Drupal Patterns Module Chris Bryant | chris@graviteklabs.com | BADcamp 2008

Chris Bryant | chris@graviteklabs.com | BADcamp 2008

What is this all about? Drupal is extremely powerful allowing more and more without custom programming Core (Menus, Blocks, Roles, Permissions...) CCK, Views, Panels, etc... Configuration is where the site setup all comes together Too much time spent clicking through forms Configuration resides in the database Projects working to address this Install Profiles AutoPilot Deployment, Patterns

Drupal is extremely powerful allowing more and more without custom programming

Core (Menus, Blocks, Roles, Permissions...)

CCK, Views, Panels, etc...

Configuration is where the site setup all comes together

Too much time spent clicking through forms

Configuration resides in the database

Projects working to address this

Install Profiles

AutoPilot

Deployment,

Patterns

What is Patterns? A Drupal Module Simplify configuration management Automate site configuration (on existing sites, not just on install) Make it easy for end users to create complex Drupal sites Collaborate and share ideas, functionality, and best practices Who is it for? Information Architects Developers Site Administrators End users (eventually)

A Drupal Module

Simplify configuration management

Automate site configuration (on existing sites, not just on install)

Make it easy for end users to create complex Drupal sites

Collaborate and share ideas, functionality, and best practices

Who is it for?

Information Architects

Developers

Site Administrators

End users (eventually)

Simplify configuration management Easy to read and manage format XML YAML (coming soon) JSON (hopefully coming soon) Others formats? Define small pieces of functionality that can be combined and setup together Ability live be in version control

Easy to read and manage format

XML

YAML (coming soon)

JSON (hopefully coming soon)

Others formats?

Define small pieces of functionality that can be combined and setup together

Ability live be in version control

Automate site configuration One click setup of: Modules Content types and fields Views Menus Blocks Roles & permissions Combine and choose the patterns that are right for your needs

One click setup of:

Modules

Content types and fields

Views

Menus

Blocks

Roles & permissions

Combine and choose the patterns that are right for your needs

Collaborate and share ideas, functionality, and best practices Share a pattern with others and a central community Patterns server Discuss, comment, & rate online Work together on defining/writing functionality, configuration & best practices Write patterns for: Development & Administration Blogging Social Networking Project Management Wikis, SEO, Performance and more...

Share a pattern with others and a central community Patterns server

Discuss, comment, & rate online

Work together on defining/writing functionality, configuration & best practices

Write patterns for:

Development & Administration

Blogging

Social Networking

Project Management

Wikis, SEO, Performance and more...

Additional topics Project architecture Look at the code Challenges New features, roadmap and future plans Mockups

Project architecture

Look at the code

Challenges

New features, roadmap and future plans

Mockups

Demo

How can I get involved? Download and test the module http://drupal.org/project/patterns Write patches for bugs and new features Write some patterns Join the discussion on groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/patterns

Download and test the module

http://drupal.org/project/patterns

Write patches for bugs and new features

Write some patterns

Join the discussion on groups.drupal.org

http://groups.drupal.org/patterns

Questions? Comments?

Thank you! Chris Bryant | chris@graviteklabs.com | BADcamp 2008

Chris Bryant | chris@graviteklabs.com | BADcamp 2008