Craft Link List (Archive)

Introduction

Hello Craft friends!

This month’s edition is a bit late because it barely fits through the tubes. We’ve got heaps of exciting news, plugins, and links so let’s get right to it.

News

Plugin Store Update

The Craft Plugin Store quietly got some design updates that didn’t escape your notice. It also supports Strong Customer Authentication now for our European friends that require it.

Craft CMS Twitter Community

Tweetin’ and Craftin’? There’s a new Craft CMS Twitter Community.

Tools, tips, and fundamentals

CraftQuest Crushes Craft 4 Coverage

It took Ryan an entire six minutes from the Craft 4 beta announcement to share a six-part video guide. Pretty solid turnaround time.

That’s not all, either:

Getting Ready for Craft 4 already covered the official prep guide along with tips for getting ready, why you should upgrade, and what to expect when you do. There’s a written version, too!
The Easier Eager Loading with Collections and The Convenience of Collections in Craft CMS 4 articles offer practical examples using Craft’s new collections.
Converting a Plugin from Craft 3 to Craft 4 is an eleven-part course, complete with Andrew’s entire journey through the process.
CraftQuest on Call 40: Rector Set Go! offers a nice look at Rector as a broader tool that can be way more useful than a one-and-done part of the plugin update process.
There’s a livestream exploring Andrew’s Craft 3 and 4 plugin development environment, a setup Ben Croker referred to as “a masterpiece”.
Apparently there’s been a CraftQuest Changelog this whole time.

Proximity Search with Sprig

Double Secret Agency added a guide to its Google Maps docs demonstrating how to create a reactive proximity search with Sprig.

Hosting Craft CMS on Heroku

Tommy “Terrible Dev” Parnell shares a candid post about configuring Craft for Heroku.

Interestingly enough, Craft Link List celebrity John Morton also wrote about getting Craft working with Heroku in Configuring Craft CMS with Redis for Use on Heroku.

Webpack Hot Module Reloading AssetBundles

Leevi Graham demonstrates how to hot-reload Craft AssetBundles.

One day later, he returns to point out how you can rely on Craft’s Sass bits to keep your control panel UI feeling as Crafty as possible.

Adding Glossary Tooltips to Redactor Fields Using Craft CMS and Tippy.js

Sean Smith demonstrates how he combined Tippy.js and redactor-link-styles to support keyword glossary tooltips clients could manage from Redactor.

Andrew PhpStorm Tip: Apply Inspections to File

Particularly useful updating plugins for Craft 4: you can apply those 💡to an entire file at a time.

Moving to a Modern Development Workflow for Craft CMS

Ryan walks through a modern Craft workflow from local development to deployment and back again. If your own workflow has any gaps or just plain doesn’t exist yet, this is an excellent resource.

Bonus: if you’re surveying boilerplate / starter code, see Starter Code for Craft CMS.