Five Things I Learned at DrupalCon 2010

Julia Kulla-Maderhttp://www.juliakm.com@JuliaKM

Drupal + Government Growing in Popularity

• The New York Senate is doing great things with its Drupal website (live streaming, focus on open standards, Chartbeat for live analytics)

• White House is contributing Drupal Modules (http://www.whitehouse.gov/tech)

• White House Keynote: http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/open-source-government

Drupal Distributions Are the Next Big Thing

• Fully functional packages can now be downloaded from Drupal.org (all you have to do is install)

• OpenAtrium is a super-popular distribution

• Drupal Distributions Presentation: http://www.archive.org/details/DrupalconSf2010DrupalDistributionsOnDrupal.org

Services Module Powering Android and iPhone Apps

• Developers are using the services module to create iPhone and Android applications

• Example application: http://greatbrewers.com/story/beercloud-iphone

• Services + iPhone presentation: http://www.archive.org/details/DevelopingAppsForIphoneipadandroidUsingDrupalAsBaseSystem

Big Advances in Theming

• Fusion Theme lets you customize all sorts of things via the user interface

• Drupal Gardens lets you focus on the design of sites without worrying about the server

• Fusion Presentation with Sheena: http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/theming-fusion-new-approach-layout-and-modular-styles

Drupal is not Just for Developers Anymore

• There were lots of business-focused presentations on running a Drupal shop, project management, and usability

• The crowd was far less developer-heavy than the past DrupalCon

(Bonus) Drupal 7 is a Big Deal

• Drupal 7 will include RDF integration

• Semantic Web Presentation: http://www.slideshare.net/scorlosquet/rdf-presentation-at-drupalcon-san-francisco-2010

• Drupal 7 include lots of improvements for designers

• Drupal 7 Theming Presentation: http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/grok-drupal-7-theming

• Drupal 7 will be more powerful. Fields API means independent DB support (MongoDB, CouchDB, etc)

DrupalCon 2011

• March 8-10 in Chicago

• http://chicago2011.drupal.org/