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October 26

9:00 AM-9:45 AM

10:15 AM-11:00 AM

11:15 AM-12:00 AM

2:30 PM-3:15 PM

Component Based Theming With UI Patterns and Pattern Lab

front end development / site building
Intermediate

Since the release of Drupal 8, great strides have been made to develop a component based theming workflow that takes advantage of the best that Twig has to offer and also plays nice with living style guides and pattern libraries. Gone are the days of redundant styles and markup, making way for the efficiencies found when Drupal and tools like Pattern Lab can share the exact same code. That said, handling the mapping of data between Drupal and your component library can still be quite complicated and difficult to coordinate on larger cross-functional teams.  

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?

4:45 PM-5:30 PM

Advanced Webforms

site building
Intermediate

Watch the session video here.

The Webform module for Drupal 8 provides all the features expected from an enterprise proprietary form builder combined with the flexibility and openness of Drupal. Everything and anything is customizable in the Webform module. You can build any type of form that pushes submission data to any system.

October 27

10:15 AM-11:00 AM

11:15 AM-12:00 PM

Drupal 8 Custom Module Architecture: What’s Going On?

backend development / architecture / php
Beginner

Watch the session video here.

It is all fun and games modifying existing code, but what about when you have to venture out to unknown waters and create your own custom module? Don’t worry! We can get through this together!

This talk is a deep dive into creating custom modules from scratch, and the role of each component in the final product.

1:30 PM-2:15 PM

Using Machine Learning to Augment your Content

beyond drupal / big ideas / backend development
Intermediate

Watch the session video here.

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

3:45 PM-4:30 PM