Architecture

When a decoupled project begins one of the hardest parts that I’ve found is setting up a local environment to simulate all of the necessary components. How will the CMS be served? How will the decoupled front end be displayed? What about the dev server for rendering previews? Can I still call it headless or is decoupled the only appropriate word?

When a decoupled project begins one of the hardest parts that I’ve found is setting up a local environment to simulate all of the necessary components.  How will the CMS be served? How will the decoupled front end be displayed? What about the dev server for rendering previews? Can I still call it headless or is decoupled the only appropriate word?

Creating a seamless page building experience for content editors and developers is easier than ever with the release of Drupal 8 - but are we there yet?

This session will provide an overview of methods and modules that are useful in crafting lovingly designed pages but still concerning Drupal structured data models and workflows. 

We will try to provide a comparison of contributed Paragraphs and Gutenberg module vs. new challenger layout Builder. 

We’ve all been there. A large, complex project launches, but the project manager and/or client hadn’t seen the point in wasting time on testing. “You know what you’re doing – why do we need to pay extra?” Then, you watch helplessly as the launch goes off the rails and all that money that was saved by not doing testing is instead spent on hotfixes and emergency workarounds. 

This presentation will walk-thru the Webform module's greatest hits with some rare gems from the feature vault. You are guaranteed to learn something new about the Webform module, especially because you can "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) during this online presentation. Participants are invited to help answer people's questions via chat by posting recommendations and links.

Attendees will learn how to use Paragraphs and Entity Reference with Layout to control content layout on a per node / entity basis, but in a much cleaner way.  No more creating dozens of container Paragraphs for every conceivable layout.

Entity Reference with Layout https://www.drupal.org/project/entity_reference_layout is a module that implements layouts as a container Paragraph.  It offers editors a clean, intuitive modal interface for layout selection and content creation.

Has Layout Builder surpassed the Paragraphs module as the way to build a set of flexible components for design systems? This talk will cover the pros and cons of both approaches and dive into a real world example project that is using Layout Builder with custom built design controls for layout, color, size, spacing, animation and more.

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Your boss, client, or news anchor just announced it’s time to upgrade the technology stack:

"We choose to go to Moon Mars in this decade, not because it's easy, but because it is hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills..."

No! No! No!. . . let’s change the mindset here. 

In reality, no executive wants to work hard and wait a decade for success. 

As of Drupal 8.7, there's a new API in core: JSON:API. This API makes it possible, with virtually no configuration, to allow external applications and services to connect to your Drupal site and use your content in new ways! JSON:API is a key part of a long-term vision of using Drupal as a well-structured content repository to power applications of all kinds: single-page Javascript web applications, voice assistants such as Alexa, mobile applications, and more.

The first couple of months of a Drupal 8 project usually set the tone for the entire development process. Making bad decisions (or creating bad habits) in the first phase of a project should be avoided at all costs. Using his almost 20 years(!) of web development experience as a resource, Mike Anello (@ultimike) provides 11 practical recommendations to help ensure your project gets started (and launches) on the right foot. Mike’s tips are accessible and suitable for developers, designers, and project managers.