Drupal is an extremely flexible system. To achieve this, various layers of abstractions were built into it. A lot of concepts were created to explain these abstractions. Unfortunately, they are not always intuitive.
Session Archive
Understanding Drupal
Unicorn Hunting - How to find (and keep) great engineering talent
Finding good engineers is hard. Finding great engineers can seem impossible.
Unraveling Drupal's Migrate API
The Migrate API is a powerful and flexible system to get content and configuration into Drupal. This presentation will take you behind the curtains to understand how the migration system works and what assumptions it makes.
Untangling Dependencies: Using Composer to efficiently govern your core, module, and patch updates and keep your hair
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Untangling Your Drupal Git Workflow: An Introduction For Noobs
Session Recording: https://youtu.be/Vkxd1YpLVLU
UPDATE: SLIDES ARE UP: http://bit.ly/2eZMj5i
Usability and Accessibility
If you have been working with accessibility on the web, you’ll know that the current Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG version 2.0) have been around since 2008.
User Know Best, So Test
Usability testing is how we know that what we have created is really resonating with our users. It is a waste of resources to build the perfect "thing" only to have users ignore it, as if it isn't there.
User-Centered Design: Why It’s Good for Business—Let Me Show You How
It’s often too easy to scope a project based solely on a list of client requirements—and ultimate end goal—while overlooking where the real impact will be—with the end user.
Using Agile to Plan & Execute Better Together
Too often, business (mission) teams and development teams work on their own cadence that are often misaligned and out of sync.
Using Machine Learning to improve UX
Drupal excels at empowering people to manage data and curate their content. With the initiative towards further decoupled architectures, we can serve that content in a variety of new and interesting ways.
Utilizing Usability.gov to Assist Your Clients
Drupal 8 has changed a lot and the process for building a Drupal site is not the exception.
During this session, you will learn how to use composer to improve your development workflow.
Vamos Al Futuro: World View Diversity and Open Source
Session Recording: https://youtu.be/GWG1MS4ypeY
Variable Fonts: Designing for Performance
Much of what we do as content and site creators is done with type. For both effective communication and Website performance, how it’s implemented can be a delicate balancing act.
Var_Dumps are for Chumps: An Introduction to Xdebug
Over the years, I've been shocked at the number of colleagues and fellow Drupal developers who don't use a debugging tool like Xdebug. These developers have been 'var_dump'ing and 'dpm'ing their entire career, and may not be aware of the immense…
Web Accessibility… like a BOSS!
Five ways managers can become champions of web accessibility… like a BOSS! As a manager, it’s very easy to feel overwhelmed by web accessibility with everything from acronyms and technical jargon to federal and state laws to learn.
Webform 8.x-5.x
Session Recording: https://youtu.be/gu4A9zst6kQ
Webforms for government
This presentation will explore how governments can leverage the Webform module for Drupal 8 to build accessible forms that securely collective massive amounts of data.
Website Accessibility: The Internet is for Everyone
Speaker(s): carie.fisher
Weekend Project : Marketing Your Business in 1-Page
Session Recording: https://youtu.be/SxhYNqFlMr0
What can the USA learn from the world on accessibility policy?
Canada, the European Union and the United Kingdom have all developed legislation on web accessibility since the Section 508 Refresh process was enacted in 2017.
What do Security and Accessibility have in common?
What could Accessibility and Security possibly have in common?
Accessibility is about helping people with disabilities, while security is about keeping out the bad guys, right?
Who dropped and made you the voice for all users!
Session Recording: https://youtu.be/ffxWux5cDHc
Why Metrics? How Metrics? Do I even need them?
Metrics has become one of the most popular terms when talking about team introspection, especially in the software industry.
Why Migrate to Drupal 8 Now
You have heard that D7 is going to be sunset next year, and that D9 is just around the corner. Now what?
Why We Can't Have Nice Things: 19 Overused Drupal Buzzwords to Stop Using in 2019
Hey, bro. Is your Drupal site headless? Decoupled? Headless and decoupled? Is it on a blockchain? Data-driven and cloud-first? Oh, and by site I of course mean ambitious omnichannel digital experience.