Component-based Theming with Twig
In order to fully take advantage of Drupal 8 and Twig, it helps to have an understanding of components, patterns and the differences between tradi
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October 24
9:00 AM–5:00 PM
October 25
9:00 AM–4:30 PM
Frontend Summit
Frontend development has evolved more rapidly than any other web discipline over the past several years. We flex and grow to absorb an ever-changing variety of workflows, toolsets, best practices, and technologies. We've got a full day of informal presentations and breakout sessions planned to cover a wide variety of cutting-edge frontend technologies and challenges.
October 26
9:00 AM-9:45 AM
Audit Your Theme
front end development / css
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Themes can become a beast. Over time, features get added and new patterns get introduced. Tight deadlines may also cause you to make inefficient decisions with the desire to one day go back and refactor. There are also times you will inherit a project built by another team and need to understand how to add on and reduce duplication. How do you size up a theme to ensure you are efficient and not growing out of proportion?
10:15 AM-11:00 AM
Accessibility 201: Tales from the Front End
front end development / ux / beyond drupal
Ready to take the next step on accessibility? Come hear cautionary tales of well-intentioned yet inaccessible products! Learn from the struggles of those who’ve gone before, change your mindset, and improve your code.
11:15 AM-12:00 AM
Mobile accessibility: the good, the bad and the ugly
being human / community / design
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1:30 PM-2:15 PM
Building websites with React & Gatsby
site building / decoupled
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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
Module & Architecture Development + Drupal Composer, Custom Entities, and Plugins
architecture / backend development
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We'll review some of my findings while learning and building web applications in Drupal 8.
We'll go over architecture options for web applications built in Drupal 8. Modern PHP dependency management with Composer, Content Entities vs Nodes and when each is appropriate. We'll look at some excellent combinations of contrib modules and glue code to create flexible architectures.
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October 27
10:15 AM-11:00 AM
Hot Dog/Not Hot Dog: Artificial Intelligence with Drupal
backend development / beyond drupal / apis
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In a world where everyone has the ability to post anything online, it becomes critical for site owners wanting to maintain their brand reputation to curate what is published. How can content editors keep up with reviews when there's a steady stream of content submissions? Enter the robots.
11:15 AM-12:00 PM
Drupal 8 Custom Module Architecture: What’s Going On?
backend development / architecture / php
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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.