Drupal Console Updates: Preparing for the Alpha Release

This update covers the most recent release, including new features. It also details the upcoming 1.0.0-alpha1 release and the project's goal of supporting the Drupal 8.1.x release.

Recent Event Participation:

A project maintainer attended DrupalCamp China to present on effective and efficient Drupal 8 development with Drupal Console.

Upcoming Events

• April 2 - A contributor will be at Stanford Drupal Camp, speaking about Debugging Drupal with Drupal Console.
• April 7 - A project lead will present Drupal Console Deep Dive: How to Develop Faster and Smarter on Drupal 8 in an Acquia webinar.
• April 7 to 9 - Two project maintainers will be at DrupalCamp Guadalajara to discuss Drupal Console and the Electron Desktop Application.

For more details on upcoming presentations and events featuring Drupal Console, please visit the events page.

Latest Release:

Recent Accomplishments:

• [update:*] Added support for post_update methods #2066 & #2075
• [chain] Added interactive selection of discoverable chain files. #2068
• [module:uninstall] Added a force option #2073
• [config:import:single] Improved the command. #2070

Known Issues:

• Multisite is broken #2002
• Drupal Console shows errors on 8.1.x

Upcoming Features

• Language separation
• New structure for YAML language files
• Module dependency workflow - #2083

Compatibility with Drupal 8.1 Release

With Drupal 8.1 scheduled for release on April 6, a compatible version of Drupal Console will be made available to support it.