Drupalcampatl d7

Drupal 7 OverviewBy James RutherfordMediacurrent Consultant
Drupalcamp Atlanta 2010
October 2, 2010

Who am I
James Rutherford
Mediacurrent Consultant
Working daily with Drupal since 2007
Web Developer since 2003
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Who are you?
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Who are you?
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Never used Drupal
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Who are you?
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Never used Drupal
Work with Drupal
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Who are you?
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Never used Drupal
Work with Drupal
Drupal Professional
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Drupal Professional
My name is Dries
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Session Goals
Cover the following topics:
Drupal 7 Timeline
New UI Design and Features
Under The Hood
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Drupal 7 Timeline
Planning started September 2007, development February 2008
Still not done, 13 critical issues as of this morning.
Release will happen when all critical issues are resolved.
So when really?
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Drupal 7 Timeline
Soon. Really soon.
9-23-2010 Acquia commits 1 fulltime engineer to work on critical issues. 20 critical issues left
10-2-2010 13 critical issues left.
6 Business days… 7 critical issues knocked out?
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Drupal 7 Timeline
Soon. Really soon.
Drupal 7 launches in two weeks
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Drupal 7 Timeline
Soon. Really soon.
Drupal 7 launches in two weeks
Kidding.
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Whats New?
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Whats New?
70+ Contributed Modules are now in core
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Whats New?
Major UI overhaul
New Admin UI
New Admin Theme (Seven)
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Whats New?
Major UI overhaul
New Admin UI
New Admin Theme (Seven)
Major engine overhaul
Fields API
Scalability Improvements
RDF
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UI/Theme overhaul?
Lets take a look.
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What happened to Garland?
I have been using Garland since 2006. I like it.
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Wait WaitWait
What happened to Garland?
I have been using Garland since 2006. I like it.
I love it. I cant let go.
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To Sum Up
Almost completely new user experience across the UI.
Improved functionality to make building your site and publishing content easier.
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Under The Hood
Fields API
Scalability
Theme engine
Simple Tests
RDF
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Fields API
Replaces CCK
Fields on everything
Full customization for content, users, taxonomy
Pluggable Field API
Draw field data from external sources
Everything is now an entity
Entities are made up of fields
Fields are reusable across entities
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Fields API
Could be its own presentation.
Wait it is! Great presentation from Drupalcon Copenhagen http://www.slideshare.net/cyberswat/drupalcon-cph
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Scalability
“Drupal 7 is also the most scalable release to date, with features such as built-in proxy server support, advanced caching techniques, and Content Delivery Network support for static files.”
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Content Delivery Networks
Content is deliverable via the closest possible network.
Improves page loading times
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Database Replication Support
Database Replication
Copy of your main database distributed to additional database servers
Time consuming queries can then be relegated to your replicated database, allowing the main server to continue to serve requests quickly
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Theme Engine Improvements
42 .tpl files that can be overriden
Theme control all the way down to the field level.
Field.tpl.php
RDF integration at the theme level
Requires additional markup and theme work
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Simple Tests
Simple Test PHP library
Built into Drupal 7 as the Testing Module
Allows Automated Testing
Improve quality
Learning curve for writing tests
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RDF
Resource Description Framework
Machine readable metadata about your content
Describes Drupal entities and their relationships
Built in to D7 Core
More info: http://groups.drupal.org/node/22231
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Crucial Thanks
A lot of the material in this presentation comes from other excellent Drupal 7 presentations.
Thanks to:
Laura Scott
http://www.slideshare.net/pingv/grok-drupal-7-theming
Davy Van Den Bremt
http://www.slideshare.net/davyvdb/drupal-7-whats-new-from-an-enduser-perspective
Acquia for their Drupal 7 Webinars
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Questions
Slides and video will be up on http://drupalcampatlanta.com/sessions/drupal-7-overviewat some point.
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