Drupal has been regarded as one of the most easy to use and applicable content management system. Initially it had been incepted as a bulletin board and now it has taken over as a content management system in competition with WordPress and Joomla.
Drupal is an open source platform, which has been developed by core developers and is supported in terms of plugins, modules, themes etc. by its widespread community throughout the world.
Out of the communities of all other content management systems Drupal’s community and their website is active and more organized. Their main aim is to spread the word of Drupal around the locality and bring it on a global platform. Drupalars from all around the world, themers, and Drupal evangelists have been able to do so over the years through community gatherings like DrupalCamp.
Do you want to be a part of a mega event and would like to witness the power of Drupal? Join the DrupalCamp arranged by The Drupal Ireland Association on 16th and 17th May 2014 at the Guinness Enterprise Centre, next to Guinness Storehouse Dublin.
Guinness business centre is committed to provide the best business experience with the total floor area more than 5000 sqmts which can accommodate more than 70 businesses, conference halls, reception and café. Such a fantastic location along with like-minded people will certainly be a great start for DrupalCamp Dublin.
The Schedule
Registration for the event will start at 9.00 am on 16th May 2014 which is a Friday. It will be followed by the sessions below.
First Day
Introduction to Drupal
Heather will be introducing the beginners to Drupal and its development and would be taking you through development process. This will be followed by a keynote.
Drupal as a Development Platform
This would be an elaborate session on how Martin Gibbons of GMIT has used Drupal to migrate some of their websites, to build new websites and to have a great web development experience altogether. There would be ample question and answers discussed in order for each participant to understand the process carried during their gig with Drupal.
The Drupal Specific Project Life Cycle
Mike King will be addressing the beginner’s track and will be speaking about the Project Drupal. He will be giving the insight of Drupal project through his specialized lenses of Project Management and Scrum Development. He is a project manager himself and manages project using Agile and Scrum methods.
Through this session you will be introduced to the life cycle of a web development project and it will address the details from the point of view of developers, supports, hosts and clients. Mike will be taking the audience through the phases like Discovery, Development, Go live and post launch support.
Hello Drupal 2
Heather James who works with Acquia will be walking the audience through the lane of Drupal yet again but with a difference.
The dilemma of an entrepreneur
You are a web developer but you want to set up a company. Well, this session is for you. Garry Hammond will be walking you through the optimism of entrepreneurship with tonnes of wisdom and management strategy. He is a founder of Iterate which is a full-fledged development agency advocating and delivering Drupal related solutions. He would be the best speaker on this topic as he himself has been there and done that. Hello Drupal Session 3 is scheduled right after this session
Dublin Business Innovation Centre Presentation
Mark Conroy will be representing Guinness Enterprise Centre which is a dynamic community of businesses. Mark will be introducing the present Drupalars to the magnanimity of the business centre and will be talking about the mutual business opportunities.
There would be an open question and answer session after this.
Second Day
On the second day i.e. on 17th May 2014, which is a Saturday, the following sessions are scheduled.
The Wow factor of Drupal
This session will take you through the wow factor which Drupal instils in every project it is involved in. It will take you through steps of getting a brief, getting ready to develop, fulfilling client needs and then creating the wow factor.
Drupal 8 theming
Gavin Hughes who is a developer at Annertech will be speaking about theming of Drupal 8. This session will be working on speeding up your knowledge from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8.
These and many more sessions are scheduled with a lot of networking opportunities and loads of inspiration in terms of Drupal development. Come and join the team of Drupalars who are working to make Drupal a well-known and powerful content management system.