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When Will Drupal Die? Keynote talk from Bay Area Drupal Camp 2014
- 1. WHEN WILL DRUPALDIE? Chris Shattuck @chris_shattuck chris@buildamodule.com
- 2. WHEN WILL DRUPALDIE? Chris Shattuck @chris_shattuck chris@buildamodule.com
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- 8. 1 The Competition (Project Realtime)
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- 11. Live Coding -Bret Victor http://vimeo.com/36579366
- 12. MEAN Stack MongoDB Express.js Angular.js Node.js
- 13. Drupal Stack Apache MySQL PHP JavaScript jQuery Symfony
- 14. Apache (C++) MySQL PHP JavaScript jQuery Symfony ! Node.js MongoDB JavaScript Angular.js Express.js SERVER DATABASE SERVER-SIDE LANGUAGE CLIENT-SIDE LANGUAGE CLIENT-SIDE FRAMEWORK SERVER-SIDE FRAMEWORK
- 15. Apache (C++) MySQL PHP JavaScript jQuery Symfony ! Node.js MongoDB JavaScript Angular.js Express.js SERVER DATABASE SERVER-SIDE LANGUAGE CLIENT-SIDE LANGUAGE CLIENT-SIDE FRAMEWORK SERVER-SIDE FRAMEWORK 1 2 3 4 1
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- 20. Github vs. Drupal.org 100 pages of comments 57 points of comparison https://groups.drupal.org/node/313068
- 21. The Competition Realtimeapplication building Realtime interaction DRY to the extreme (Do not Repeat Yourself) One language = Faster to learn 2-50x faster on the server
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- 23. 2 The Incumbent (i.e. Drupal!)
- 24. Stable release cycles 5…6…7…8 2007 2008 2011 2015 Security + bug fixes Security + bug fixes Security + bug fixes 28% of Universities http://w3techs.com/technologies/segmentation/tld-edu-/content_management 150 Governments https://groups.drupal.org/government-sites 23 Fortune 500 Main Sites http://www.zyxware.com/articles/4351/list-of-fortune-500-companies-using-drupal-for-their-websites !
- 25. Established audience =Feedback loop People use Drupal Drupal better People make what’s needed People tell us
- 26. Mature community (forthe most part) Camps, Cons, User Groups Drupal Association Governance Group Initiatives Code of Conduct Working Groups
- 27. Best Practices Addpage programmatically Create a list of content Alter a form Allow manipulation of your code Share code with others Use hook_menu() Use Views Use hook_form_alter() Create an alter hook Share a module on D.o
- 28. Hype Cycle is(probably) Over Node.js Angular.js
- 29. TestBot http://qa.drupal.org Patchesrequire tests Over 500 tests run on every patch Hours of man-hours saved each run 6000 runs made every month
- 30. The Incumbent Stablereleases Established audience Mature community Automation Best practices On the Plateau of Productivity
- 31. Drupal Stable releases Project Realtime Realtime application building Established audience Mature community Automation Best practices Realtime interaction DRY to the extreme On the Plateau of Productivity One language (faster to learn)
- 32. Project Realtime CHANGE Drupal Stable releases Realtime application building Established audience Mature community Automation Best practices Realtime interaction DRY to the extreme On the Plateau of Productivity One language (faster to learn)
- 33. The problem withbig changes is that they’re hard to understand. Big changes probably have to be made to stay relevant. Big changes won’t happen if the community doesn’t support it.
- 34. Controversial Changes inDrupal 8 1. OOP 2. 3rd Party Libraries
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- 36. Procedural vs. Object-oriented Procedural Object-oriented
- 37. OOP Benefits: 1.Clearer interfaces 2. Unit testing 3. Greater complexity can be managed 4. Components are more re-usable 5. Community of users grows
- 38. The cost ofOOP 1. Re-training of the Drupal developer community 2. Added complexity in the short-term
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- 43. composer.json file fromDrupal 8
- 44. 3rd Party LibraryBenefits: 1. Less Drupal-specific code to manage 2. More sharing between communities
- 45. The cost of3rd Party Libraries 1. Dashing away of the work of core developers 2. Dependency on other communities 3. Changes have to be approved by library owners
- 46. The End User Workflow Step 1: Copy and paste from example code until it works. Step 2: Memorize certain patterns enough to write code from memory. Step 3: Learn more about the underlying structures when needed.
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- 48. What is Drupal? Are we still Drupal if we use OOP? Are we still Drupal if we use Symfony? Are we still Drupal if we convert all our PHP to JavaScript and use Node.js? Are we still Drupal if it becomes much harder to contribute?
- 49. When will Drupaldie? Are big changes needed to manage Drupal’s growing complexity? Are big changes needed to keep Drupal relevant to the users it currently serves? Will we be able to make big changes with the support of the community in the future?
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- 51. Drupal Project Realtime Drupal 8 Drupal 8.1.0 Drupal 9
- 52. Thank you, you’reawesome! Chris Shattuck @chris_shattuck chris@buildamodule.com
- 53. Thank you, you’reawesome! Chris Shattuck @chris_shattuck chris@buildamodule.com