DrupalCon New Orleans 2016: Reinventing International Development With Rapid Drupal Development

This talk examines the innovative use of rapid Drupal development to transform international development through the Global Innovation Exchange platform. The speaker discusses how Forum One built the site on Drupal 7 and leveraged AWS to scale with traffic demands, employing features such as integrated Solr search, long-form content authoring, and the creation of microsites. The session highlights the integration of Pattern Lab for real-time design implementation, enabling a responsive theming process that drastically reduced development time. The Exchange community's substantial growth and the positive impact on international development initiatives are also explored.

In this session, the speakers analyze the localization process within the MediaCurrent Presentation Framework used by Weather.com, addressing key challenges faced during their migration to Drupal. They provide insights on how to handle angular modules, integrate translation seamlessly into the development lifecycle, and automate translations for multilingual site delivery in collaboration with Smartling. This case study illustrates the development of a fully automated workflow that enhances the efficiency of content localization.