Come share your curiosity about, love of, or musings about Drupal at our monthly meetup in Princeton! Discussion of any relevant PHP or web development-related topic is welcome.
Room 008 - on the lower floor of the Friend Center building
Continued format - 3 sections, with 2-3 people for each section. We need you to participate! Please contact the organizers or comment below to claim one of these slots. All of these are open and appropriate for you regardless of your experience level with Drupal - beginner and intermediate topics are especially helpful to others.
All community members interested in using Drupal as well as strengthening the Drupal community are invited. We'll discuss recent and exciting Drupal-related news, present interesting topics, and share knowledge.
Be sure to come out for networking, presentations, and more! Pizza and soft drinks will be provided starting at 6:30pm, with presentations starting at 7pm.
Meeting in the Princeton Friend Center, lower level.
AGENDA
1) 10 minutes/per person - Site showcase and feedback
Show off your work-in-progress or recently completed project in < 10 minutes, and get feedback and suggestions
- [Slot 1]
- [Slot 2]
2) 5 minutes/person - Get a question answered! Leverage the knowledge of the crowd.
If you have a Drupal configuration, theming, or development problem that you are banging your head on, or a new piece of functionality that would benefit from group brainstorming on how to implement claim one of these slots and bring a concise description or demo of the problem so we can help.
- Levi Sigworth
- [Slot 2]
3) ~20 minutes/person - Present something new (or new to you)
If you have been trying out a module and want to demo it, want to teach others about a technique, outline best practices, or preview a talk for a upcoming camp or conference, this is for you. Make sure to describe your intended audience.
- [Group discussion on recommended sessions from DrupalCon New Orleans]WHERE
Join us in the Friend Center building on the Princeton University Campus located on the corner of Olden and William streets.
After 5 pm, visitors may park in the University lot on William Street behind 185 Nassau Street.
Visitor wifi details:
http://helpdesk.princeton.edu/kb/display.plx?ID=9713
http://helpdesk.princeton.edu/files/9713/OITVisitorWireless.pdf
Cross-listed on meetup.
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Note we are in room 008 this
Note we are in room 008 this time. Pizza in lower lobby
Upcoming Drupal events we
Upcoming Drupal events we talked about
http://www.drupalnorth.org/
http://nyccamp.org/ as part of http://opencamps.org/
https://www.drupalgovcon.org/drupal-govcon-2016
https://www.design4drupal.org/
sharing what we learned/heard at DrupalCon
Highlighted sessions and commentary by people who attended DrupalCon NOLA
State of Drupal
http://buytaert.net/state-of-drupal-presentation-may-2016
Peter: Dries Keynote. Upbeat and important to see what the future of Drupal 8 will be
Automated javascript testing: where we are and what we actually want
https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016/sessions/automated-javascript-t...
Peter: this was a core conversation, but the take home is that drupal is starting to get support for running JS tests and expect to see a lot more of those in core.
Writing Command Line Tools for Drupal 8 Modules
https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016/sessions/writing-command-line-t...
Peter: the future of writing commands that work with both drush and drupal console. Seems still to be in flux a bit, however.
The potential in Drupal 8.x and how to realize it
https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016/sessions/potential-drupal-8x-an...
Peter: core conversation, the power of Drupal 8 - new features every 6 months!
Workflow Initiative (Drupal is a CMS)
https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016/sessions/drupal-cms-so-how-can-...
Peter: core conversation, the future of workflow in Drupal 8
Loft Your Web Platform Into the Clouds with Immutable Infrastructure
https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016/sessions/loft-your-web-platform...
Grubb: This was an infrastructure talk, and was pretty high level and probably of interest if you’re really into AWS and servers, but as one of those ppl it was the most inspirational session I went to. Went over a lot of what it takes to use AWS the right way.
Just Right: Goldilocks and CMS theme systems
https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016/sessions/just-right-goldilocks-...
David: Drupal 8 theme system and comparison to other CMS theme systems. Does Drupal priorities personas properly, how does it compare to other systems.
Web Personalization for Drupal: Your Roadmap to Get Started
https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016/sessions/web-personalization-fo...
David: I didn’t attend, but I’ve seen Dave Sawyer does this personalization talk a few times. It’s very good if you need a primer on web personalization.
"New and improved ..." Selling the value of new Drupal 8 technical features.
https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016/sessions/new-and-improved-selli...
David: Jam has a good talk on how to promote D8 in non-tech lingo and sell it to clients. Which features to highlight, etc.
Drupal (admin) as an application: More JavaScript in core?
https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016/sessions/drupal-admin-applicati...
David: The big “should we put a JS framework in core” venting session. The session is presented from both sides of the argument, and the QA/speak your mind part at the end is as valuable as the main talk.
Leaving Drupal
https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016/sessions/leaving-drupal
David: David Hwang’s talk on why some people stop contributing or leave the community and why some don’t. Also, valuable for the audience participation.
Altering, Extending, and Enhancing Drupal 8
https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016/sessions/altering-extending-and...
Levi: An excellent introduction to the new concepts of creating Drupal 8 modules: services, plugins, events, and hooks
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016/sessions/overcoming-imposter-sy...
Levi: Unfortunately, it appears that this session wasn’t recorded. The key thing for me was that this is a VERY common thing, and that MANY people deal with it.
Configuration Management for Developers in Drupal 8
https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016/sessions/configuration-manageme...
Levi: Alex Pott demonstrates a brilliant way to export config as an installation profile, thus speeding up cloning a Drupal 8 site and starting local development. I believe that this will become a best practice in the near future for Drupal 8 development.
Keynote: Sara Wachter-Boettcher
https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016/keynote-sara-wachter-boettcher
Levi: Sara shares powerful stories that demonstrate that “edge cases” are really “stress cases” for the systems that we build.
Behat: Behavior-Driven Development, Functional Tests & Selenium (in Drupal!)
https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016/sessions/behat-behavior-driven-...
Levi: Get started with functional regression testing!
How to audit Drupal Sites for performance, content and best practices
https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016/sessions/how-audit-drupal-sites...
Levi: Tools for doing audits.
Drupal 8, where did the code go? From info hook to plugin.
https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016/sessions/drupal-8-where-did-cod...
Levi: Our very own Peter Wolanin does a deep dive on plugins.
Community Keynote: Michael Schmid: Your Brain Health is More Important than your Standing Desk
https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016/community-keynote-michael-schmid
Levi: A focus on mental health
Real Talk on Front-End Performance: Only You Can Prevent Slow Websites
https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016/sessions/real-talk-front-end-pe...
Levi: Front end performance and why it matters
Amazing User Experiences with Drupal and Ember
https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016/sessions/amazing-user-experienc...
Sean: Super impressive real-world example of progressive and fully decoupled Drupal, best session I attended!
Sizing up responsive images: Make a plan before you Drupal
https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016/sessions/sizing-responsive-imag...
Sean: Marc was entertaining and informative. Gave a really clear understanding of his process doing responsive images.
Creating online stores with Commerce 2.x on Drupal 8
https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016/sessions/creating-stores-drupal...
Sean: If you are interested in doing eCommerce in Drupal 8 this is well worth the watch to find out the status and roadmap of 2.x. One of the most notable points was the fact that they open sourced libraries that are now being used by other PHP projects (Getting off the Island FTW).