UX-Team update: Thoughts on D8UX Strategy
Drupal 8 development has been underway for some time now and we're seeing increased activity around issues that aim to improve Drupal usability.
What's been missing is an overview of where we should focus our time and energy when tackling Drupal user experience challenges. This post provides an outline of the topics we want to focus on to make Drupal 8 great.
In a nutshell, we want to:
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Drupal on the Bayou
Harrah's--New Orleans, LA
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 9:00am until Friday, December 9, 2011 at 5:00pm..
Are you Drupal-curious or a die-hard Drupal fan? The best and brightest web developers, designers and those smart business owners, corporate and enterprise execs will gather to see how Drupal can bring the heat like Frank’s Louisiana Red Hot Sauce and enjoy the warm weather and charm of The Big Easy, New Orleans.
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DrupalCampNYC 10 on December 10th: tickets still available
DrupalCampNYC 10 will be the largest New York City Camp to date, with 500 anticipated attendees and over 30 high-quality sessions across a spectrum of Drupal-related disciplines.
It's all happening on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at John Jay College in Manhattan, for the bargain price of $20. Your registration fee will not only cover a full day of top-notch Drupal content from some of the finest minds in our community, but breakfast and lunch as well.
DrupalCamp sessions are created and presented by camp participants. For this camp, sessions will be organized into the following tracks:
- Development sessions might talk about topics including module development, security, tools and environments, best practices, etc.
- Site building sessions address topics around the Drupal admin, community-contributed modules and tools, and more. If it's not Development, and it's not Presentation, and it's part of the site creation process, it's probably here.
- Presentation encompasses design, front-end development, and theming.
- Business and end users is more geared toward the non-technical facets of Drupal. This might include project management, team dynamics, tips for content managers and editors, agency issues, marketing, and so forth.
- Sysadmin and performance is the track for things like hosting, database optimization, testing tools and protocols, CDNs, and various other topics.
Within each of the tracks listed, there will be content suitable for Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Drupal professionals. Additionally, there will be New/Newish to Drupal sessions early in the day, to help bring up to speed those who do not yet have a deep knowledge of Drupal; birds of a feather sessions will allow participants to engage in open discussion around specific topics.
Finally, each time slot will feature a Community Spotlight speaker. This speaker, drawn from the NYC Drupal community, is a recognized expert in his or her area of Drupal and will speak on a high-impact topic of his or her choice.
Also of note: there are a few sponsorship opportunities still available. Benefits and levels are available here: http://drupalcampnyc.org/sponsors/how-sponsor
The New York City Drupal community is a collection of friendly people that are eager to accept newcomers, who are always welcome to any event. Regardless of your experience with Drupal, or lack thereof, we warmly invite you to join us for DrupalCampNYC 10.
Get know Drupal, grow your skills, share your wisdom, or just make some Drupally new friends.
Tickets will sell out quickly, so register ASAP. See http://drupalcampnyc.org for full information and to reserve your seat!
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DrupalCamp Foz 2011: Spreading Drupal in Latin America and Beyond!
English / Castellano
DrupalCamp Foz 2011
Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
October 19-21, 2011
Written by Nick Vidal
Photo Credits: Saulo Amui.
Group photo at Bird Park!
Introduction
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DrupalCamp Chicago 2011
Register @ DrupalCampChicago.org
Your invited to our 4th annual DrupalCamp Chicago Saturday December 10th 2011.
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DrupalCamp Austin 2011 (Nov 19-20): Registration is open!
DrupalCamp Austin registration is open. Register today!
This year's DrupalCamp will be held November 19-20 (Sat-Sun) at the AT&T Conference Center near the UT campus. We WILL sell out, so please register soon. Registration includes breakfast and parking as well, making this the CHEAPEST DrupalCamp Austin yet!
Only $30 gets you access to:
- 30+ sessions
- Amazing speakers from the local and global Drupal communities
- Free parking and breakfast
- An exclusive after-party at the Violet Crown Social Club
This year's speakers include:
- Angie Byron (webchick), co-maintainer of Drupal 7 and Director of Community Development at Acquia
- Jeff Robbins, co-founder and CEO of Lullabot
- Greg Knaddison (greggles), Director of Security Services at Acquia
- Ben Finklea, CEO of Volacci
- Dave Reid, senior engineer at Palantir and maintainer of a billion modules
- Samantha Warren, Senior Web Designer at Phase2 Technology
- Jennifer Lampton, senior developer and trainer at Chapter Three
- Matthew Saunders, Director of Technology at Examiner.com
- ...And many, many more!
Meta Discussion: Project Application Process Revamp
PROPOSAL SUMMARY:
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Initial Git access agreement and sandbox creation stays status quo.
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Develop automated testing capabilities for everything from coder to xss screening to scanning the repository to ensure it contains Drupal-like code.
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Run ALL modules through automated testing before allowing promotion to full projects
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If a user does not have 'create full project' permissions, then have them submit a 'Project Submission' to an issue queue.
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The issue queue is intended as a 'sanity check' only ... not a full technical review. The main issues should be addressed through automated testing. The main purpose is:
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keep tabs on how well the automated tests are working,
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provide an alternative path for modules that "can't" pass the automated tests (with valid reasons), and
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provide corrective direction and/or suggestions for items which can't be caught via automation.
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Any issue in this queue which sits for two weeks in Active or CNR state, without new comments, automatically gets bumped to RTBC.
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Applicants which clear the queue get access to a 'promote' link for that project.
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Create full project' rights allow an individual the option of promoting any project which passes the automated testing directly, without applying via the queue (though they can still use the queue, if they so choose).
Optional discussion:
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Tie granting of 'create full project' rights to a competency demonstration (via a challenge quiz).
What is going to happen to my core patches once they're RTBC?
As of September 28, catch has commit access to Drupal 8. This is the first change in co-maintainers in a while, so how does it affect the RTBC queue?
- Dries will still be committing patches to both Drupal 7 and Drupal 8.
- webchick will still be committing patches to Drupal 7, and Drupal 8 patches that need backport to Drupal 7 (and occasionally other Drupal 8 patches, especially things that fix the testbot etc.)
- Gabor will still be committing patches to Drupal 6.
- catch will only commit patches to Drupal 8.
There are a few guidelines that I (catch) am going to try and follow regarding the RTBC queue. None of these are strict rules and they may well be subject to change:
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Drupal Job Fair on November 15, 2011 from 4-7pm at Droplabs in Downtown Los Angeles
This event has passed. See http://groups.drupal.org/node/275138 for the next job fair on January 28, 2012.
Do you represent a company or organization that's looking for Drupal talent? Are you a freelancer or service provider who's looking for Drupal work?
Come and make new friends and turn new connections into long-term relationships at the next Downtown Drupal job fair on November 15, 2011. This event is being hosted by Droplabs, a Drupal event and coworking space in Downtown Los Angeles, the venue of the successful Downtown Drupal job fair in June, 2011.
Light food and drinks are being provided by Chimney Coffee House, our favorite neighborhood cafe, bakery, sandwich and dessert boutique. Chimney is also the location of the local branch of Stanford's machine learning class.
Droplabs is also hosting the popular Downtown LA Drupal meetup the same evening at 7:30pm. If you're looking for Drupal talent and are interested in reaching as many up-and-coming Drupal developers, designers, themers and architects as possible, this month's meetup at Droplabs is a great place to be.
Sign up!
If you are looking for Drupal work, you are welcome to sign up by clicking the Sign up button below. This is optional but it will confirm you to attend and there is nothing else to do other than arriving at the event at 4pm. An automatic email reminder will be sent to you 1 day before the event.
If you're an employer or a representative of a company or organization, contact us at jobs-nov15jobfair@droplabs.net or http://droplabs.net/contact and we'll follow up with you about sponsorship opportunities.
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Boston Drupal Meetup - MIT - Nov 1, 2011 @ 6:30 pm
We will be hosted by the MIT Drupal Group in Cambridge in Building E51 - Tang Center in E51-145.
Parking and Transportation:
After 5pm, there is an unattended MIT lot called Hayward: http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=P5
