Sydney March 2016 Meetup: Drupal 8 Development

Posted by welly on February 29, 2016 at 12:17am

Start:

2016-03-14 11:40 Australia/Sydney

Event type:

User group meeting

http://www.meetup.com/drupalsydney/events/228967081/

This months topic of discussion will be Drupal 8 Development - how to get started and what has changed since Drupal 7 (lots).

Each month there will be a Drupal presentation and lightning talks. There will also be time at the end for Q&A after the presentations have been concluded.

Schedule
1800 Drinks
1830 Presentations
1915 Lightning talks and announcements
1930 Drinks, pizza, socialising and mentoring
2100 Kickout

Presentations
Got an idea for a talk? Please leave a note in the comments below and we'll see what we can do.

Presentation 1: Drupal Console - The New Drush

Alastair Moore will be talking about Drupal Console - what it is and does and how it can ease you into Drupal 8 development.

Presentation 2: Hooks, Events, Plugins, and Services: Pick the right tool for the job

Kim Pepper will be presenting a shortened version of his recent Drupalcon Mumbai session.

Lightning talks
Got a quick 5 min talk up your sleeve? Bring it along on the day.

LT1: What’s New with Panels in Drupal 8 by Ivan Zugec

Panels in Drupal 7 is great for managing complex layouts and is an indispensable tool for site building. However, things have changed in Drupal 8. In this lightning talk, I’ll demo how to use Panels in Drupal 8 and mention what modules are required.