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OH NODE(.js)! tizzo, beejeebus Node.js is the new hotness and it has lots of geeks very excited. It can, of course, be integrated with Drupal for some huge wins. This session will provide an introduction not only to using node.js... Advanced Coding + Development
Advanced Responsive Web Design in Drupal Snugug, iamcarrico As more and more of internet browsing is occurring across non-desktop devices, responsive web design is becoming more the standard and a requirement for new websites. At the same time, the tools at... Advanced Frontend
The Library of the Future - Solr Search and Responsive Design for Multnomah County Library MobileHippie The Multnomah County Library is the second largest public library in the U.S. by circulation. We are second only to the New York Public Library system. We move more books, music, movies (and more)... Advanced Site Building
Mapping APIs caseysoftware On one hand, APIs are fantastic tools that allow us to leverage massive functionality and features with little effort. On the other hand, to make use of these APIs, we have to learn and speak about... Advanced Coding + Development
Canopy Case Study: Sisters of Mercy jmacinne The Sisters of Mercy (Mercy) are one of the largest health care providers in the US. They wanted to leverage their existing and future Drupal infrastructure and combine it with a document repository... Advanced Coding + Development
The Evolution of Front-end Components and Templates JohnAlbin PHP, of course, was designed as a templating language. And over its lifetime, Drupal has iterated over several templating systems striving to improve its capabilities and ease-of-use. However, our... Advanced Core Conversations
Recommending content: Strategies, Tools and Big Data Collection dstuart In this talk we will cover some of the tools, algorithms, data collection techniques and considerations with dealing with content recommendations in Drupal. It will look at: Semantic Analysis... Advanced Coding + Development
Advanced Frontend Performance rupl As HTML5 apps become the norm and mobile context dominates over desktop, the importance of frontend performance is exploding. We want websites to do cool new things, but more importantly they must... Advanced Frontend
Drupal's Role in the Open Government Movement djeannot Government sectors are being pressured to become more transparent and communicate government activity to the public. With the leading open source technologies from Drupal and Alfresco, more... Advanced Government, Nonprofit, and Education
Advanced Article Assembly: Adventures in atomic asset administration tobby Content assets may include article text, photos, videos, graph data, sports scores, or even references to other articles. When dealing with enterprise clients, especially (but not limited to) those... Advanced Coding + Development
TDD and OO in SPS: A case study in fighting Drupal jec006, e2thex We will explore the benefits of Test Driven Development we saw in writing the SPS module and how an Object Oriented approach helped make this process work. We will discuss some of the challenges of... Advanced Coding + Development
How (and Why) to Start a Drupal Business Consortium metaltoad Drupal User Groups are great - they provide an intro to Drupal for people new to the technology and allow developers to learn how their peers are leveraging tools, but what about Drupal business... Advanced Community
Frontiers of CSS: Its Past, Present, and Future in Drupal prestonso Over the last several years, advancements in CSS have proceeded at a breakneck pace. This session will examine the current state of CSS, where it is headed, and its future in Drupal, with a focus on... Advanced Frontend
How Drupal Won the Heart of Princess nate_craddock, subru77 Once upon a time, a family of fair Princess' were assigned a content management system by the King. Though the King's heart was in the right place, that CMS turned out not to be a prince, but a frog... Beginner Business + Strategy
Design: What is it good for (and other great tracks by Edwin Starr) keyhitman What it is Developers think design means graphic design and pretty colors. Graphic designers think it means how a website should behave. But design, is governed by function. Hence, the old adage -... Beginner Frontend
Responding to touch LewisNyman The popularity and diversity of mobile devices forced us to create sites that work at any screen size. Big, small, and everywhere inbetween. But making a site mobile friendly is more than just... Beginner Frontend
Need a Drupal website? Wait! Have you gone through a discovery process? seanberto, bheckman Website redesigns can be overwhelming - from selecting a vendor, to budgeting, to managing implementation, to training, to launching and maintaining a new site.... It's easy to dive into the... Beginner Government, Nonprofit, and Education
Notes from a Dissipate Life: UX Lessons I've Learned jsokohl What really goes on in UX projects? How does a story come together? In this talk, I'll present four real projects from my 20 years of experience. Spending 10-12 minutes on each, Ill talk about the... Beginner User Experience (UX)
Managing Your Content's Life Cycle using Workflow and Rules eric.lotze Moving content through all of its necessary stops on the way to publication in Drupal can be a mysterious and complex process. Drupal core provides a "published or unpublished" switch for each node,... Beginner Business + Strategy
Case Study: Building Drupal for Building Products Aimee Degnan Building bridges needs building materials, which you can find from Pacific Coast Building Products, a family of companies that manufacture and distribute construction materials such as brick,... Beginner Business + Strategy

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