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# Talking Drupal #319 - Backdrop CMS
Today we are talking about Backdrop with Jen Lampton.

[TalkingDrupal.com/319](https://TalkingDrupal.com/319)

## Topics
* Nic - Vacation
* April - need new shelves for Lego Harry Potter
* Jen - Heirloom tomatoes and too much rain
* John - Personal website / blog
* Backdrop CMS Elevator pitch
* Difference between Drupal and Backdrop
* Why choose Backdrop over Drupal
* Matt Glaman on twitter
    * General challenges of growing a fork's identity
    * Challenges in being thrifty
* Biggest milestones in the last two years
    * New core committers
    * 7 releases with new features
        * Layouts
        * File browser
        * Lazy loading images
        * Config overrides
        * Telemetry
    * Backdrop Live events
* More listener questions (Matt Glaman)
    * Contributor community
    * Companies specializing in Backdrop
* Wider adoption as D7 approaches EoL
* Wider adoption as D9 approaches EoL
* Ease of migration from D7
    * Easier than migrating D7 to D9
* More listener questions (Matt Glaman)
    * Marketing challenges
* Anything that you would do differently after 6 years
* Philosophy
* Biggest upcoming features
* Telemetry

## Resources
* [Twitter Questions](https://twitter.com/TalkingDrupal/status/1451658871899045888)
* Backdrop CMS
    * [Twitter](https://twitter.com/backdropcms )
    * [Main site](https://backdropcms.org/)
    * [Documentation](https://docs.backdropcms.org/ )
    * [Forum](https://forum.backdropcms.org/)
    * [Live Chat](https://backdrop.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/218635-Backdrop)
    * [Contributed projects](https://github.com/backdrop-contrib)

## Guests
Jen Lampton - [Jeneration Web Development](https://jenerationweb.com) [@jenlampton](https://twitter.com/jenlampton)

## Hosts
Nic Laflin - [www.nLighteneddevelopment.com](https://www.nLighteneddevelopment.com) [@nicxvan](https://twitter.com/nicxvan)
John Picozzi - [www.epam.com](https://www.epam.com) [@johnpicozzi](https://twitter.com/johnpicozzi)
April Sides - [@weekbeforenext](https://twitter.com/weekbeforenext)

## MOTW
[CKEditor CodeSnippet](https://www.drupal.org/project/codesnippet )