Central NJ Meetup, Thursday, April 9, 2015

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Start: 
2015-04-09 19:00 - 21:00 America/New_York
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Event type: 
User group meeting

Come share your curiosity about, love of, or musings about Drupal at our monthly meetup in Princeton!

Room CS 105 - on the ground floor of the Computer Science building

Continued format - 3 sections, with 2-3 people for each section. We need you to participate! Please contact the organizers or comment below to claim one of these slots. All of these are open and appropriate for you regardless of your experience level with Drupal - beginner and intermediate topics are especially helpful to others.

All community members interested in using Drupal as well as strengthening the Drupal community are invited. We'll discuss recent and exciting Drupal-related news, present interesting topics, and share knowledge.

Meeting in the Princeton Friend Center, lower level.

AGENDA

1) 10 minutes/per person - Site showcase and feedback
Show off your work-in-progress or recently completed project in < 10 minutes, and get feedback and suggestions

- [Slot 1]
- pwolanin - quick intro to nginx (open source web and proxy server)

2) 5 minutes/person - Get a question answered! Leverage the knowledge of the crowd.
If you have a Drupal configuration, theming, or development problem that you are banging your head on, or a new piece of functionality that would benefit from group brainstorming on how to implement claim one of these slots and bring a concise description or demo of the problem so we can help.

- [Slot 1]
- [Slot 2]

3) ~20 minutes/person - Present something new (or new to you)
If you have been trying out a module and want to demo it, want to teach others about a technique, outline best practices, or preview a talk for a upcoming camp or conference, this is for you. Make sure to describe your intended audience.

- Lynnette - Angular + Drupal demo, not entirely headless but somewhat
- (multiple) What I wish I knew when I'd started with Drupal

WHERE

Join us in the Computer Science building on the Princeton University Campus located on the corner of Olden and William streets.

After 5 pm, visitors may park in the University lot on William Street behind 185 Nassau Street.

Visitor wifi details:

http://helpdesk.princeton.edu/kb/display.plx?ID=9713
http://helpdesk.princeton.edu/files/9713/OITVisitorWireless.pdf

cross-listed on meetup:
http://www.meetup.com/Central-NJ-Drupal-Group/events/219706135/

Comments

What I Wish I Knew When I Started With Drupal

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There was discussion in IRC today about the above topic. I'll be happy to give an overview of the following:

  1. nodes vs pages
  2. building sensible menus