ComputerMinds at Drupalcon Lille 2023
ComputerMinds at Drupalcon Lille 2023
ComputerMinds at Drupalcon Lille 2023
Personally I’ve found most value in the smaller sessions. There are discussion-style groups around a common interests (BoFs) and presentation seminars. I’ve enjoyed being able to share what wisdom I can in the former – for example, about what page building experiences work best for our clients, or ways to accelerate projects. Drupal is built on collaboration so it’s only fair to give back where we can. My colleague Steven has given back by volunteering...
ComputerMinds at Drupalcon Lille 2023
Six of our team have come over to Lille in France where the annual Drupal conference for Europe is this year. It’s a new experience for some and a chance to reconnect with friends in the community for others. We’re all here to learn, and also share where we can. I’ll talk here about the first main keynote sessions, with more articles in the pipeline. Tuesday opened the conference with a comical introduction from the...
Drupalcon Chicago had a track for 'Core conversations' that were discussion focused and about the future of Drupal core. On the first day there were two sessions essentially about managing content and configuration in Drupal. They focused on the differences, similarity and possible solutions for moving content and configuration around and between sites. Greg Dunlap started a discussion about configuration management, he suggested that we shouldn't try to define a line between content and configuration...
Dries kicked off another Drupalcon today by giving his keynote presentation to the community. If you missed it then you can view it on the [Drupalcon website][1] but read on for my summary and thoughts. Dries has been doing these keynotes for a while now, and every one gets better and more polished. Today's was no exception. Dries summarised the process of Drupal 7 development and suggested changes and improvements to the Drupal 8 development...
Computerminds were due to attend the latest DrupalCon over in San Francisco, however Eyjafjallajokull had other ideas. With planes grounded and Europe at a standstill (in the air) we couldn't make it. However, an amazing bunch of people came together a couple of days before the start of Drupalcon proper to set up: DrupalVolCon London. DrupalVolCon was really cool, we watched the drupalcon keynotes from SF on a projector, and ate lots of pizza. We...