DrupalCon chicago 2011 summary
- 1. Summary of Sessions/BoFs attended by Hector Iribarne @hectoriribarne
- 2. Presenter: Travis Tidwell from AllPlayers.com They use git, features(CCK, config, etc.) and unit tests (Hudson/Selenium) Developers have clone (own branch) of mainline so they can work on specific parts of the sites individually using features. Use features with Drush fu and Drush update db Commit in git fires hudson, which calls Drush Make Details: http://chicago2011.drupal.org/conference/bof/dev- stage-prod @hectoriribarne
- 3. Presenter: Nate Haug from Lullabot.com Webform 3 works with D6 and D7 Integrates better with views Save node first, then add the webform settings, then make the form Easier to send out multiple emails using different templates (e.g. user, admin, etc.) Ability to specify template without coding. Results tab allows you to get information for data submitted by users (e.g. not just email that the form was submitted) Details: http://chicago2011.drupal.org/sessions/webform-3- survey-tool-drupal @hectoriribarne
- 4. Presenters: Jeff Miccolis(Dev Seed) Frank Febbraro (Phase 2) Open Atrium started as an internal collaboration platform OA has been handed off to a “bigger shop” Dev Seed (90% developers), Phase 2 (50% dev., 40+ tot emp.) Phase 2 plans on releasing OA 1.0 on D6 within a month Phase 2 will not be providing hosted solutions for OA, but will be providing support for people/shops that do All OA features are now Kit compliant (Kit is a set of guidelines that facilitates building compatible and interoperable Features) Details: http://chicago2011.drupal.org/conference/bof/open- atrium-next-steps @hectoriribarne
- 5. Presenter: Chris Shattuck (@chris_shattuck and @buildamodule) Talked about http://buildamodule.com/ and how the site is laid out into individual short (usually less than ten minutes) videos organized by topic (D7 Core Concepts has 12 categories). Chris uses Screenflow software to create screencasts. Spent most of the session discussing the topic of creating Drupal training videos, including comments from Addison Berry (Lullabot.com) and Matt Petrowsky (gotdrupal.com) Details: http://chicago2011.drupal.org/conference/bof/build- module-com-bof-questions-suggestions-and- greetings @hectoriribarne
- 6. Presenter: Dmitri Gaskin http://dmitrizone.com/ This was the best session I saw at DrupalCon Chicago. It describes how to create drupal site, add a content type, add content, create a news item, create a feature (news items), create a drush make file, create a distribution, and install the distribution as a new site, all within the hour allocated for the session. Did I mention that he answered over 20 questions during his presentation?!?!? When I was fifteen, I was programming on a TRS80 and saving the program on a tape recorder. Details: http://chicago2011.drupal.org/sessions/zero- distribution-using-features-profiler-and-drush-make @hectoriribarne
- 7. Presenter: Leo Burd from MIT Media Lab The new VoIP Drupal module was announced. The VoIP Drupal module defines the API for other modules. Create custom scripts making calls to/from a website. For example, dial a number provided by a website using VoIP Drupal, listen to a computerized voice generated from the VoIP script on the site telling you to enter your zipcode so your local weather can be provided to you via a phone call. Current support for Twilio, and future support for Tropo, Asterisk and FreeSWITCH via integration with the VoIP Drupal module. Details: ◦ http://chicago2011.drupal.org/conference/bof/voip-drupal ◦ http://chicago2011.drupal.org/conference/bof/voip-drupal- hands-session @hectoriribarne
- 8. Presenters: Patrick Teglia and Larry Garfield from Palantir.net They used the Titanium platform to develop the iPhone and Android apps for DrupalCon Chicago (had less than three months to develop both apps). Used Views Data Source module to integrate apps and DrupalCon Chicago website. Views Data Source module exports JSON objects (assumes JSON data will be displayed as HTML) Details: http://chicago2011.drupal.org/conference/bof/mobile -app-discussion Source and documentation: ◦ https://github.com/palantirnet/drupalcon_mobile ◦ https://github.com/palantirnet/drupalcon_mobile_docs @hectoriribarne
- 9. Hector Iribarne, co-founder of Broward Drupal (@HectorIribarne) http://BrowardDrupal.org/ @BrowardDrupal The slides for this presentation are posted on the March 2011 Broward Drupal meetup @hectoriribarne