Where did the month go, it's time for another Drupal User Group meetup!
Wednesday Octyober 22th
Community Lab Hours 5-7PM
Drupal User Group 7-9PM
Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55408
We talked about a topic for this month's meeting, but I don't remember what we decided. If YOU remember, please add a comment, and I'll update the agenda.
Community Lab Hours 5-7PM
We're holding Community Lab Hours from 5-7PM right before the meetup in the same location. Come work on Drupal, get some help with your questions, share your ideas, get some stuff done!
Drupal User Group 7-9PM
- Tim Erickson attended DrupalCom Amsterdam last month, so we can get a report back from him.
- Drupal 8 is in Beta Release! Let's get a review from a few folks who have taken it for a drive and kicked the tires.
- We may or may not have a speaker with a topic. If you have something to share, give us a shout!
The Perks!
Pizza and some beverages will be provided. Thanks to our generous hosts, Advantage Labs!
You're also encouraged to bring along beverages to share. It's October, so I'll being a few pumpkin beers along.
Comments
Wish I could go, but my
Wish I could go, but my Wednesdays got booked with playing chamber music for the next few months. I hope to get back to these meetups starting in January.
i'll be there
I'l be there for the meetup and the community lab hours
maryann king
http://www.emkayandco.com
Speaker suggestion: PhpStorm & Drupal?
I look forward to joining in on the festivities tomorrow!
One topic that I'd like to suggest for one of these meetups (if not tomorrow) would be to have someone present on using the PhpStorm IDE with Drupal. I know there's at least a couple heavy users out there!
I've started using PhpStorm as a general code editor, and while I've looked over the basic documentation and how-tos, I'm still a bit fuzzy on the ways PhpStorm and Drupal can really work together. It would be really helpful to have someone demonstrate the IDE in action and talk about what it does to make developing Drupal easier.
Questions/topics to consider:
* PhpStorm Projects -- include all of Drupal or just what you're working on (like a module)?
* PhpStorm Configuration -- which of the myriad of options are important, and how do you ensure that PhpStorm knows where everything is in your setup?
* Testing -- give an overview of how testing works in general in the Drupal world and what PhpStorm brings to the table.
Is this a topic others would be interested in learning about? Presenting on?
PHP Storm
Did Chris Weber provide you any compensation for posting your comments?
Go PHPStorm!
Taking Drupal by PHP Storm
No, in fact! I had been considering IDEs for a while, and one Drupal developer tried to talk me into Komodo, but a session I attended on IDEs at DrupalCon Austin this summer showed a graph that indicated PHP Storm was clearly the most popular among Drupal Devs (and Komodo not so much):
https://austin2014.drupal.org/session/effective-use-common-php-ides-drupal
Now, the presentation didn't go into specifics on the survey methodology, so I don't even know how big the sample size was. But the presenter wasn't working for PHP Storm (though the company did have a booth at Austin) and he didn't seem to have a particular agenda. I figured it was worth a try, and I like it so far. Just wish I could use the advanced parts more effectively.
I can show off PHPStorm a bit
I don't know if I'll be able to evangelize it the way that Chris Weber would, but I do appreciate it's Drupal-specific virtues as someone who used to use Komodo and Sublime Text.
PHPStorm Open Source Licensing
Not to derail the user group thread, but has anyone ever pursued free Open Source licensing of PHPStorm?
https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/buy/choose_edition.jsp?license=OPEN_S...
For regular commuters, it looks like a perfect fit!
7.32 security updates
You might want to check with the attendees to ensure everyone has updated their sites to 7.32, there are several hacks doing the rounds and I know of some sites that have been compromised. FYI https://www.drupal.org/project/drupalgeddon is quite good for identifying some of the hacks.
TruDat
I was out of town last week, and waited until Monday to update a couple of sites, and 4 of 5 of them were already hacked.
Great idea!