Demolishing myths about Drupal

Talk about FLOSS, PHP-based projects and Drupal. Less NIH, More PFE: Demolishing myths about Drupal - Modern Web Event by the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) - June 2017

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1. Less NIH, More PFE
   Demolishing myths about
   Drupal
   

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2. It’s me
   @davidjguru
   drupal.org/rojomorgan
   

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3. this.
   drupal
   

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4. Focus &
   Scope
   Well, well, well…
   wait a minute
   Drupal, hell, sucks
   really?
   X
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5. 1- Technical bias
   2- General Purpose vs. Specific Purpose
   3- Orientation to standards
   Possible reasons:
   

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6. If I had to start from scratch...
   ...what about the big picture?
   And so on, and so on...
   

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7. Well, this is embarrassing...
   Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, WIX, symfony, laravel, Yii...
   

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8. so, How can I decide?
   

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9. IMHO, There are three
   fundamental
   questions that you
   must solve by
   researching
   (little by little)
   1- How much effort
   will it take to learn
   this technology?
   2- What use can I give
   to this learning?
   3- What is the future of
   this platform?
   ok, there we go! ->
   

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10. Vanity Metrics vs. Observations
    - more of 30K modules/plugins/extensions/whatever!
    - more of 100K registered users!
    - more of 2 millions downloads!
    - 89% of the web uses this technology!
    - important websites using this platform!
    - include advanced features!
    - the next big thing!
    Without repeating features?
    Active users? Yes?
    I downloaded the same many times…
    Can many people be wrong?
    Of course, Indeed, well, yes, always
    Yes? It is true?
    YAWN
    Let's talk seriously ->
    

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11. PHP &
    Standards
    Recommend
    ations
    PROCEDURAL VS OOP
    MVC
    PSR
    CODING
    don’t repeat yourself
    comment, comment, comment
    

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12. Community
    dynamics
    Centralized vs distributed
    documentation
    Support channels
    Patches and solutions
    Events and Training
    easy to get involved?
    Drupical
    

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13. please, tell me
    about the
    future
    doctrine
    dependencies
    Headless
    BigPipe
    Microservices
    

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14. CONCLUSIONS?
    1- In the frame of FLOSS,
    everything is much easier
    2- It’s better learning in
    standardized environments
    3- Drupal has a number of
    important advantages
    4- It’s important to get involved
    

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15. https://pantheon.io/blog/decoupled-architecture-wordpress-and-drupal
    https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-engineering/bigpipe-pipelin
    ing-web-pages-for-high-performance/389414033919
    http://buytaert.net/the-future-of-decoupled-drupal
    http://drupal.sh/in-a-world-of-microservices-is-drupal-an-unwanted
    -swiss-army-knife
    https://opensource.com/business/16/6/which-php-framework-right-you
    some recommendations:
    Thank you for your time and I hope to see you at:
    SevillaDevelopers sevilladevelopersjobs
    Drupal.org DrupalSevilla
    

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