living drupal

living drupalSaturday, 17 November, 12

surviving drupalSaturday, 17 November, 12

hi, i’m jamesSaturday, 17 November, 12

@ walkah .netSaturday, 17 November, 12

why am i here?Saturday, 17 November, 12

how did i get here?Saturday, 17 November, 12

a little story...Saturday, 17 November, 12

2002Saturday, 17 November, 12

terminus1525 http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/emenel/2975947713/in/ photostream/Saturday, 17 November, 12

terminus1525.ca • > 10,000 lines of custom code (theme and modules) • entirely custom media handling • built and launched ~ 3 monthsSaturday, 17 November, 12

drupal-world- domination.comSaturday, 17 November, 12

“ im pretty excited. ive 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/Saturday, 17 November, 12

funSaturday, 17 November, 12

excitingSaturday, 17 November, 12

invincibleSaturday, 17 November, 12

Saturday, 17 November, 12

took drupal to new places http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/chrys/19570109/in/photostream/Saturday, 17 November, 12

bryght • 1st commercial entity focused on drupal • presented at the 1st ever drupalcon (2005) • founding member of the security team and drupal associationSaturday, 17 November, 12

hosted drupalSaturday, 17 November, 12

on-boardingSaturday, 17 November, 12

UXSaturday, 17 November, 12

drupal trainingSaturday, 17 November, 12

on-boardingSaturday, 17 November, 12

why i hate drupal.comSaturday, 17 November, 12

and now?Saturday, 17 November, 12

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/esther-/1427629397/Saturday, 17 November, 12

i have... • written code for core • trained thousands of (thankfully most of new drupal users and it has been removed) developers • written and • co-authored a book “maintained” dozens of modules • made DVDs • hosted thousands of • worked on sites with drupal websites millions of nodes, pageviews/month • given presentations around the worldSaturday, 17 November, 12

there is a place for youSaturday, 17 November, 12

find your nicheSaturday, 17 November, 12

survival guideSaturday, 17 November, 12

(1) let go of what it wasSaturday, 17 November, 12

drupal is different nowSaturday, 17 November, 12

... and that’s okaySaturday, 17 November, 12

always changingSaturday, 17 November, 12

(2) accept what it’s notSaturday, 17 November, 12

lightweightSaturday, 17 November, 12

simpleSaturday, 17 November, 12

a development frameworkSaturday, 17 November, 12

(3) embrace what it isSaturday, 17 November, 12

the best open source cmsSaturday, 17 November, 12

huge, active, passionate communitySaturday, 17 November, 12

capable of changeSaturday, 17 November, 12

capable of change • D8 Initiatives • Symfony 2 component adoption • Drupal governance sprintSaturday, 17 November, 12

e d i n e f mantras e d rSaturday, 17 November, 12

don’t hack coreSaturday, 17 November, 12

please, hack core • understand how it works • learn how to use it better • help the core teamSaturday, 17 November, 12

there’s a module for thatSaturday, 17 November, 12

...but it probably sucksSaturday, 17 November, 12

be carefulSaturday, 17 November, 12

developers: don’t be afraid to write codeSaturday, 17 November, 12

come for the software, stay for the communitySaturday, 17 November, 12

come for the community.Saturday, 17 November, 12

thank you @walkahSaturday, 17 November, 12

living drupal

by James Walker on Nov 17, 2012

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