Following Drupal core development: Is it possible to understand every added change?

Drupal moves faster than perceived.
Keeping up to date is important and it may be challenging if you are not doing drupal core development full time.

Let us explore Drupal core pace of changes, resources to follow it, and some experiences trying to do that.

Prerequisite
Being familiar with drupal core development on drupal.org may be useful, but not required.

Outline
- πŸ€” Why reading changes?
- πŸƒ How fast is Drupal core pace?
- πŸ“– Release notes, commits, issues, code
- πŸ§ͺ Experimenting on approaches to follow Drupal core

Learning Objectives
- To identify possible reasons to follow Drupal core changes.
- To identify Drupal core velocity.
- To understand Drupal core development context and process.
- To familiarize with resources that help understand Drupal core changes.
- To identify possible approaches to follow Drupal core development.

Experience level
Beginner

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