[HKDUG] #20151017 - BarCamp 2015 - Drupal 8 is Coming! Are You Ready?

1. BarCamp Hong Kong 2015
Drupal 8 is Coming! Are You Ready?
Hong Kong Drupal User Group
(HKDUG)
2015 Oct 17th

2. Edison Wong
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2005 - Drupal Developer & Contributor
– https://drupal.org/user/33940
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2008 - HKDUG Co-founder
– https://groups.drupal.org/drupalhk
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2010 - CEO, PantaRei Design
– hswong3i@pantarei-design.com

3. Edison Wong
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2005 - Drupal Developer & Contributor
– https://drupal.org/user/33940
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2008 - HKDUG Co-founder
– https://groups.drupal.org/drupalhk
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2010 - CEO, PantaRei Design
– hswong3i@pantarei-design.com

5. PantaRei Design
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Everything Changes and Nothing Remains Still
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Reinvent Enterprise with Open Source Software and Cloud Computing
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Hong Kong based FOSS service provider
– Content Management System (CMS) with Drupal
– Cloud Hosting Solution with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
– Team collaborate solution with Atlassian
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Business Partner with industry leaders
– 2012, AWS Consulting Partner
– 2013, Acquia Partner
– 2013, Atlassian Experts
– 2014, Rackspace Hosting Partner
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http://pantarei-design.com

7. Hong Kong Drupal User Group
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The Hong Kong Drupal User Group are open to everyone with
an interest in Drupal and are a great opportunity to learn more
about what Drupal can do and what folks are building with it.
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Drupal is a free software package that allows you to easily
organize, manage and publish your content, with an endless
variety of customization.
– Event organizing: http://www.meetup.com/drupalhk
– Technological discussion: https://groups.drupal.org/drupalhk
– Business connection: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/?gid=6644792
– General sharing: https://www.facebook.com/groups/drupalhk

15. Outline
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What is Drupal?
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What New with Drupal 8?
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Why Do I Need Drupal 8?
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When Will Drupal 8 Release?
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What's Next?

16. What is Drupal?
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About Drupal
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What Does Drupal 8 Run On?
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Drupal Showcases
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simplytest.me

17. 
Open source content management system.
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Web application framework.
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Design and Display.
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Collaborative and Administrative.
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Many tools to organize, structure, find and re-
use the content.
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Interact with external media and file services.

19. What Does Drupal 8 Run On?
• Built in PHP, HTML, CSS,
JS.
• LAMP stack is most widely
used and tested.
• Other OSs, servers, DBs
possible (in orange)
Details drupal.org/requirements
Drupal
Framework: Symfony
Language: PHP
Server: Apache Database: MySQL
Operating System: Linux

20. Drupal Showcases
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South China Morning Post
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The White House
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Tesla Motors
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Twitter
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LinkedIn Developers
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American Red Cross

27. simplytest.me
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Evaluate Drupal projects online.
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Just Try It!
 http://simplytest.me/project/drupal/8.0.x

29. What New with Drupal 8?
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Mobile in its DNA
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Multilingual Capabilities
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Accessibility Integration
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Effortless Authoring
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Field Power
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Views, Out of the Box
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Build-in Web Services

30. Mobile in its DNA
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Administration pages: a snap to use
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New administration experience
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Mobile-first Back to site button

33. Multilingual Capabilities
 Translate anything in the system with built-in
user interfaces.
 Build pages with Views language filtering and
block visibility.
 Get software translation updates automatically
from the Drupal community.

35. Accessibility Integration
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More Semantic
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Aural Alerts
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Controlled Tab Order
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Hidden/Invisible/On-focus
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Fieldsets
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jQuery UI
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Alt Text
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Bartik

36. Effortless Authoring
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In-place editing of content without having to
use the full edit form.
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WYSIWYG configuration made easy with
web security in mind.
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Draft saving made easier.

38. Field Power
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More field types in core
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Attach fields to more types of content
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Entity reference, link, date, e-mail, telephone,
etc.

40. Views, Out of the Box
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Easily customize the front page, listing
blocks, and more.
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Simply create custom admin pages,
customize filters, actions, and more.

43. Built-in Web Services
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Build mobile apps
– Drupal as the data source
– Even post back to Drupal from the client
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Implement state-of-the-art Hypertext
Application Language (HAL)
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Expose content as JOSN, XML, etc.

44. Why Do I Need Drupal 8?
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Built With Marketers in Mind
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Content Administration Made Easy
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More Power & Fun for Site Builders
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All Improved for Developers

45. Built With Marketers in Mind
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Drupal 8 allows marketers to:
– Use the marketing software you already know.
– Build campaigns with mobile in mind.
– Add, remove or revise content simply.
– Easily deliver content segmented by audience,
language and device type.

46. Content Administration Made
Easy
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Drupal 8 allows site builders to:
– Use views to easily create beautiful lists and
galleries.
– Upload and edit content, even from a mobile
device.
– Create beautiful pages in the WYSIWYG editor
without having to disable rich text.

47. More Power & Fun for Site
Builders
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Drupal 8 allows site builders to:
– Easily customize the front page and listing
blocks.
– Attach fields to several new types of content.
– Output serialized data as JSON and XML from
Drupal, almost as easily as you can normal HTML
output.

48. All Improved for Developers
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Drupal 8 allows developers to:
– Track changes, put configuration under version
control, and update a production site cleanly.
– Expose data as JSON and XML, and take
advantage of RESTful web services.
– Use several “best of breed” libraries like
Composer, PHPUnit, Guzzle, Zend Feed
Component, and others.

49. When Will Drupal 8 Release?
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Release Status
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RC Phase Example
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Semantic Versioning and LTS

50. Release Status

51. RC Phase Example

52. Semantic Versioning and LTS

53. What's Next?
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Drupal and The Community
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On Going Event Schedule
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Online Resources

54. Developing with Drupal 8
api.drupal.org/api/drupal/8

55. Building with Drupal

56. Contributed modules
• The majority of your
development will rely on
contributed code.
drupal.org/project/project_module

57. Reporting issues
• Use the Issue queue
• Search first
• Report issues
drupal.org/node/317

58. Open Source Software = Community
All photos by Kathleen Murtagh code sprints (CC BY 2.0)

59. How big is the community?
Hint: For latest data, check “d.o”

60. DrupalCon
• 1500-3000 attendees
– 5 days of learning and
collaboration
– Affordable tickets
– Scholarships!
• Q: Where's the next
DrupalCon?
Hint! association.drupal.org/drupalcon
“Trivia night” Photo by Josef Jerabek (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pepej/15451001565/

61. Task: Connect locally
• Attend meet-ups
• DrupalCamps (local
conferences)
• Training – Free Global
training days and paid
training.
What is happening next in your area? http://drupical.com

66. Task: Search for modules
• Search through
contributed modules.
drupal.org/project/project_module

67. On Going Event Schedule
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Per 2 weeks HKDUG Dinner Gathering
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(TBC) 2015-11-21: Global Training Days
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(TBC) 2016-01-17: Drupal 8 Release Party
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2016-02-18 to 21: DrupalCon Asia (Mumbai,
India)

69. Online Resources
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Drupal Tutorial:
 http://www.siteground.com/tutorials/drupal/
 http://www.techiestuffs.com/learn-drupal-best-d
rupal-online-resources-for-beginners-and-develo
pers/
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Community Document:
 https://www.drupal.org/documentation
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Drupal Code Search:
 http://www.drupalcodesearch.com/

70. Q&A

71. References
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http://www.slideshare.net/AcquiaInc/ready-set-drupal-an-intro-to-drupal-8-part-1
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http://www.slideshare.net/AcquiaInc/ready-set-drupal-an-intro-to-drupal-8-part-2
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http://cmsmatrix.org/
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https://www.drupal.org/drupal-8.0
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http://simplytest.me/project/drupal/8.0.x
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http://www.drupalshowcase.com/
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http://trends.builtwith.com/cms
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http://barcamp.hk/
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http://cms.about.com/od/cms-basics/a/Pros-And-Cons-Of-Joomla-Wordpress-And-
Drupal.htm
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http://www.adobe.com/sea/products/cq/web-content-management.html#wcm
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http://www.meetup.com/drupalhk/events/207982752/

72. I Need More Help!
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Read documents from Drupal Community
– https://drupal.org/documentation
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Join Hong Kong Drupal User Group
– Event organizing: http://www.meetup.com/drupalhk
– Technological discussion: https://groups.drupal.org/drupalhk
– Business connection: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/?gid=6644792
– General sharing: https://www.facebook.com/groups/drupalhk
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Contact us for one (1) month free-trial support service
– http://pantarei-design.com/services/support/#support-service-plans

73. Address: Unit 326, 3/F, Building 16W
No.16 Science Park West Avenue,
Hong Kong Science Park, Shatin, N.T.
– Phone: +852 3576 3812
– Fax: +852 3753 3663
– Email: sales@pantarei-design.com
– Web: http://pantarei-design.com
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