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October 26

11:15 AM-12:00 AM

How to keep Drupal relevant in the Git-based and API-driven CMS era

apis / beyond drupal / decoupled
Intermediate

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How many times have you ever heard? "Choose the right tool for the job" or "When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail."

The Drupal community is embracing the "Get off the island" mantra. Modernizing Drupal was the goal of the latest Drupal 8 release, but technology moves faster than the awesome community could improve our beloved platform.

1:30 PM-2:15 PM

Building websites with React & Gatsby

site building / decoupled
Intermediate

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React started as a way to build apps. People soon discovered that React's ability to render to string meant that React could be used for building websites where shipping a fast HTML version of the site was necessary.

Gatsby is a very popular way to build websites with React and recently became a company with VC backing to take React deep into the world of CMSs.

3:45 PM-4:30 PM

Config Management for Drupal Multi-site and Distributions

architecture / process / backend development
Intermediate

Drupal 8's Configuration Management System is a modern marvel. We now have a standard way to export, store, and import configuration files.

When working on a single site, built on a fresh Drupal 8 install, the process is pretty straightforward and there are many tools to help along the way.

But what if you're building lots of similar sites? Like a multi-site? Or maybe a Drupal Distribution? Or Install Profile? Or Sub-Profile? In Drupal 7 we had Features. Do we still need that?

October 27

10:15 AM-11:00 AM

11:15 AM-12:00 PM

Gitlab Has come to Drupal.org

culture / devops / big ideas
Intermediate

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Come learn about the 3 phases   we will be using to deploying gitlab on Drupal.org  

Phase 1: Replacing Drupal.org's Git backend

The first phase of the Drupal.org migration

1:30 PM-2:15 PM

Using Machine Learning to Augment your Content

beyond drupal / big ideas / backend development
Intermediate

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This session is about giving a practical example of how the CMS and Drupal community can put machine learning into practice by using a Drupal module, the taxonomy system, and Google's Natural Language Processing API.

We will begin with an overview of what natural language processing is and some natural language processing concepts, including:

2:30 PM-3:15 PM