Posted by rlhawk on January 5, 2016 at 6:38pm
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2016-01-21 18:00 - 19:30 America/Los_Angeles Event type:
User group meeting
We will meet at 6 pm on Thursday, January 21
Learn about Drupal and meet local Drupal enthusiasts.
Agenda
- Introductions
- Announcements
- Drupal News
- The State of Contributed Modules and Themes for Drupal 8
Event Details:
Let's continue our focus on Drupal 8 and talk about the state of contributed projects for D8. Some popular modules and themes have stable releases, some are close to being production-ready, and others are still unstable and not yet usable in D8. Andrew Morton and Rick Hawkins will present and demo the current state of a number of contributed projects. If you would like to talk about a particular module or theme, leave a comment.
Thursday, January 21, 6:00pm - 7:30pm.
Northwest Worklofts, 3131 Western Ave (at Denny), Seattle
Sponsored by Fuse IQ
Coworking is available from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Drip City (2929 1st Avenue (between Broad and Eagle); Map)
Comments
Meeting tonight!
Join us tonight for presentations and demos of contributed modules and themes for Drupal 8.
Outreach for new SeaDUG members
This article by John Locke makes a good promotion piece for outreach to other tech groups, like php developers.
http://www.freelock.com/blog/john-locke/2016-01/8-reasons-why-drupal-8
8 Reasons Why Drupal 8
January 21, 2016 - 2:29pm -- John Locke
Drupal 8 has been out for 2 months now, and there's never been a better time to choose Drupal for your website platform. Here are 8 reasons why!
1. Mobile Experience
2. Authoring Experience
3. Expected Lifespan
4. Performance/Scaling
5. Upgrade path
6. Growth Potential
7. Quality results
8. Ownership, and no vendor lock-in
Bonus
(John makes a pitch for his company's services. He might be willing to share the above w/o his promo.)