November 6 - 8, 2019
Des Moines Central Library
1000 Grand Ave.
Des Moines, Iowa

Schedule

Wednesday

9:00 - 10:00am

Check-In

9:00 - 5:00pm

Getting Started with Drupal 8

Popcorn
Anonymous (not verified)

Drupal, an open source content management system, is used to make many of the websites and applications you use every day. Drupal has great standard features, like easy content authoring, reliable performance, and excellent security. 

In this hands-on training, Pantheon’s expert Drupal instructors Matt and Katie, will walk you through the essentials of creating your first Drupal website. By the end, you’ll have an understanding of Drupal’s fundamental building blocks and a working sandbox on Pantheon that you can continue to use for as long as you like. From there, you can continue to explore at your own pace with our recommended self-serve training resources.

Contribution Day

Sweet Corn
jrearick

Wednesday, November 6, 9:00am to 5pm

What is contribution day?

A contribution day is a day where people get together to work on one particular goal. In this case, we’re working on various Drupal issues. Issues can be making patches, reviewing/testing other's patches, reporting issues, creating or updating documentation, or anything else that helps Drupal become better.

Are you new to tech, not a coder, or never visited the issue queues?

That’s perfectly fine! There will be mentors available for those who need a little help to get started.

1:00 - 5:00pm

Hosting Drupal on Kubernetes

Candy Corn
socketwench

Large scale Drupal sites have been difficult to deploy, due to the complexities of integrating multiple pieces of infrastructure. Many have resorted to using hosting companies that provide an out-of-the-box solution. However, this locks you in to one vendor. Kubernetes allows you to break that lock and host your entire site, at global scale, on pure open source software. 

This training will introduce you to Kubernetes, a container orchestrator, including how to deploy new object definitions, infrastructure, and security certificates. 

Thursday

9:00 - 10:00am

Check-In

9:50 - 10:00am

Welcome

Candy Corn

10:00 - 10:45am

Keynote: Developing a Culture of Mentorship

Candy Corn
tessak22
We often get absorbed with completing our deadlines to spend any time considering the future of our teams. By not mentoring new developers we are failing at providing new developers with the industry experience they need to be successful.
keynote | mentoring

11:00 - 11:45am

How to become a distributed company: a step-by-step guide

Candy Corn
ivanstegic
This session will review the process of becoming a distributed company from the point of view of someone who was fully committed to not being one, but whose point of view changed.

PDF icon How to become a distributed company_ a step-by-step guide.pdf

A Project Manager's Inner Developer: Traversing the Digital Landscape with Agility

Popcorn
agreazel
Beginner
Are you a Project Manager looking for new ways to traverse today's digital landscape? Learn from one PMs journey about how to discover your inner developer to lead a small team of excellent people! Hurry on over to this fun session!
project management | jira | prioritize | organize | agile | leadership

Return of the Clustering: Kubernetes for Drupal

Sweet Corn
socketwench
Intermediate
Defeat Lord Hosting by learning the ways of the k8s

Slides on github.io

devops | hosting | kubernetes | docker

11:45 - 12:45pm

Lunch

12:45 - 1:30pm

Birds of a Feather (BoFs)

1:45 - 2:30pm

Apocalypse Soon... When to upgrade from Drupal 7 to 8

Candy Corn
minneapolisdan
Beginner
Still running Drupal 7? So are a lot of people, and moving to Drupal 8 isn't easy. Let's discuss why it matters, review your options, and how to plan and budget for it.

PDF icon ApocalypseSoon_When_to_upgrade_Drupal_7.pdf

Drupal 8 | migration | planning

How Cool Accessibility Tools Can Make Your Life Easier

Popcorn
katannshaw
Beginner
Let's explore how cool accessibility tools can make your life easier. We'll cover web-based, browser, Drupal, OS, and desktop tools that can help to make your site accessible to all.

Google Slides: How Cool Accessibility Tools Can Make Your Life Easier

accessibility | a11y | equalweb | tools | a11ytesting | Drupal | Drupal8 | DrupalCorn

SEO Considerations for Drupal 8: How to Help Sites Rank and Help Users Find You

Sweet Corn
bethanyky
Beginner
Interested in learning how to make your site SEO friendly and easily adjustable by editors? Learn more in our session about SEO considerations for Drupal 8!
Drupal 8 | SEO | UX | Content Editors

2:45 - 3:30pm

SPONSOR: Tugboat.qa Demo

Candy Corn
tessak22
Beginner
Tugboat.qa demo
SPONSOR | demo | tugboat | lullabot

The Case for Drupal

Sweet Corn
abrown83
Beginner
The "Case for Drupal" will lead attendees through the real world decision process clients make. Helping attendees better communicate and sell the value of Drupal to all those they interact with.

3:45 - 4:30pm

Case Study: Building an Equity Crowdfunding Portal with Drupal

Candy Corn
stpaultim
Beginner
Learn how a Twin Cities based company has leveraged the power of Drupal to create a crowdfunding platform with while label client landing sites.
Business | Case Studies | Domain Access

Layout Builder: Beyond the Basics

Popcorn
chris-burge
Intermediate
Layout Builder: Beyond the Basics – In this code-based session, you’ll learn how to create layouts, add settings to layouts, alter block forms, write a custom Layout Builder Restrictions plugin, and much more.

PDF icon LayoutBuilderBeyondBasics.pdf

Layout Builder

Live Captioning Initiative: Make Your Next Event Accessible for Everyone

Sweet Corn
andrewozone
Beginner
The Live Captioning Initiative makes events more accessible for people with disabilities using voice to text. It helps reach an even wider audience once the event is over by providing transcripts for videos and SEO value for event sites.

PDF icon 2019-drupalcorn-live-captioning.pdf

accessibility

5:30pm

Evening Social at Principal

711 High St.
jrearick

Doors open at 5:30!

Join us at Principal headquaters for some food, drink, games, cornhole tournament and a general good time!

Buy your T-Shirts here!

Sign up for the Cornhole Tournament!

Friday

9:00 - 10:00am

Check-In

10:00 - 10:45am

GDPR and Privacy 1 year later

Candy Corn
minneapolisdan
Beginner
1 year after GDPR privacy laws went into effect but what's changed? Let's revisit the battle over online privacy, what's coming to the USA, and best practices in privacy experience

PDF icon battle_for_online_privacy.pdf

privacy

Great Drupal 8 Websites are made before the first line of code is written

Popcorn
chrisodva
Beginner
The world's greatest Agile process can't save a Drupal project that was a bad idea from the start. Learn what you can do before you even install Drupal to ensure a positive outcome for your project.

45 modules in 45 minutes

Sweet Corn
jrearick
Beginner
We'll spend up to a minute talking about the 45 most popular modules for Drupal 8
modules

10:45 - 11:00am

Break

11:00 - 11:45am

Dancing with the Dragon: What I’ve Learned Contributing to the Backdrop CMS Project

Candy Corn
stpaultim
Beginner
Lessons for the Drupal community from what I've learned through my involvement in the Backdrop CMS community over the last year.
Backdrop CMS | Community | Open Source

Adding Maps to Your Drupal Site

Popcorn
bwebster719
Intermediate
Have you ever wanted to put maps on your Drupal site. "Adding Maps to Your Drupal Site" will show you one way to do it.
maps | leaflet | proximity

Themes: Standardize Without Compromise

Sweet Corn
andrewozone
Beginner
"One size fits all" does not apply when it comes to themes. Choosing based on your last project is dangerous. Rolling your own theme is inefficient. In this session we establish criteria to pick a theme and create a theme plan.

theming

11:45 - 12:45pm

Lunch

12:45 - 1:30pm

Birds of a Feather (BoFs)

1:30 - 1:45pm

Break

1:45 - 2:30pm

JavaScript is Coming to Eat You

Candy Corn
broeker
Beginner
Learn why, when, and how JavaScript is going to change your world, and what you can do about it.

PDF icon Javascript is coming to eat you.pdf

javascript | Decoupled Drupal

Getting most from remote helping hands

Popcorn
ashish-addweb
Beginner
Remote Helping hands are humans and lets talk solution

Building SEO-Friendly Sites with Drupal

Sweet Corn
dandaman
Beginner
In this session, I will talk about modules and settings you can implement while building your site to make search engine optimization even better.

PDF icon Drupal SEO DrupalCorn 2019.pdf

2:30 - 2:45pm

Break

2:45 - 3:30pm

"Paragraphs, Layout Builder, Gutenberg: a tour of content editing paradigms

Candy Corn
Les Lim
A guided tour of various content editing strategies for the modern Drupal site.

Personal Internet Security Basics

Popcorn
dandaman
Beginner
In this session, I will go over some common phishing attacks that you should be aware of. Also, I will highlight some simple, practical ways to protect yourself while browsing the Internet for fun or work.

PDF icon Personal Internet Security Basics DrupalCorn 2019.pdf

Gatsby & Drupal Sitting in a Tree

Sweet Corn
codekarate
Beginner
Have you heard the talk about Gatsby? Learn how to build a blazing fast Gatsby website powered by Drupal!
Gatsby | Drupal | Decoupled Drupal | Headless Drupal | React

3:30 - 4:15pm

Camp Wrap-up

Popcorn

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