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    I got started in Drupal 'cause it was very flexible, lots of stuff in one integrated package..
    Wanted a blog that had wiki links that had image galleries and timelines and…
    While other systems integrated, Drupal emphasized native systems and interconnections
    The dark side: Not Invented Here syndrome. If it’s not made of nodes, it’s unclean!

    This is what it can produce.
    Talked to a client building a web app, data warehouse with drupal with firefox plugin.
    They listened to the community, heard “Build it in Drupal: CCK, Nodes, Views!”
    “OK, we’re trying to figure out how to do that and scale it to a billion or so records.

    We need to see Drupal as one tool in a big toolbox
    The LAMP stack is already designed this way!
    We’re used to some things, like memcached, analytics, heck -- the database!
    Web services and web APIs are starting to fill important roles, too.
    Spam protection? Advertising?

    Lots of people, lots of sites, are starting to rely on these services.
    These aren’t controversial, and there are big wins.

    Lots of people, lots of sites, are starting to rely on these services.
    These aren’t controversial, and there are big wins
    This is the first step: Drupal supported by services












































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    1. Promiscuous Drupal Imagine a daringly racy subtitle Monday, March 23, 2009
    2. http://www.flickr.com/photos/herzogbr/2274372747/ Monday, March 23, 2009
    3. this is why we love drupal http://www.flickr.com/photos/herzogbr/2274372747/ Monday, March 23, 2009
    4. this is what we make it Monday, March 23, 2009
    5. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ladyada/3039492078/ Monday, March 23, 2009
    6. Drupal as one tool among many http://www.flickr.com/photos/ladyada/3039492078/ Monday, March 23, 2009
    7. Enlarging the Toolbox* • Spam Filtering (Mollom, Akismet) • Searching/Indexing (Solr, Google, Aquia) • Feed Generation (Feedburner) • Content tagging (Calais, TimesTags) • Authentication (OpenID, etc.) • Sending bulk mail (Mailchimp, etc.) http://www.flickr.com/photos/ladyada/3039492078/ Monday, March 23, 2009
    8. Enlarging the Toolbox* Farm out services that... • Benefit from centralization (auth, ads) • Require expertise (bulk mail wrangling) • Demand massive processing or sample data (fast indexing, spam filtering, auto-tagging) http://www.flickr.com/photos/ladyada/3039492078/ Monday, March 23, 2009
    9. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_diesio/2548025554 Monday, March 23, 2009
    10. Getting Dangerous http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_diesio/2548025554 Monday, March 23, 2009
    11. Takin’ it up a notch • Posting links? Use Delicious. • Shoutbox/short updates? Use Twitter. • Photos and galleries? Use Flickr! • Video? Youtube, Blip.tv, etc. • Reviewing books? Amazon, Goodreads. • Comments? Disqus! • Blogging? Use Wordpress. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_diesio/2548025554 Monday, March 23, 2009
    12. I… but… my forms! • You will never enter product information as accurately as Amazon. • You will never be as popular as Flickr. • You will never write a Firefox Plugin for Link Field. • You will never enjoy transcoding your own video. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_diesio/2548025554 Monday, March 23, 2009
    13. Become the crossroads, or enhance native content http://www.flickr.com/photos/sidelong/542906832 Monday, March 23, 2009
    14. Become the crossroads, or enhance native Link to content Content http://www.flickr.com/photos/sidelong/542906832 Monday, March 23, 2009
    15. When does it work? • Common on social sites • Ever used Facebook? • News sites (CNN, etc.) • Personal Aggregators (FriendFeed, Tumblr) • External content is treated as something that lives out there http://www.flickr.com/photos/sidelong/542906832 Monday, March 23, 2009
    16. How can you do it? • Good ol’ aggregator (it’s themable now) • Activity module (it supports views!) • DayLife API, NowPublic’s new service • Native modules (delicious, flick, etc.) http://www.flickr.com/photos/sidelong/542906832 Monday, March 23, 2009
    17. Gobble up content Monday, March 23, 2009
    18. Gobble up content Use external sources as your primary source Monday, March 23, 2009
    19. Does this make sense? • How hardcore are you? • How badly do your content producers hate the node form? • External content is treated as something that lives in here. • Drupal becomes a presentation engine • Drupal becomes a… mashup? Monday, March 23, 2009
    20. How the..? • Native modules • FeedAPI + Feed Element Mapper • Nodes become flexible wrappers • Lay your own pipes (we’ll see this later) Monday, March 23, 2009
    21. Drupal PHP Apache MySQL Operating System Monday, March 23, 2009
    22. Flickr Drupal Delicious PHP Google Apache MySQL Stuff Operating System Monday, March 23, 2009
    23. Flickr Delicious Google Drupal Stuff Amazon Monday, March 23, 2009
    24. Flickr Delicious Google Drupal Stuff Amazon Monday, March 23, 2009
    25. Are you insane? http://www.flickr.com/photos/beaub/2424695862/ Monday, March 23, 2009
    26. Maybe a little insane • Filtering the firehose (tagging helps) • Importing the Internet • 8192 auth methods (OAuth helps?) • Even Amazon goes down. • Magnolia (moment of silence) http://www.flickr.com/photos/beaub/2424695862/ Monday, March 23, 2009
    27. Yeah, kind of insane. • Congratulations! You’re an integration specialist! • How much do you trust the Internet? • You can’t form_alter someone else’s site. • You’re assembling data streams instead of modules. http://www.flickr.com/photos/beaub/2424695862/ Monday, March 23, 2009
    28. Monday, March 23, 2009
    29. Rolling your own integration Monday, March 23, 2009
    30. Doing it with Drupal • drupal_http_request() • PHP 5 - SimpleXML & JSON • drupal_write_record() • Expose your tables via Views • Wrap local vs. remote • (See “Building APIs That Rock”) Monday, March 23, 2009
    31. If you release it... • Support the full API (or as much as you can) • Fail gracefully • Don’t force data into nodes • Cache data whenever you can • Don’t write a SQL query builder • PHPDoc, PHPDoc, PHPDoc! Monday, March 23, 2009
    32. Don’t forget… • Respect API policies (Limits, Caching) • Don’t trust the data you get back • There are cutting-edge options • Custom Views queries (Flickr?) • In Drupal 7, remote fields • NowPublic’s Aggregation system Monday, March 23, 2009
    33. Leveraging our Synergy • Drupal is a great tool • Its strengths can be weaknesses • Outsource services • Drupal can be a mixer • If you roll your own, think ahead Monday, March 23, 2009

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