CMS Brasil,June 2009 The future is bunnies and rainbows

Drupal 7 The future is bunnies and rainbows CMS Brasil, June 2009 Addison Berry, Lullabot Monday, June 22, 2009 What happens during release? A sampling of new stuff. How you can be part of it Mom, where does Drupal come from? http://www.flickr.com/photos/15369938@N08 Monday, June 22, 2009 1 Monday, June 22, 2009 New version W NE ! Drupal 6 Monday, June 22, 2009 D ru pa 2 HEAD opens Drupal 6 l6 2 Monday, June 22, 2009 HEAD opens D ru pa l6 2 Monday, June 22, 2009 HEAD opens Drupal 7 D ru pa l6 3 Monday, June 22, 2009 Code thaw ✓Fix things that have always annoyed you ✓Add features that take Drupal to the next level modules ✓Integrate useful contributed ✓World domination 4 Monday, June 22, 2009 Code freeze Alpha / Beta / RC 4 Monday, June 22, 2009 Code freeze Alpha / Beta / RC 5 Monday, June 22, 2009 Go to step 1 N W! E Drupal 7 http://flickr.com/photos/shashchatter/ Monday, June 22, 2009 Note: Drupal 5 retires when Drupal 7 is released. Where are we? code thaw Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 code freeze* * Code freeze not necessarily drawn to scale. Monday, June 22, 2009 Where are we? February, 2008 Drupal 6 released Drupal 7 opened code thaw Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 code freeze* * Code freeze not necessarily drawn to scale. Monday, June 22, 2009 Where are we? February, 2008 Drupal 6 released Drupal 7 opened June, 2009 Right now code thaw Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 code freeze* * Code freeze not necessarily drawn to scale. Monday, June 22, 2009 Where are we? February, 2008 Drupal 6 released Drupal 7 opened September 1, 2009 Code freeze June, 2009 Right now code thaw Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 code freeze* * Code freeze not necessarily drawn to scale. Monday, June 22, 2009 Where are we? February, 2008 Drupal 6 released Drupal 7 opened September 1, 2009 Code freeze June, 2009 Right now ~2 months left! code thaw Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 code freeze* * Code freeze not necessarily drawn to scale. Monday, June 22, 2009 Where are we? February, 2008 Drupal 6 released Drupal 7 opened September 1, 2009 Code freeze June, 2009 Right now ~2 months left! When it’s ready Drupal 7 release code thaw Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 code freeze* * Code freeze not necessarily drawn to scale. Monday, June 22, 2009 When is “When it’s ready”? Monday, June 22, 2009 we only release when we get to 0 critical bugs, however long that takes 0 critical bugs Monday, June 22, 2009 we only release when we get to 0 critical bugs, however long that takes What’s new in Drupal 7? ? Monday, June 22, 2009 5.0 5.2 8.3 Monday, June 22, 2009 new minimum requirements Monday, June 22, 2009 Usability lab at U of B led to many improvements Acquia hired Mark Boulton: that work is happening now http://groups.drupal.org/drupal7ux http://d7ux.org/ Monday, June 22, 2009 Usability lab at U of B led to many improvements Acquia hired Mark Boulton: that work is happening now Monday, June 22, 2009 the html markup is better and allows for better CSS-only themes stark shows of the naked markup and you can use it to start a CSS-only theme Monday, June 22, 2009 the html markup is better and allows for better CSS-only themes stark shows of the naked markup and you can use it to start a CSS-only theme Monday, June 22, 2009 simpletest in core testing.d.o (runs against the core issue queue) contrib should use tests too http://www.flickr.com/photos/sebastian_bergmann/ Monday, June 22, 2009 Based on common PHP Data Objects (PDO) extension. currently core supports mysql, pgsql and sqlite transaction support and master/slave replication Database The next generation Monday, June 22, 2009 Based on common PHP Data Objects (PDO) extension. currently core supports mysql, pgsql and sqlite transaction support and master/slave replication Field API http://www.flickr.com/photos/essjay Monday, June 22, 2009 API in core / CCK is still the UI swappable storage (SQL, amazon s3, web services) can use on nodes and users Field API http://www.flickr.com/photos/essjay Monday, June 22, 2009 API in core / CCK is still the UI swappable storage (SQL, amazon s3, web services) can use on nodes and users File API http://flickr.com/photos/bunny/ Monday, June 22, 2009 first class objects new hooks don’t need to dink in files table anymore Performance http://flickr.com/photos/thatguyfromcchs08/ Monday, June 22, 2009 registry (cache all functions - must register files in .info) multi-load (node, file, taxonomy, user) Should I start building sites on Drupal 7? Monday, June 22, 2009 Should I start building sites on Drupal 7? NO! Monday, June 22, 2009 Should I start porting modules to Drupal 7? Monday, June 22, 2009 No one wants a repeat performance of a year long lag in contrib being ready You can help uncover bugs that we can fix in advance of code freeze Get familiar with Drupal 7 ahead of the pack Should I start porting modules to Drupal 7? YES! Monday, June 22, 2009 No one wants a repeat performance of a year long lag in contrib being ready You can help uncover bugs that we can fix in advance of code freeze Get familiar with Drupal 7 ahead of the pack Should I start porting modules to Drupal 7? YES! * Sense of adventure required. ;) * Monday, June 22, 2009 No one wants a repeat performance of a year long lag in contrib being ready You can help uncover bugs that we can fix in advance of code freeze Get familiar with Drupal 7 ahead of the pack Will $feature be in Drupal 7? Monday, June 22, 2009 Will $feature be in Drupal 7? MAYBE. Monday, June 22, 2009 Drupal is a... Monday, June 22, 2009 The only work/fixes/features that go in are the ones people work on Everyone can help - not just developers Drupal is a... DO-OCRACY Monday, June 22, 2009 The only work/fixes/features that go in are the ones people work on Everyone can help - not just developers Core maintainers Dries Buytaert Drupal project lead Neil Drumm Drupal 5 maintainer Monday, June 22, 2009 Gábor Hojtsy Drupal 6 maintainer Angela Byron Drupal 7 maintainer Commit access to Drupal core They donʼt write patches, they just commit them SLAC Neil Drumm Drupal 5 maintainer Monday, June 22, 2009 Core maintainers Dries Buytaert Drupal project lead Gábor Hojtsy Drupal 6 maintainer KERS Angela Byron Drupal 7 maintainer Commit access to Drupal core They donʼt write patches, they just commit them Monday, June 22, 2009 Over 300 contributors to 1,000+ patches so far! Team Drupal 7 (some of) Monday, June 22, 2009 Team Drupal 7 (some of) Monday, June 22, 2009 Get started CVS: DRUPAL-7-0-UNSTABLE-7 http://code.google.com/p/d7ux/ Monday, June 22, 2009 Grab the code and start playing - you can get HEAD from CVS or tarball on d.o - port modules against the unstables - get the latest d7ux patches in the google code repo Monday, June 22, 2009 something for everyone! Patch spotlight http://drupal.org/community-initiatives/drupal-core Monday, June 22, 2009 something for everyone! Patch spotlight Addison Berry (add1sun) http://drupal.org/user/65088 http://rocktreesky.com Monday, June 22, 2009