Join Katherine Bailey and Tom Nightingale of Affinity Bridge for an introduction to Search API. Having previously worked with solutions such as Searchlight and the ApacheSolr Search Integration module, both Katherine and Tom were early converts to Search API for client projects which required sophisticated search functionality.
This will be a non-technical presentation demonstrating the steps needed to get up and running with Search API and outlining its benefits over other solutions. They will also demo some of the more advanced functionality that can be achieved using Search API and can delve into more technical aspects depending on the level of interest.
Katherine Bailey has worked with Drupal for 4.5 years and is the author of the Quicktabs module.
Tom Nightingale has been developing with Drupal for 5 years. He recently graduated BCIT's Computer Systems Technology - Data
Communications program where he learned to write cross-platform, asynchronous client-server applications in C. He has since been enjoying the (relative) sanity of Drupal development.
Lightning Talks
Attendees are invited to share their experience by giving a 2 to 4 minute presentation on any topic of interest to the Drupal community. If you want to use a laptop to show a website or control panel please be sure you have the necessary cable (vga) to connect to an overhead projector.
Drupal Q&A
Bring your questions on anything related to Drupal from how to do something technical in PHP to what modules are needed to implement a feature you want.
Date: January 26, 2012 - 6:30pm
Location: The Network Hub, 3rd Floor, 422 Richards Street, Vancouver, BC
Cost: There is no charge and all are welcome.
For those who don't need to leave right away there's typically a more social discussion at a local pub afterward.
RSVP: Please RSVP here: http://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Drupal-Users-Group/events/48509632/