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Matt Westgate: How to Fall in Love With Drupal Again

November 2019

Drupal is a couple years away from being 20 years old. In this talk, Matt Westgate will earn his 2,275 user_id from drupal.org and share his high, low and funny moments with Drupal and offer practical advice for anyone feeling burnout or uncertain about Drupal and the future.

Justin Ludwig: Falling in love with software development... Again!

December 2017

Technology has always fascinated me. When my parents brought home their first PC and showed me Netscape Navigator, I wanted to create my own websites. GeoCities kind of quenched my thirst until my parents bought a new computer and gave me their old one. I was hooked. I still mostly used their computer because mine rarely worked after discovering Linux. I loved it. If school wasn't in the picture, I would be happy.

So, I tested out of high school and had to get a job at a warehouse.

Rob Powell: One year retro from a Drupal Noobie

August 2017

In 2016 it was decided that Commonwealth of MA would start working in Drupal. At the time, I was coming off a year and half stint in Django/python and was trying to determine how best to attack learning Drupal. Everyone learns differently and I decided on the sink or swim / trial by fire methodology. To achieve this I joined several side projects, all in Drupal. This presentation will focus on the following:

  • lessons learned from the last year
  • identify different avenues for learning Drupal

Kelly Albrecht: We Sold Drupal to the World, Now We Must Support It

June 2016

Drupal, over the past several years, has largely been a technology solution that almost sells itself. From huge organizations (like NYSE, NBC, Sony, Pfizer) to entire governments to well established educational institutions (such as Yale, MIT, UMASS), much of the world has standardized on Drupal as their solution for millions of websites.

As an open source community, we've built an amazing solution. The world has adopted it, and now we must support it.

This presentation discusses some reasons

Ask The Experts - Three Year Anniversary Event

July 2016

Let them eat cake!

Drupal Nights invites you to our three-year anniversary celebration, our annual Ask-The-Experts. Our esteemed Drupal presenters return for a one-night-only event where the audience decides the agenda by asking this prestigious panel questions. In other words, the floor belongs to you, the audience. Sounds awesome right?

Well, it is. If that weren't enough, food and beverage will be provided and rumor has it that a cake and disco ball may also be a part of the evening.

Drupal 8 Release Party

November 2015

Drupal Nights will be postposing our November presentation in order to participate in the official Drupal 8 Release Party!

It’s been years in the making, but the day is finally here: Drupal 8 makes its debut on November 19, 2015!

To honor this major Drupal milestone, and to applaud the efforts of thousands of contributors around the globe, we’re celebrating!

Ask The Experts - Two Year Anniversary Event

July 2015

How often do you get the opportunity to ask experts in your field any question you want? How about the chance to revisit tremendous presentations given by experienced professionals active in the Drupal community? I know... right?

Drupal Nights invites you to our two-year anniversary celebration, Ask-The-Experts. Our esteemed Drupal presenters return for a one-night-only event where the audience decides the agenda by asking this prestigious panel questions.

Chris Wells: "Intro to Contributing -or- How Can I Help?"

September 2014

Contributing to any open source project can be intimidating, but particularly so with a project as large and successful as Drupal. It is because of this success that the Drupal community needs more contributors like you. How can you get over the hump of intimidation and help with the project?

This session will focus on the issue queue and how to use it. Most importantly, we will teach you how to find issues you can work on. We will also cover the following:

  • Tools needed to generate patches

Ask The Experts - One Year Anniversary Event

July 2014

How often do you get the opportunity to ask experts in your field any question you want? How about the chance to revisit tremendous presentations given by experienced professionals active in the Drupal community? I know... right?

Drupal Nights invites you to our one-year anniversary celebration, Ask-The-Experts. Our esteemed Drupal presenters return for a one-night-only event where the audience decides the agenda by asking this prestigious panel questions.