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Decoupled Drupal: Implications, risks and changes from a business perspective schnitzel Tue, 08/21/2018 - 23:37
business / decoupled / people management
Intermediate

Decoupled Drupal is clearly here to stay, so what does this mean from a business point of view? As we consider all the implications of this change -- a new programming language, new licences, and the technical considerations of how we visualize and build websites -- it’s important to identify how and when adaptations need to be made to our businesses to support all these changes.

Case Study: Massive performance wins at Mass.gov rbayliss Tue, 08/21/2018 - 23:30
performance / front end development / automation
Intermediate
Pauley East

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Over the past year, Last Call Media has been working with the development team at Massachusetts Digital Services on improving the stability and performance of the mass.gov platform.  One phase of this journey was to realize some massive performance gains on both the front and the back end of the site.  In the first part of this session, we’ll talk about the backend performance, discussing:

  • How we used Blackfire and New Relic to identify issues

Checking Under the Hood: Auditing Your Website for a Smooth Ride sean_e_dietrich Tue, 08/21/2018 - 21:15
performance / business / beyond drupal
Intermediate

We often talk about websites the way we talk about cars. Are you driving a flashy sports car or a stable hatchback? And is yours a lemon, no matter how pretty the paint job? And if you just got one used, what’s going on under the hood? There’s a way to address these questions about your website, and it’s called a technical audit.

Cleaning up their mess: How a franchise carpet cleaning service made their domain spotless and tidy sean_e_dietrich Tue, 08/21/2018 - 21:00
case study / backend development / content strategy
Intermediate
Sibley Room (Alumni House)

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COIT offers cleaning services and 24/7 emergency restoration services and their 100+ locations serve more than 12 million homes & businesses across the United States and Canada.

A little magic can take you a long way: A developer's accessibility journey jkhong Tue, 08/21/2018 - 19:07
front end development / javascript / testing
Intermediate

Accessibility can be overwhelming and a little mysterious. Dive in and experience one developer’s story filled with lessons learned, and invaluable tools and tricks picked up along the way. You’ll walk away with the skills to better serve users, and an appreciation for the magic behind the curtain.

"Expecto Patronum" (or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Command Line) nightbeacons Tue, 08/21/2018 - 19:00
backend development / automation
Intermediate

Originally presented at the 2018 PNW Drupal Summit  -- https://pnwdrupalsummit.org/2018/sessions/expecto-patronum-or-how-i-learned-stop-worrying-and-love-command-line  The BADcamp version will have some new & revised spells, errr... content.

Conversational UX with Drupal Commerce piyuesh23 Tue, 08/21/2018 - 17:40
big ideas / decoupled / case study
Intermediate

New ways of interacting with machines are taking over the traditional ways of communications. In the form of chatbots/ virtual assistants, the future of communication with machines seem to lie with screen-less experience.

According to a survey by Gartner, by 2020 30% of web browsing sessions will be without screens.

apachectl stop - Why you should use a Docker development environment twardnw Tue, 08/21/2018 - 16:34
devops
Intermediate

Development projects are becoming more complex every day.  Managing a development environment with all the proper configuration and dependencies for just one project can be challenging, and those challenges are exponentially increased when working with multiple projects. Managing a local environment shouldn’t be a cumbersome task.

 

This session will cover:

  • Reasons to use a Docker-based development environment.

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