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Saturday, 17 November, 12

surviving drupalSaturday, 17 November, 12

hi, i’m james


walkah .net@


why am i here?


how did i get here?


a little story...


2002


terminus1525http://www.flickr.com/photos/emenel/2975947713/in/

photostream/


terminus1525.ca

• > 10,000 lines of custom code (theme and modules)

• entirely custom media handling

• built and launched ~ 3 months


2004


drupal-world-domination.com


i'm pretty excited. i've really enjoyed getting involved in the

drupal community, there are some outstanding folks

involved, and the future is very bright. yay

http://walkah.net/blog/walkah/drupal-world-domination-com/

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fun


exciting


invincible


took drupal to new places

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrys/19570109/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrys/19570109/in/photostream/

bryght

• 1st commercial entity focused on drupal

• presented at the 1st ever drupalcon (2005)

• founding member of the security team and drupal association


hosted drupal


on-boarding


UX


drupal training


on-boarding


2009


why i hate drupal.com


and now?


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http://www.flickr.com/photos/esther-/1427629397/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/esther-/1427629397/

i have...• written code for core

(thankfully most of it has been removed)

• written and “maintained” dozens of modules

• hosted thousands of drupal websites

• given presentations around the world

• trained thousands of new drupal users and developers

• co-authored a book

• made DVDs

• worked on sites with millions of nodes, pageviews/month


there is a place for you


find your niche


survival guide


(1)let go of what it was


drupal is different now


... and that’s okay


always changing


(2)accept what it’s not


lightweight


simple


a development framework


(3)embrace what it is


the best open source cms


huge, active, passionate community


capable of change


capable of change

• D8 Initiatives

• Symfony 2 component adoption

• Drupal governance sprint


mantrasredefined


don’t hack core


please, hack core

• understand how it works

• learn how to use it better

• help the core team


there’s a module for that


...but it probably sucks


be careful


developers: don’t be afraid to

write code


come for the software, stay for the community


come for the community.


thank you@walkah


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