Backdrop CMS: a Drupal fork ...

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2015-05-21 19:00 - 21:00 America/New_York
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User group meeting

For our May meeting, Nathan Vexler and Khalid Baheyeldin will be talking about Backdrop, a fork of Drupal.

We will cover the following topics:

  • What is Backdrop?
  • Why Backdrop?
  • Porting a Drupal 7 module work with Backdrop
  • Migrating to Backdrop from Drupal 7 (and comparison to migrating from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8)
  • Pros of Backdrop
  • Cons of Backdrop
  • Discussion: Will Backdrop see sizeable adoption?
  • Discussion: Is Backdrop actually good for Drupal's future?

The Waterloo Region Drupal Users Group's meetings are held monthly except for July, August and December. They happen on the third Thursday of each month, 19:00 to 21:00. Our next meeting is on May 21st, 2015, 19:00 to 21:00.

Attendance is free.

We meet at The Working Centre at 58 Queen St. S. Kitchener, Ontario.

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If you want to refer to the slides, you can get it from the link at the bottom of this post.

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