challenges ahead of drupal in 2017

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2017Matic Cretnik

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Recap of 2016What is done is doneWhat happened, happenedYear 2016 finishedIn that time Drupal 8 turned one, some fascinating

new sites and product were launched, a lot of new modules were created, many problems were solved ... but still, there are some reserves

Therefore, we'll look at where Drupal can still improve in 2017



https://www.drupal.org/blog/drupal-8-turns-one

https://www.agiledrop.com/blog/which-big-names-use-drupal


Drupal CommunityOne of the main problems is that Drupal users are not as active in the community as they should beSo, in 2017 Drupalistas, who professionally work with Drupal, should be more active in the communityThey should more actively deliver and seek for the solutions, because they're business models depend on DrupalAs Janez Urevc said in our interview, »if you are not active in the community, you are leaving the choices about your future in the hands of the others«. So, professional Drupal users, developers ... should first acknowledge that the will benefit from that by themselvesIf they don't, Drupal Community should also do more in helping them realize that participation will be exclusively beneficial for them



https://www.agiledrop.com/blog/janez-urevc-if-you-are-not-involved-community-you-are-leaving-choices-about-your-future-hands


With more solutions in the community, there is no doubt that community will also increase in size and that should also be one of the key goals in 2017That goal will surely be easily achieved with Drupal users becoming more active on social mediaThey should share their knowledge and warn about problemsBut when solving them, they should move the discussion to other, private channels, maybe even meet in person, so that quarrels don’t happen if there is no need for it




Media Management and ModulesThe most obvious problem Drupal face is the lack of Media management in Drupal’s coreMedia Manager is absent, so mastering videos, pictures and other media files in poor to say the leastBecause of that, many users prefer Wordpress and Joomla, because they are tired of uploading the same image again and againThere are of course modules for that, but that’s not ideal, so including Media Manager in Drupal’s core is a necessity in 2017We can only hope that Media in Drupal 8 Initiative will finish that as soon as possible



https://www.agiledrop.com/blog/content-drupal-and-wordpress


When we speak of modules, many new were createdBut, there are also many Drupal modules, which are not converted properly to Drupal 8They need either small or major fixesThat issues should be tackled, so as the ones in documentation area in contrib environmentTherefore, Drupal developers should not rush and should tackle these problems first and then consider releasing Drupal 9There is no reason for new projects to be launched on any other version than Drupal 8, but in 2017 older projects should move to that version only if they see an advantage in doing so




Drupal events and sharing knowledgeWe mentioned spreading knowledgeDrupalCons, Drupal Camps, Sprints … are among options to do soSome continents should do more in that area, especially South America, which organized only one Drupal Camp this yearThere will be no problem if some continents, like North America and Europe, will have less Drupal CampsThey can easily be replaced with smaller, local oriented events, which can create a better feeling of the communityIt's true that Drupalistas can't travel every weekend, so spreading Drupal events across the whole world in the most useful way is a key thing in 2017Because it's really a shame that they are everything but evenly spread



https://www.agiledrop.com/blog/which-drupal-camp-go

https://www.agiledrop.com/blog/which-drupal-camp-go


For the last, there should be more constant in-depth blog posts about Drupal in general and about Drupal developing by Drupal professionalsBecause don't forget, Drupal was made by developers for developers And because developers are constantly looking for tools, which will optimize their development, a trick or two shared with the world will be useful for all the involved partiesOne part will get the credit for it, gaining on reputation, and the other part will learn something newOn the other hand, »soft themes« are also useful, because not everyone is a Drupal expert and may have a Drupal site just for fun




We hope you can help improve Drupal in 2017We'll definitely do our best to do soAt this point, we, AGILEDROP, wish you all the best in 2017!!!



challenges ahead of drupal in 2017

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