Hey fellow Brevardians (Space Coasters? Brevarderos?),
As we discussed at the meetup last Thursday evening, let's go ahead and plan out the next 4-6 presentations so we can encourage more people to participate. Seeing how we normally do two presentations per meetup, let's just try to get one scheduled for now, and leave the second slot open in case anything comes up.
I've listed a bunch of potential topics below that can get the discussion started, but please don't limit it to what I've included. If you'd like to make a presentation, just ask and we'll get it scheduled!
Currently, we hold two meetups per month - the second Tuesday and the fourth Thursday. Looking at the calendar, the next 6 meetups are due on:
- Tuesday, June 11
- Thursday, June 27
- Tuesday, July 9
- Thursday, July 25
- Tuesday, August 13
- Thursday, August 29
One wrinkle in the whole Tuesday/Thursday plan is that the DrupalEasy Career Starter Program will be starting its third edition in late July...
Potential topics that we've discussed having include:
- Information architecture of Drupal sites - requested by Maggie/Chris
- Launching a site (domain names, production hosting, updates, etc...) - requested by James
- Theming with SASS - presented by Mike
- More "Back to the Basics" stuff
- Drupal "shrinkwraps" and multi-site solutions - requested by Maggie
- Import and Map Over 5,000 Points of Interest in 45 Minutes - Mike
- Vagrant and SALTSTACK for instant Drupal Servers - Ben
In addition, I think that if we ask nicely (and offer to pay for a meal), we could probably entice some Drupal presenters from other parts of the state to visit. There were a lot of great Florida DrupalCamp sessions from people who would be happy to come for a visit. Some that caught my eye include:
- http://fldrupalcamp.org/session/sharpening-axe
- http://fldrupalcamp.org/session/anatomy-freelancer
- http://fldrupalcamp.org/session/calendars-all-occasions
- http://fldrupalcamp.org/session/related-content-displays
- http://fldrupalcamp.org/session/getting-sassy-drupal
- http://fldrupalcamp.org/session/simple-ways-awesomize-drupals-page-load-...
- http://fldrupalcamp.org/session/git-flow-daily-use
- http://fldrupalcamp.org/session/debug-your-debugging-and-other-useful-tips
Let's start a discussion in the comments about what kind of content we'd like at future Brevard meetups.
Thanks,
-mike
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Crickets
So, no Space Coasters want to chime in on the future of our meetups? Shame.
How about this? I'll be willing to present the "one Drupal slidedeck to rule them all" (https://drupal.org/sandbox/xjm/2012090) - I just need to know when...
Mike
Would anyone be interested in
Would anyone be interested in a presentation of installing drush and git specifically on a GoDaddy shared hosting server?
I doubt many of us use godaddy but lots of clients do. After fighting with godaddy all day, it makes me super grateful for webenabled. I still haven't figured out how to setup ssh keys on godaddy yet. Most everyone says it can't be done on a shared server but I am going to keep searching. If I am successful, I can add that in too.
I might even blog about it
/looks at mike
/my first blog heh
possible?
Heh - I'm not the best person to ask about that - I'm not even sure installing git and drush on GoDaddy is even possible...
-mike
Drush/Git on shared hosting
I'd love to know if this possible. Not interested in GoDaddy per se, but I'd love to see if/how it's do-able on ANY shared hosting platform.
It is possible on both
It is possible on both godaddy and hostgator. It is different for each shared hosting platform...thats the problem. While it is quite simple on hostgator, it's tedious on godaddy. I haven't tried any other shared hosts.
Since I didn't make it clear in my first post, I was offering to do a presentation on how to install git/drush on godaddy. Just didn't know if anyone would be interested.
I think it's a great idea for
I think it's a great idea for a presentation. You can also share your knowledge about Hostgator as well. This would save a lot of developers a lot of time. It will also help in advising clients and estimating.
lscook, can you verify the
lscook, can you verify the directions i gave you still work for hostgator and let me know? I no longer have a testing server with them. If so, i will certainly include it!
Panteon id also different
All,
Pantheon is different also. As I understand their documentation, they do not offer a command line interface so you can not use drush on the site. I've not tried to ssh in, but from what I read - they do not support an ssh session. I could be way off on how I interpreted their comments.
Pantheon comes with git, but it works a little differently. I don't remember if you have to create a remote repository or if it automatically creates one when you create the site. But there is the issue, since Pantheon does not offer a command line interface, so how go do a git pull on the site?
Well, Pantheon automatically does a git pull to your site when ever you do a git push to the repository. At least that is how I think it works. I've been reading their documents and talking to other people.
If someone who has experience with Pantheon could elaborate, I would be very grateful.
You are correct, every time
You are correct, every time you git push it automatically pulls into the pantheon development environment. From pantheons UI you then copy code from dev to test to live which branches your repository.
Also you are able to use drush on pantheon using aliases.
I use pantheon and so far very happy with promotion workflows.
Lead Developer and Founder of StreamRiot.com
Project Management for Software Developers
Hi,
If anyone is interested, I can give a presentation on "Project Management for Software Developers". Whether you are working on a solo project or on a large team, all developers need to understand the basic terms and processes used by project managers. While this is not exclusively a technical Drupal subject, I will try include some specifics regarding Drupal projects.
I plan on attending the June 27 meeting.
Robert
YES!
YES!
GoDaddy, etc.
GoDaddy was a PITA, for sure. Now I am struggling with cPanel. Much worse. I would love to attend any meetings that address these issues. I also would be very interested in the project management presentation.