para los sprints, etc. Obviamente sin el apoyo en recursos humanos y económicos de las principales compañías alrededor de Drupal sería muchísimo más complicado.

¿Cómo os habéis organizado los que habéis participado en remoto para colaborar entre todos?

Si te refieres al global, IRC y la gestión del líder de la iniciativa. Además, las tareas están priorizadas por la comunidad para no perder el enfoque. Si te refieres a los participantes desde Sevilla, el viernes estuvimos montando los entornos de desarrollo y contando cómo funciona el flujo de trabajo y una vez hecho esto, empezamos a asignarnos tareas. Yo había hecho un trabajo previo en localizar tareas que fueran interesantes para avanzar, a la vez de ordenarlas crecientemente en complejidad para que no sea demasiado frustrante al principio para los rookies. Creo que el resultado está siendo bastante positivo.

La semana que viene postearé un diario de estos 10 días y podremos evaluar nuestros avances :-)

Gracias por tu comentario, Félix, ha salido casi un post de respuesta :-)

Penyaskito Blog

Introducing The Dashboard Initiative

Rewriting history on a git repository for editing author and email on past commits

A Drupal JavaScript behavior for marking edited line items in the cart

Profiling Drupal, WordPress or any php application with DDEV, XHProf and XHGui

A personal site upgrade from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9: some migration tips

Salesforce: generating Excel files from VisualForce APEX pages

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Drupalcamp Spain 2012

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Non-interactive performance tests and reporting with JMeter

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Hola penyaskito:

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Buenas Fco Antonio,

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Git workflow with submodules for Drupal deployment

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Remoting for the Drupalcon Munich D8MI Sprint

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Entrevista !

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