Have you cracked open the latest TYPO3 v9 LTS yet? We really felt the spirit of the community on release day as people responded with thanks and recognition to the core team who worked so hard on this release.

The September edition is rather brief since everybody is busy preparing for the upcoming release of TYPO3 9 LTS, either by contributing to the TYPO3 core, updating extensions to be compatible with TYPO3 9.5 or organizing a release party.

With a slight delay here is the recap of what happened in August in the TYPO3 universe. Despite summer vacation season really a lot has happened! Happy reading!

TYPO3 is built through the contributions of volunteers. Want to get involved? Find out what skills are needed, what’s happening right now, and who to contact.

The TYPO3 Developer Days 2018 (T3DD18) in Dusseldorf, Germany, drew over 200 eager TYPO3 developers from around the globe. They came to trade knowledge, explore TYPO3, and to grow the TYPO3 community.

As usual, the TYPO3 GmbH office opened its doors for interested developers for a day of tackling the review queue. It’s becoming an institution, and we were very happy to have Netherlands guest to both dates.

From 19th to 24th of July our team met in Düsseldorf, next to the TYPO3 Developer Days. Our focus for the sprint mainly bugfixing and introduce necessary GDPR functions.

The highlight event of July certainly was the CertiFUNcation Day. But there are also many other noteworthy things happening in the TYPO3 community. Happy reading!

The TYPO3 Core Team started a restructuring process led by Oliver Hader and me. Over the following weeks working modes, processes and current requirements will be evaluated and ultimately result in a new and more sustainable team structure with an efficient working mode.

A new Italian book is now available. How to program and implement TYPO3 extensions? This book provides all you need to know to get up and running with Extbase and Fluid, one of the many ways to build extensions.