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