We will be hosted by the MIT Drupal Group at MIT: MIT Tang Center, E51-149. Parking is available after 5pm in the Hayward lot.
The format of the meetup is 5-10 minute "lightning talks." This is an open floor, on topics ranging from recent work to general questions. We especially encourage short presentations that demo timely material (new development tools, front-end strategies, useful new modules, etc) that might be of interest to the larger group.
If you have an idea for a lightning talk, mention it in the comments below so that others have an idea of what the meetup will cover. You are also encouraged to post requests for material you would like help with or to know more about, so that other group members can volunteer to present on that topic.
Dinner and Drinks
During the meetup, we'll take an order for a group dinner and after lightening talks, head over to the MIT's on campus pub Muddy Charles for drinks and food.
Pencil in 1st Tuesdays!
The first Tuesdays are designated Boston Drupal Meetup nights unless noted. Look for future announcements and reminders!
Comments
Presentation request: enterprise functionality and universities
Could someone make a presentation on Drupal 8's enterprise functionality as it relates to universities? I'm making a new presentation ("Drupal 8 and MIT: Getting from here to there") and I imagine Drupal 8's enterprise functionality is relevant to large-scale development structures that universities typically support, but I don't have a clear understanding of exactly how.
Similarly, I'd love to know if Symfony2 and Twig open up new functionality or development structures relevant to universities.
Ed Carlevale
Drupal Developer, MIT Energy Club
Deep Diver City!
I would like to present on how we can celebrate our diversity and help it grow - it exists, but is a little bit hidden from the spotlight. We can coax it out and highlight it!
Dries mentioned in his KeyNote at Barcelona that he does not know how to address the issue of celebrating and growing the diversity in the Drupal community... How does a community recognize and reward each of their members regardless of what it is they contribute?
Within the Drupal community it can be easy to notice the 'all-stars' and the Developers that write the code that powers Drupal, but what about the non-tech people that do a lot of the other things that keep a community growing and thriving?
What is it that they actually do, what are they called?
Not many people know the answer, and that is what this presentation endeavors to overcome.
We are also Developers – Community Developers.
We are ALL Developers.
Now, let's celebrate it and acknowledge the hackers pledge - "We must be excellent to each other"
Handbook on Platform Cooperativism, a movement building platforms and tools owned by the people. http://bit.ly/hackitownit
Drupal8/Symfony2 Service Containters
I'd be happy to briefly present on the topic of Service Containers (part of the Symfony2 Framework) and what role they play in Drupal 8, as well as what they allow you (as a developer) to do.
@mikemiles86
Acquia DevDesktop and Acquia Cloud
I was also asked to give a demo and overview of Acquia's DevDesktop tool and specifically how it relates and interacts with Acquia Cloud hosting (including our Free Tier offering).
Will make this not terribly Sales/marketing, but just show the tool as best I can.
Drupal 8 custom Migrate plug-in
I'd like to demo a simple D8 Migrate plug-in/module that imports data from a non-Drupal source database. I can talk about some of the differences between D7 Migrate and D8 Migrate.