http://ourmedia.org/user/150599 Recently published media items from Ourmedia.org en http://ourmedia.org/node/428817 Presenters: Joshua Katris: Tree House Lead Themer Thomas Wysocki: Tree House Lead Developer Marque Staneluis: Lifetime Networks Technical Architect Track: design and user experience Session Description: SESSION OVERVIEW Enterprise-level sites pose special challenges. They require not only consistency and flexibility, but also optimization for high-volume traffic, the coordination of team members with varied skillsets, and frequent ongoing development and maintenance. Smart theming practices can overcome these challenges – this session will show you how. Lifetime Networks joins us with an in-depth client perspective on undertaking the deployment and ongoing evolution of a multi-channel, enterprise-level Drupal site. TRACK Site Building, Design and User-Experience AGENDA Four key challenges of implementing Drupal at the enterprise level will lead the discussion: * Creating an effective URL taxonomy * Organizing global content and elements * Optimizing for performance and scalability * Overcoming your instincts in page structure and workflow management Following this we will examination of how these challenges presented and were overcome in the recent relaunch of Lifetime Networks’ flagship site, MyLifetime.com. Special attention will be given to the role of the themer in enterprise-level Drupal site management and the application of the Themester module for more extensible theming. GOALS 1. Identify the inherent challenges of enterprise-level Drupal sites 2. Demonstrate how they can be overcome 3. Provide practical strategies and tools for planning and managing your enterprise-level sites RESOURCES Attendees should have a general understanding of Drupal, HTML, and CSS Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:37:46 -0700 http://ourmedia.org/node/428741 placeholder Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:00:20 -0700 http://ourmedia.org/node/428751 Presenters: Angela Byron (webchick) Rok Zlender Karoly Negyesi (chx) Jimmy Berry (boombatower) Scheduled: accepted Track: community and core Session Description: SESSION OVERVIEW SimpleTest is a unit testing framework for performing automated tests on your PHP code. This session’s goal is two-fold: 1. Provide practical, hands-on information for developers about how to incorporate unit tests into their day-to-day workflow in order to produce cleaner, less buggy, and easier-to-maintain code. 2. Brainstorm about effective testing strategies and ways to incorporate unit testing into the the larger Drupal core development process. Do any of the following sound like you? * You have changed code at one place in your module that broke things in another place and you spent way too long trying to track down the problem (or worse, didn’t find it at all until your users started yelling?). * You frequently (or not frequently enough ;)) waste dozens of minutes clicking around on all kinds of forms in order to test your module. * Your module doesn’t have enough users to act as a QA team, so basically you’re it. * You are paranoid to change anything in your code once it’s working since there are ooky edge cases, and you can’t ever remember what they all are. * Thinking about developing your module gives you nausea and/or shortness of breath. ;) If so, you should attend this session. There is a better way! AGENDA * An overview of different types of testing * How does SimpleTest fit in? * A tour of the SimpleTest Module and API * A demonstration of how to create test coverage for a module. * Discussion: How can we make SimpleTest module easier to grok/work with? * Discussion: How can we help incorporate testing as a core development process, and where should we focus first? GOALS * An understanding by all attendees of what SimpleTest module does, how it works, and how to use it. * A solid plan on how to approach test coverage in Drupal core and beyond, including bug reports/feature requests against SimpleTest module to aid in lowering the barrier to entry, an outline of an effective target to shoot for in terms of core test coverage (API-level vs. UI-level). RESOURCES The following provide some intro material on SimpleTest which might be good to skim prior to the session: * An Introduction to Unit Testing in Drupal * Official SimpleTest documentation * SimpleTest Module API documentation * A Drupal Module Developer’s Guide to SimpleTest Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:05:45 -0700 http://ourmedia.org/node/428757 Presenters: Karl Scheirer Scheduled: accepted Track: site building Session Description: RESOURCES Achieve Internet generally starts this training a few days after a new employee has been hired and has time to settle in and get set up. We usually give them a week or so, and make the requirements fairly open ended, so there is lots of room for creativity as well as mistakes. There are code reviews very often. If any attendees want to tackle the project requirements in advance and bring questions to the session, I think we will see a great variety of responses and stimulate a debate on ways to accomplish certain goals in development. Attached is our intro spec, please contact me with any questions. SESSION OVERVIEW Ever wish there was a module that did exactly what you needed? There’s one way to be sure that great idea gets implemented the right way, write it yourself! We’ll go over all the basics of modules, and build one from scratch during the session with live code examples. We will be using the same training program Achieve Internet has developed for its new employees, just compressed, and updated for Drupal 6. TARGET NEEDS * shortage of drupal talent, training new employees * difficult learning curve for Drupal module writers * different background for new developers coming from other languages * need to update development knowledge to Drupal-6 MODULE TRAINING POINTS (AGENDA) * how to decide if you need a new module * overview of the hook system * is it a node or not? * db table design * the basics: files and hooks, creating a new node * basic node hooks, get your data in, data out * the block system and callbacks * calling the theme system for easy overrides * depending on session time, may go into detail on changes from Drupal-5 to Drupal-6 * if possible, questions and comparisons from those who have tackled the attached spec or written modules before GOALS Drupal can have a tough learning curve for new developers, the aim of this session is to provide guidance and show how to avoid easy mistakes. At the end of the session, participants will feel comfortable starting a simple new module, and be able to explore further. POSSIBLE ATTENDEES * experienced programmers who are new to Drupal * companies interested in training new employees * experienced Drupal admins who want to learn how a module really works, or want to get into coding * persons looking to evaluate the ease of Drupal’s extensibility * experienced Drupal-5 module coders who want a quick example of changes that affect them for Drupal-6 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:08:15 -0700 http://ourmedia.org/node/428764 Presenters: Chad Phillips (hunmonk) Scheduled: accepted Track: community and core Session Description: SESSION OVERVIEW One of the keys to being a productive Drupal developer is getting your development environment set up correctly. Having the right tools available (and knowing how to use them) can save you many hours of frustrating development time, and even turn that time into playful, creative coding instead of rage against the machine. AGENDA Drupal Project module co-maintainer Chad Phillips will share tips on how to get started developing for Drupal, and how to get the most out of your developer efforts. The presentation will be geared towards those just starting out with Drupal development, and/or code development altogether. Topics that will be addressed include: * Setting up a working LAMP/WAMP/MAMP stack (what Drupal runs on) the easy way. * Editing environments, including basic text editors and advanced IDE’s. * Coding standards * Resources to turn to when you get stuck. * Helper modules. * All kinds of other time-saving and sanity-saving tips! GOALS Beginners should emerge from this session with enough information to start coding for Drupal The Right Way (TM), and it should be fun! Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:14:51 -0700 http://ourmedia.org/node/428743 Themeing is often called a black art as it appears to rely heavily on the gut-instinct of the themer. However, often what appears to be a gut-check is actually the analysis of a handful of factors. The purpose of this session is describe a practical workflow for how to approach turning a mock-up into a theme using design and user requirements as sign posts. The session will begin with a discussion of the requirements that affect themeing decisions, then pull these requirements into a usable workflow, and end with the real-time development of themeing strategies for three different mock-ups. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:01:48 -0700 Maureen Lyons http://ourmedia.org/node/391101 This is a holding page for items from DrupalCon Boston 2008. Assets to appear shortly. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:21:57 -0700 http://ourmedia.org/node/394072 This is a holding page for items from DrupalCon Boston 2008. Assets to appear shortly. Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:08:18 -0700 http://ourmedia.org/node/393784 This is a holding page for items from DrupalCon Boston 2008. Assets to appear shortly. Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:37:18 -0700 http://ourmedia.org/node/391264 This is a holding page for items from DrupalCon Boston 2008. Assets to appear shortly. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:22:21 -0700 http://ourmedia.org/node/390572 This is a holding page for items from DrupalCon Boston 2008. Assets to appear shortly. Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:15:03 -0700 http://ourmedia.org/node/391005 This is a holding page for items from DrupalCon Boston 2008. Assets to appear shortly. Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:27:28 -0700