Ideas for SeaDUG Presentations

The following is a list of ideas for short (15-to-20-minute) presentations for SeaDUG meetings. Feel free to add any topics that either you would like to learn about or that you can present on.

Front-end development, Twig

• (beginner) Add a custom class to be used in a Twig template
• (beginner) Add custom JavaScript to a single page
• (beginner) Allow Markdown in a text filter
• (beginner) Define breakpoints for a theme or module
• (beginner) Force elements to have equal heights
• (beginner/intermediate) Use a custom shortcut item in a theme
• (beginner/intermediate) Use a field group for form display or content display
• (advanced) Write ES6/use Babel
• (advanced) Write custom Twig filters and functions

Site building

• Add a custom contextual link
• Create a custom block and place it in a region
• Create a new date format
• Create a new image style
• Create a new menu
• Create a new shortcut set and define which users may use it
• Create a new taxonomy vocabulary and add terms
• Create a new text format
• Create a new user role
• Create a paragraph type and use it in a content type
• Create and employ a new display mode
• Define the private file system path
• Edit content directly on a full node page
• Generate an XML sitemap and submit it to search engines
• Generate dummy site content
• How to set up and use the Group module
• Redirect one path to another
• Save data submitted through a contact form
• Set permissions for a user role
• Set proper permissions on publicly accessible files
• Sort entities using Draggable Views
• Use the Admin Toolbar
• View a report of all fields used on a site
• Customize a text editor and toolbar configuration
• Customize administrative views
• Customize text filters

Back-end development

• (beginner) Apply a patch
• (beginner/intermediate) Create a custom form using Form API
• (beginner/intermediate) Create a custom search page
• (beginner) Debug using Kint
• (beginner) Define trusted host patterns
• (beginner/intermediate) Export and import configuration using Drush
• (beginner/intermediate) Overriding site configuration in a settings file
• (intermediate) Prevent configuration from being modified on a live site
• (advanced) Working with blocks, block content, and config management
• (intermediate) Use an SMTP server for outgoing mail
• (intermediate) Use PHP CodeSniffer to make sure your code meets Drupal standards
• (beginner) D8 caching: render caching, dynamic caching, debugging "why doesn't my change show up" bugs
• (beginner) D8 caching: Big Pipe and Refreshless modules
• (intermediate) D8 caching: Working with cache tags and contexts
• (advanced) D8 caching: When and how to roll your own caching
• (beginner) An intro to Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
• (advanced) D8: create a custom REST API resource
• (intermediate) D8: use JSON API to create a REST API
• (advanced) D8: create a custom WebformHandler
• (intermediate/advanced) Use of custom command-line tools to quickly debug broken D6/D7/D8 sites.

Project Management, working with the community

• (beginner) Create an issue on Drupal.org
• (beginner) I'm not a coder. How do I contribute to Drupal?

Already presented or selected

April 2017

• (Front-end) Define a library to use CSS and JS in a theme

March 2017:

• (Site-building) Configure patterns for URL aliases
• (Back-end) Use custom site settings for local development

Feb 2017:

• (Site-building) Create a web form using the new Drupal 8 Webform module
• (Front-end) Discover file name suggestions for Twig templates (slides)
• (Back-end) Force users to access a site using HTTPS
• (Back-end) Manage contributed modules and themes using Composer (slides)