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living drupal
This document summarizes James Walker's experience with Drupal over the past decade, from building his first custom Drupal site in 2002 to his various contributions to the community. It describes how Drupal has changed significantly over the years but remains a powerful open-source CMS with an active, passionate community. The document provides advice on how to survive and thrive with Drupal by accepting its current state, embracing its strengths, and getting involved in the community.
living drupal
- 1. living drupal Saturday, 17November, 12
- 2. surviving drupal Saturday, 17November, 12
- 3. hi, i’m james Saturday,17 November, 12
- 4. @ walkah .net Saturday,17 November, 12
- 5. why am ihere? Saturday, 17 November, 12
- 6. how did iget here? Saturday, 17 November, 12
- 7. a little story... Saturday,17 November, 12
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- 9. terminus1525 http://www.flickr.com/photos/emenel/2975947713/in/ photostream/ Saturday, 17 November, 12
- 10. terminus1525.ca • > 10,000 lines of custom code (theme and modules) • entirely custom media handling • built and launched ~ 3 months Saturday, 17 November, 12
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- 12. drupal-world- domination.com Saturday, 17 November, 12
- 13. “ i'm pretty excited. i've 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
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- 18. took drupal tonew places http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrys/19570109/in/photostream/ Saturday, 17 November, 12
- 19. bryght • 1st commercial entity focused on drupal • presented at the 1st ever drupalcon (2005) • founding member of the security team and drupal association Saturday, 17 November, 12
- 20. hosted drupal Saturday, 17November, 12
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- 24. drupal training Saturday, 17November, 12
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- 27. why i hatedrupal.com Saturday, 17 November, 12
- 28. and now? Saturday, 17November, 12
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- 30. 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 world Saturday, 17 November, 12
- 31. there is aplace for you Saturday, 17 November, 12
- 32. find your niche Saturday,17 November, 12
- 33. survival guide Saturday, 17November, 12
- 34. (1) let go of what it was Saturday, 17 November, 12
- 35. drupal is different now Saturday, 17 November, 12
- 36. ... and that’sokay Saturday, 17 November, 12
- 37. always changing Saturday, 17November, 12
- 38. (2) accept what it’s not Saturday, 17 November, 12
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- 41. a development framework Saturday, 17 November, 12
- 42. (3) embrace what it is Saturday, 17 November, 12
- 43. the best open source cms Saturday, 17 November, 12
- 44. huge, active, passionate community Saturday, 17 November, 12
- 45. capable of change Saturday,17 November, 12
- 46. capable of change • D8 Initiatives • Symfony 2 component adoption • Drupal governance sprint Saturday, 17 November, 12
- 47. e d i n e f mantras e d r Saturday, 17 November, 12
- 48. don’t hack core Saturday,17 November, 12
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- 50. please, hack core • understand how it works • learn how to use it better • help the core team Saturday, 17 November, 12
- 51. there’s a module for that Saturday, 17 November, 12
- 52. ...but it probably sucks Saturday, 17 November, 12
- 53. be careful Saturday, 17November, 12
- 54. developers: don’t be afraid to write code Saturday, 17 November, 12
- 55. come for thesoftware, stay for the community Saturday, 17 November, 12
- 56. come for thecommunity. Saturday, 17 November, 12
- 57. thank you @walkah Saturday, 17 November, 12