This document discusses Drupal, an open-source content management framework. It begins by explaining that Drupal is not just a CMS, but rather a framework that can be used to build customized CMS solutions. It then provides an overview of Drupal's history and key features, such as being modular, cross-platform, and free. The document also outlines new developments in Drupal 8, common uses of Drupal, reasons to use Drupal like its large community and flexibility, and advice for getting started with Drupal development.

1. Drupal
ICT Congress Pangasinan
Gerald Z. Villorente
Drupal Engineer | Open-Source Advocate

2. What is Drupal?
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Drupal is not a CMS.
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Drupal is a Content Management Framework (CMF),
from which you can build a CMS tailored specifically for
your needs.

3. What is Drupal?
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Originally created by Dries Buytaert.
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Drupal is written in PHP.

4. What is Drupal?
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Drupal is modular.
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Drupal is cross-platform.

5. What is Drupal?
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Drupal is FREE as in FREE beer.
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Drupal is one of the oldest PHP CMF (2001).
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Drupal is AWESOME!

6. What's new in Drupal?
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Drupal 8 is coming
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Performance enhancements (cache, DB transactions)

7. What's new in Drupal?
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New UX
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Responsive

8. What's new in Drupal?
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Learnability
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Mobile Initiative

9. What's new in Drupal?
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Javascript (pluggable js, js module)
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Symfony2 is now part of Drupal 8

10. What Drupal Can Do?
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File Storage Site

11. What Drupal Can Do?
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Social Network

12. What Drupal Can Do?
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News Portal

13. What Drupal Can Do?
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Travel Portal

14. What Drupal Can Do?
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Blog Network

15. What Drupal Can Do?
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Video-Sharing Site

16. What Drupal Can Do?
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Image-Sharing Site

17. What Drupal Can Do?
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Online Store

18. What Drupal Can Do?
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Government Site

19. What Drupal Can Do?
and more...
The only limitation is your imagination.

20. Why Drupal?
DRUPAL IS POPULAR
- job, resources

21. Why Drupal?
ACTIVE COMMUNITY
- Drupal.org, drupal.stackexchange.com, IRC, 29438 contributors

22. Why Drupal?
DRUPAL IS FREE AND OPEN-SOURCE
- quality

23. Why Drupal?
DRUPAL IS FREE AND OPEN-SOURCE
- quality
- security

24. Why Drupal?
DRUPAL IS FREE AND OPEN-SOURCE
- quality
- security
- availability of the source code and the right to modify it

25. Why Drupal?
DRUPAL IS FREE AND OPEN-SOURCE
- quality
- security
- availability of the source code and the right to modify it
- right to redistribute modifications and improvements to the code

26. Why Drupal?
DRUPAL IS FREE AND OPEN-SOURCE
- quality
- security
- availability of the source code and the right to modify it
- right to redistribute modifications and improvements to the code
- right to use the software in any way

27. Why Drupal?
MANY FREE TRAININGS AND TUTORIALS AVAILABLE
- Drupalize.me, Lullabot, Tutr.tv, BuildAModule.com

28. Why Drupal?
METICULOUSLY CRAFTED AND WELL-DESIGNED CODE
- hooks and API's

29. Why Drupal?
DRUPAL IS FLEXIBLE AND EASY TO EXTEND
- thousands of FREE modules and theme available

30. Why Drupal?
DRUPAL IS ADMINISTRABLE VIA TERMINAL
- Drush, SSH

31. Why Drupal?
DRUPAL DEPLOYMENT IS EASY
- hook_update_N, Feature, Drush, Git

32. Why Drupal?
CODE SNIPPETS' REPOSITORIES
- dropbucket.org, drupal.stackexchange.com

33. Why Drupal?
DRUPAL MODULES AND THEMES ARE ALWAYS FREE
- 23965 modules, 1849 themes, 691 distributions

34. Why Drupal?
Drupal is used by some of the biggest sites on the Web, like
The Economist, Examiner.com, The White House, CNN,
Warner Brothers Records, and Data.gov.uk.

35. I have no programming
background, can I still use Drupal?
YES!
- Views, CCK, Features, OpenLayers, Gmap, Leaflet, etc.

36. Where to start?
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WebEnabled.com
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GetPantheon.com
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Acquia.com
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DrupalGardens.com

37. Want to do more?
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For Windows users:
- XAMPP, Acquia Dev Desktop, WAMP
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For Linux users:
- LAMP
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For Mac users:
- MAMP, Acquia Dev Desktop

38. Drupal Infrastructure

39. What other things, technology,
tools, prog. languages that I
should learn apart from Drupal?
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PHP scripting
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Javascript/jQuery
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HTML/CSS

40. What other things, technology,
tools, prog. languages that I
should learn apart from Drupal?
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Version Control (Git, SVN, Mercurial, CVS)

41. What other things, technology,
tools, prog. languages that I
should learn apart from Drupal?
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Web Server (Apache, Nginx, Lighttpd, IIS)
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Database (MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB)
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Performance Scaling (Caching, CDN, Server Tuning)

42. And how about Drupal developer
salary range?
Between P40,000 to P300,000

43. Roles in Drupal Shops
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Designer/Graphics
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Themer

44. Roles in Drupal Shops
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Front End Developer
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Developer

45. Roles in Drupal Shops
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DevOps
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Project Manager

46. I am ready to take a challenge.
Where can I get a project to start?
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groups.drupal.org/jobs
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Freelancer.ph
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Odesk.com
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Onlinejobs.ph

47. In case you need more help
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We (DrupalPilipinas) provide beginners to advanced
trainings (Drupal Apprentice program).
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We need more volunteers, which will undergo FREE
intensive training from us.

48. Question?

49. Contact Me
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Skype : gerald.villorente
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E-Mail | Hangout : geraldvillorente@gmail.com
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Github: https://github.com/geraldvillorente
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DrupalPilipinas FB: http://facebook.com/phdrug