Drupal, with its main power coming from its ability to manage content and its presentation, is an amazing platform for making websites - but sometimes our presentation layer becomes our show-stopper. Modern sites, nowadays, are not just static HTML with content, but also platforms for communicating with other devices and systems (such as mobile devices, other sites, gaming platforms, etc). Decoupling the front-end and back-end of a Drupal site allow us to create a "Headless Drupal". This concept allows us to create fast, feature rich front-end web applications by utilizing industry standard JavaScript libraries (such as Ember.js, Angular, Backbone) while still leveraging the power of Drupal.
This talk will focus on using Drupal 7 and Services but concept can still be applied to Drupal 8 development and beyond.
This month's meetup is presented by:
Vladimir Ilic
Vladimir Ilic - In love with computers since 1979 (first program lunar lender on TI 57). Passionate about coding and tried every single technology (or at least most of them) since then. First introduction to Drupal 6 years ago and, during this time, completely converted; spending days working inside Drupal development on Linux & OS X, open source code, etc. Employed by a big company where he works on creating various Drupal sites.
Twitter: @burgerboydaddy
Blog: burgerboydaddy.com
Social
Please join us for drinks and food at Steamworks Brewery. This is a great opportunity to meet other Drupalers in the area and network.
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.
Date: March 26, 2015 - 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/220805950/