All talks from DrupalCon Portland - May 2013
DrupalCon Portland 2013: Closing Session
DrupalCon Portland 2013: RESPONSIVE DISCOVERY: THE UNDERPANTS OF A GREAT WEB PROJECT
DrupalCon Portland 2013: THE JOY OF COOKING - WHIP UP A DRUPAL ENVIRONMENT WITH CHEF
This talk introduces participants to Chef, emphasizing its application in setting up infrastructure...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: TAP INTO MUSEUMS
This talk provides an overview of TAP, a collection of free and open-source tools designed to suppor...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: DAPPER DRUPAL - CUSTOM TAILORED THEMES
This talk covers the importance of creating a custom base theme in Drupal as front-end developers ev...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: SHOULD HAVE MADE A LEFT TURN AT ALBUQUERQUE: BUILDING MAPS IN DRUPAL
This talk explores the advancements in online mapping through platforms like OpenStreetMap and MapBo...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: VELOCITY & VISCOSITY: TRAIN-WRECKS AND UGLY-BABY MEETINGS
This talk addresses the challenges that arise in maintaining velocity and reducing viscosity within...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: BEHAT, BEHAVIORAL-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT AND SELENIUM IN DRUPAL
This talk introduces Behat, a behavior-driven development library that facilitates writing functiona...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: KAREN MCGRANE Keynote USER EXPERIENCE AND DESIGN, BIG FAN OF DRUPAL
This talk explores the concept of future-friendly content with a focus on Drupal as an adaptive cont...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: LOGGING EVERYTHING (AND STAYING SANE)
This talk explores the challenges of managing log data generated by busy websites and how to effecti...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: DESIGN SMARTER, NOT HARDER
This talk explores the necessity of a flexible design process in the ever-evolving landscape of web...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: USING THE DRUPAL 8 CONFIGURATION SYSTEM
This talk covers Drupal 8's new configuration management system and its implications for site buildi...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: LESSONS IN SPARK UX: PROTOTYPE, USER TEST, ITERATE
This talk provides an overview of the Spark team's efforts to validate their development process on...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: DRUPAL 8 PLUGIN SYSTEM DEEP DIVE
This talk covers the Drupal 8 plugin system, which introduces enhanced options for discovery, instan...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: EMPOWERING OREGON K12 SCHOOLS THROUGH DRUPAL & OTHER FOSS TOOLS
This talk provides an overview of the Oregon Virtual School District (ORVSD), a platform created in...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: REMOTELY VIRTUAL
This talk focuses on the dynamics of virtual teams within the context of the Drupal project, emphasi...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: MULTILINGUAL DRUPAL 8 - PLANS AND REALITY
This talk features Dries Buytaert, the project lead of Drupal, discussing the ambitious Drupal 8 Mul...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: DRIES BUYTAERT - THE CURRENT STATE OF DRUPAL 8 KEYNOTE
This talk features Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal, as he presents the current state of Drupal...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: MANAGING RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN WITH SASS AND BREAKPOINT
This talk focuses on managing CSS for responsive web design, highlighting the challenges of maintain...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: CHARTING A NEW DIRECTION: WHY THE CEO MATTERS MORE THAN THE DEVELOPER
This talk discusses the need for Drupal to shift its focus from the IT department to the marketing d...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: MULTILINGUAL MODULE MADNESS! WHICH I18N MODULES DO YOU REALLY NEED?
This talk focuses on configuring multilingual sites in Drupal 7, addressing the complexities involve...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: REST AND SERIALIZATION IN DRUPAL 8
This talk explores the capabilities of Drupal 8 in outputting content in various formats such as JSO...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: WEATHERING STORMS: HOW ROBIN HOOD USES DRUPAL TO FIGHT POVERTY
This talk explores the challenges of managing high traffic and content editing for a project support...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: DRUPAL LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT, OR HOW TO KEEP YOUR DEV SWAGGER AFTER LAUNCH
This talk explores the emerging standards for professional Drupal development, focusing on the impor...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: DESIGN VALIDATION AND MEANINGFUL FEEDBACK
This talk explores the critical importance of gathering meaningful design feedback for Drupal sites...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: PANOPOLY: BUILDING A POWERFUL BASE DISTRIBUTION
This talk covers the latest version of Panopoly, an App-enabled base distribution of Drupal. The spe...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: MAKING DRUPAL 8 MOBILICIOUS
This talk covers the critical need for Drupal to adapt to the mobile revolution in order to remain r...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: COMPOSER: THERE'S A MODULE (OR LIBRARY) FOR THAT
This talk explores the integration of Drupal with the Composer package management system to enhance...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: THE ZEN OF HTML PROTOTYPING & DESIGNING IN THE BROWSER
This talk explores the shift from traditional PDF wireframes to HTML prototypes, emphasizing the agi...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: NEW TACTICS: A CASE STUDY OF THE UX PROCESS FOR MULTI-LINGUAL ACTIVISTS
This panel explores the complexities of collaborating with a global team under tight deadlines and b...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: HIGH PERFORMANCE DRUPAL WITH MARIADB (A MYSQL BRANCH)
This talk explores the critical role of database performance tuning for successful Drupal websites,...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: DRUPAL @ WHITEHOUSE.GOV: OPEN SOURCE & OPEN DATA
This talk focuses on the initiative launched by President Obama, encouraging federal agencies to eng...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: MAKING BIG CHANGES
This talk explores the architectural changes introduced in major releases of Drupal, highlighting th...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: MANCHESTER UNITED SCORES AN INTERNATIONAL GOAL WITH DRUPAL COMMERCE
This talk showcases the enterprise commerce solution for www.manutdsoccerschools.com, built using Dr...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: DRUPAL BASED LEARNING SYSTEM FOR GLOBAL HEALTH PROVIDERS
This talk covers the launch of the newly designed Global Health eLearning Center (GHeL) by the Knowl...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: DRUPAL::SITE 'MYSITE': ENSURE PRESENT
This talk focuses on the development of a Puppet module that automates and standardizes the manageme...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: MAKING SENSE OF THE NUMBERS - DOS AND DON'TS OF QUALITY PERFORMANCE TESTING
This talk covers the three essential stages of quality performance testing: creating representative...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: USING TWIG: THE NEW TEMPLATE ENGINE IN DRUPAL 8
This talk explores the new features of Drupal 8, specifically focusing on the Twig template engine a...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: USER EXPERIENCE FOR ONLINE EDUCATION
This talk focuses on the importance of user experience in online education, highlighting the signifi...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: NEXT STEPS FOR DRUPAL COMMERCE
This talk explores Drupal Commerce, an open source eCommerce framework designed to create unique onl...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: D8 LESSONS LEARNED AND HOW WE CAN MAKE D9 BETTER
This talk presents a post-mortem analysis of core development in Drupal 8 from a project management...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: REST FOR WEB DEVELOPERS
This talk delves into the intricacies of REST, exploring whether it is just JSON and appealing URLs...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: DEVOPS FOR DRUPAL: WHY WE COOK WITH CHEF
This talk explores the integration of DevOps practices within the Drupal ecosystem, highlighting its...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: BUILDING A LEARNING COMMUNITY THROUGH COMPETITION
This talk introduces The Module Off, a bi-weekly competition designed for Drupal developers to enhan...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: START2FARM.GOV: A STUDY IN PUBLIC INFORMATION
This talk examines Start2Farm.gov, created as an informational tool for the USDA's Beginning Farmer...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: MARKETING AND SELLING DRUPAL -- A LIVELY PANEL DISCUSSION
This panel discussion focuses on the strategies to better position, sell, and market Drupal in an in...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: ORGANIC GROUPS \\ MESSAGE
This talk covers the new capabilities of OG 2.x, including multiple group-audience fields, fine-grai...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: SASS - OO'S'CSS W/EXTENDS AND SILENT PLACEHOLDERS
This talk explores the challenges faced with Object-Oriented CSS (OOCSS) concepts, particularly the...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: TOOLING FOR DRUPAL CORE INITIATIVES
This talk explores the various tools utilized by different Drupal 8 core initiatives to achieve thei...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: UX UNDER FIRE - ON COMMUNICATING THE VALUE OF UX
This talk focuses on the critical importance of user experience (UX) in project discussions and how...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: MISTAKES AGENCIES MAKE
This talk explores the common pitfalls in the web development industry through the speaker's persona...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: UPGRADING YOUR MODULES TO DRUPAL 8
This talk demonstrates the process of converting code from a Drupal 7 module to Drupal 8. The speake...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: UX SPACES: A NEW APPROACH TO SITE BUILDING AND FRONT-END DESIGN FOR DRUPAL
This talk introduces "User Experience Spaces," a methodology for planning Drupal site builds that ba...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: USING DRUPAL TO BUILD A GLOBAL CATALOG FOR OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
This talk explores the development of the CfA Marketplace, a Drupal-based platform built by Code for...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: MAKING DRUPAL MEETUPS AND EVENTS ROCK
This panel discussion focuses on the importance of local communities within the broader Drupal Commu...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: TESTING YOUR DRUPAL INFRASTRUCTURE
This talk explores the complexities of managing a Drupal site's infrastructure, highlighting the ess...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: MAKING DRUPAL THE BEST REST SERVER FOR SINGLE-PAGE APPS
This talk discusses the evolution of Drupal 8 as a robust REST server, capable of organizing and del...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: THEMING FOR SITE BUILDERS - GETTING STARTED THE DRUPAL WAY
This talk delves into effective site-building techniques for Drupal that can significantly streamlin...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: THE OLD AND NEW FIELD API IN DRUPAL 8
This talk focuses on the significant changes made to Drupal 8, particularly the overhaul of the Fiel...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: WAS IT SOMETHING I SAID? THE ART OF GIVING (AND GETTING) A CRITIQUE
This talk explores the dynamics of critique within the Drupal community, emphasizing the importance...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: DESIGN OPS: A UX WORKFLOW FOR 2013
This talk introduces the concept of DesignOps, emphasizing the importance of organized and actionabl...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: WHAT'S NEW IN DRUSH 6
This talk covers the new features for Drush 6 as well as the latest developments in the Drush ecosys...
DrupalCon Portland 2013:DRUPAL SPEAKS - AURAL USER INTERFACES, NEW DRUPAL 8 ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES
This talk focuses on the accessibility advancements in Drupal 8, highlighting the expansion of found...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: SO HAPPY TOGETHER (CONTENT STRATEGISTS AND PROJECT MANAGERS ARE)
This talk explores the critical importance of content strategy in the context of open source content...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: NEW CONTRIBUTORS & CORE INITIATIVES
This talk focuses on enhancing the involvement of new contributors in Drupal core initiatives, an ar...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: PATCH REVIEWS: GET GOOD REVIEWS, GIVE GOOD REVIEWS. FASTER.
This talk addresses the urgent need for faster and more effective reviews of core issues within the...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: DIFFERENT WAYS TO CONTROL YOUR LAYOUT
This talk explores essential options for selecting page layouts in Drupal, highlighting various meth...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: SCALABLE AND MODULAR ARCHITECTURE FOR CSS
This talk addresses the challenges of managing CSS as projects expand, highlighting the common frust...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: DATA FOR ACHIEVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING SECTOR
This talk explores the significant growth of energy-efficient and sustainable designs in the commerc...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: POWERING A LEAN STARTUP WITH DRUPAL
This session presents a case study on leveraging Drupal to develop successive business models that f...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: UX CASE: LOVE AND HATE IN THE ISSUE QUEUE GARDEN
This talk focuses on the transition from discussing UX processes to addressing community engagement...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: SAAS, DRUPAL SERVICES AND OAUTH
This talk focuses on the powerful Software as a Service (SaaS) feature within the Services module fo...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: CONTENT STRATEGY - THE RPG
This talk features Relly Annett-Baker guiding participants through the essential skills and tools fo...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: DRUPAL WITHOUT BARRIERS -- ACCESSIBILITY IS ABOUT ACCESS AND ENABLING
This talk focuses on accessibility in web development, specifically in the context of Drupal 8. The...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: THROW NEW \DRUPAL\CORE\INITIATIVE\ FILEMANAGEMENT\FAILUREEXCEPTION();
This talk examines the challenges faced by the unofficial File Management Initiative concerning its...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: PLUGIN HAIKUS
This talk explores the concept of Drupal plugins through the creative lens of haiku poetry. It delve...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: GAMES PEOPLE PLAY (AND THE MODULES THAT ENABLE THEM)
This talk focuses on the importance of user engagement as a key metric for website success, emphasiz...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: MEET THE MODERNIZR MODULE
This talk explores the utilization of the Modernizr Drupal module, delving into its capabilities bey...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: SECRETS TO AWESOMIZING® YOUR EDITOR'S BACK-END DRUPAL EXPERIENCE
This talk focuses on enhancing content management within Drupal 7, targeting intermediate site-build...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: RUNNING COACHES WANTED! CONTRIBUTION SPRINTS AND TRAININGS
This talk explores the concept of sprints as a collaborative approach to focused work on Drupal proj...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: BUENOS AIRES CITY GOV: DRUPAL IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY
This talk covers the journey of Buenos Aires as it adopts Drupal as the main platform for its govern...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: BUILDING FOR A POST-MOBILE WORLD
This talk addresses the critical question of mobile-friendliness in web design, emphasizing the need...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: STATUS OF THE NEW ENTITY API AND TYPED DATA
This talk covers the features and functionalities of the new Entity Field API, known as EntityNG, in...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: IT'S NOT "THEIR DRUPAL" - IT'S OUR DRUPAL
This talk explores the evolution of Drupal from a small group of enthusiasts to a global community t...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: WYSIWYG IN DRUPAL 8
This talk introduces the new WYSIWYG editor included with Drupal 8, highlighting its improved featur...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: MAKING SUPPORT FUN AND PROFITABLE
This talk focuses on building long-term relationships post-project completion through effective supp...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: LINUX SYSTEM SECURITY TUNABLES
This talk focuses on enhancing web hosting security, particularly in a post-intrusion scenario. The...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: UNCONSORTIUM: THE NEXT PHASE OF DRUPAL COLLABORATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION
This talk discusses the growing adoption of Drupal in Higher Education, highlighting a collaborative...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: WHAT USERS WANT (OR WHY WEBPAGES ARE DEAD)
This talk addresses the evolving landscape of technology as mobile device sales surpass those of PCs...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: USING BACKBONE.JS WITH DRUPAL 7 AND 8
This talk introduces Backbone.js, a lightweight JavaScript framework based on the MVC pattern that e...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: DEPENDENCY INJECTION IN DRUPAL 8
This talk explores the Dependency Injection pattern, highlighting its significance in object-oriente...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: IS DRUPAL A CMS?
This talk explores the critical distinction emerging for Drupal between being a Content Management S...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: THE AUTHENTICITY ADVANTAGE:CREATE LOYALTY
This talk explores the crucial role of trust in today's hyper-connected world, highlighting its sign...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: ASSET MANAGEMENT IN DRUPAL 8
This talk explores the significant changes in asset declaration and management within Drupal 8, high...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: DESIGNING ON PURPOSE: DESIGN PROCESS & DELIVERABLES IN THE RESPONSIVE AGE
This session addresses the challenges of the design process in a multi-device environment, where des...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: DEVELOPMENT, BY THE NUMBERS
This talk explores how to objectively quantify the quality of code and identify areas for improvemen...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: PUT THE "OPS" IN "DEV": WHAT DEVELOPERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DEVOPS
This talk addresses the hidden costs associated with modern development tools, focusing on issues li...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: THE WONDERS OF DRUPAL
This talk features Robert and jam as they blend music, storytelling, and humor to deliver practical...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: COLLABORATIVE LEARNING SYSTEMS IN DRUPAL: A CASE STUDY
This talk explores how to leverage Drupal to enhance a Learning Management System, featuring a case...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: GET YOUR DATA INTO DRUPAL WITH FEEDS
This talk provides an overview of the Feeds module, a powerful tool for importing data from various...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: MAKING CORE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE
This talk explores the challenges of core development within the Drupal ecosystem as it continues to...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: AUTOMATED TESTING WITH JASMINE AND PHANTOMJS
This talk explores the complexities of client-side programming, specifically focusing on JavaScript...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: PROGRAMMING DIVERSITY
This talk explores the critical issue of diversity within tech communities, workplaces, and events,...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: INTERNAL OPEN SOURCE: CHANGING INTERNAL CULTURE FOR THE BETTER
This talk explores how NBCUniversal, a leading media and entertainment company, utilizes the interna...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: RULES WITHOUT THE UI
This talk, presented by David Kitchen from Commerce Guys, explores how to leverage the full capabili...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: HOW OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY MANAGES LARGE SCALE DRUPAL
This talk presents an in-depth analysis of how Oregon State University efficiently manages 1,000 Dru...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: WE'RE GETTING OOP WRONG AND THERE'S STILL TIME TO FIX IT
This talk focuses on improving class modeling and unit testing in Drupal 8, emphasizing the challeng...
Drupalcon Portland Speaker Training: Delivery and Audience Management
This talk focuses on the final preparations for conference logistics, including room layouts and ses...
DrupalCon Portland Speaker Training: Getting Started
This talk covers the importance of speaker training and its relevance for successful presentations....
DrupalCon Portland Speaker Training: Presentation Styles, Tips & Tricks
This talk explores effective presentation styles tailored to various audiences, focusing on how to e...
DrupalCon Portland 2013: Michael Lopp Keynote - THE ENGINEER, THE DESIGNER, AND THE DICTATOR
This talk titled "The Engineer, The Designer, and the Dictator" features Michael Lopp, a seasoned en...