A subjective summary of the most memorable moments of the European conference
For me, the most significant moment of the conference is that - with presentations at various professional events behind me - I also successfully debuted in Vienna as a DrupalCon speaker! My presentation on the CSS Grid and CSS Variables was packed with 200 people, and not only did the interest remain, but the feedback (public and private) was also heartwarmingly positive!
All of this already happened on Thursday, but the conference started earlier for us as well.
The big start
We set off on Tuesday morning, September 26, so we watched/listened to Dries ’usual State of Drupal keynote performance - thanks to the live stream - while still sitting in the car with Key. Although what I said was a bit of a marketing vibe, it also means to me that there is basically peace of mind around the house of our favorite system and you can work on achieving your current goals. (Now on version 8.5, as the release date of 8.4 is October 4, 2017.)
Arriving in Vienna, we soon learned that parking is nothing easier than, say, in Budapest! The conference was held at the Messe Wien center, where they waited for a sandwich typical of DrupalCons. After lunch, Key and I parted ways to check out as many venues as possible to gather as many experiences as possible.
Well, who's talking?
In previous DrupalCons, I attended less and less of the performances - I’d rather join the sprints - but now I saw so many good topics that I spent most of my time with them. There were times when he understood. There were times when he understood less. And there was something I missed, but I'll see these from a recording one day.
I don't even want to mention everything here, only the most memorable ones (as I promised above.)
- I love the Out of the box experience initiative, which aims to create a new installation profile with demo content and eye-catching make-up, and I am trying to contribute to that..
- Drush still doesn't need to be described; it will be an essential part of our developer toolkit for a long time to come. The presentation of Drush 9 proves this!
- The developers demonstrated the features provided by the Search API module family with an impressive live demo. Support for multiple languages, shorter and longer expressions, similar words, facets…! He who seeks will find!
- Customers are unlucky to show static images as a design of their web application because it does not provide the experience of an actual website. Instead, create HTML / CSS / JS demos: Back to the Future: No More Static Mockups! Back to the Future: No More Static Mockups!
- I have a module that I have been watching for a long time because I am convinced that it will significantly progress in site-build and makeup! Antonio De Marco’s detailed presentation of UI Patterns is further reinforced in this belief of mine!
- In Thursday’s Everyone Has Something to Share keynote, Joe Shindelar honestly and jokingly demonstrated, through examples of his journey, why it’s good to share (code, knowledge, opinion, etc.)..
- And I had an excellent little CSS Grid, CSS Variables presentation too! Or have I said that…? ;)
Good to meet you!
It’s so good to meet that on Tuesday night; we also brought together an unofficial, chat-and-drink for the Drupal front-end company before the official Community Party. There have been examples of similar events at previous DrupalCons, and I felt it would be a shame to break this tradition!
By the way, in connection with the Community Party, we soon concluded with Key that it was not for us and left. On the other hand, the traditional Trivia Night quiz game on Thursday did not disappoint this year either; the evening was in a great mood!
Anyway, the conference showroom (which was much smaller this year than, say, two years ago), the dining room, the sprint corridor all provided an excellent opportunity to get together with acquaintances and make new acquaintances. And this part of the event is at least as important to me as professional programs!
Next year, with you, right there?
Well, no. Nor would it be because DrupalCon has been held in a different city each year so far. However, the Drupal Association has also realized that the event in this form is unsustainable. Therefore, the idea is that next time in 2019, DrupalCon will be in Europe again in a rethought way. So in 2018, we can take part in the DrupalEurope, a community-organized event that will be a little different, but it’s still great. So be it!
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