DrupalNYC rebrands as DrupalNJ; RSVP for April's events
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RSVP for April's events
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To help you recover from the totally legitimate news that DrupalNYC is becoming DrupalNJ, we invite you to RSVP for our upcoming events, which are part of DrupalFest 2021:
April 7th's talks
Lightning talks
Come prepared (or unprepared!) to give a short talk (max. 10 minutes) on a topic of your choice! Optionally email speak@drupalnyc.org with a title for your talk so we can promote it in advance.
Add a robust events system to your Drupal site in minutes
by Martin Anderson-Clutz
Managing dates and times can be complex: with timezones, daylight savings time, leap years, and even regional formatting differences, there's a lot to manage. On top of all that, the editors on your site are familiar with feature-rich calendar software from the likes of Google, Apple, and Microsoft, and will expect your site to follow their conventions.
This talk will focus on how the use of Smart Date, and its companion module Smart Date Calendar Kit, will give your site a robust events system, quickly and with minimal effort. The provided install includes intuitive, drag-and-drop management of events, and is fully extensible, so you can build on it to meet the specific needs of your site. Even better, adding recurring dates support is only two clicks extra!
We'll start with a stock Drupal 9 install, and you'll see the installation in real time, with a variety of features demoed.
Bio
Martin started his Drupal journey in 2005, with version 4.6. Since then, his passion the community has been shown in his frequent participation at Drupal user groups, local Drupalcamps, and Drupalcons, often as a speaker. He has been with Digital Echidna since 2015, where he currently goes by the moniker of Senior Consultant, Solutions Architect. He also maintains a number of contrib modules, including Smart Date, Search Overrides, and a few others.
April 20th's talks
IP Ranger "The IP Friendly Network Detection Module" (lightning talk)
by Darryle Steplight
You have a batch of known IP addresses associated with your product. You want to know if a given site visitor is logged on or off your network so you can apply other needed business logic. This module is IPv4/6 friendly and has support for CIDRs. It will update your session data on each page load so you know if a user is out-of-network.
Bio
Darryle is an open-source advocate that is certified in managing Agile Teams. He loves product roadmaps, organizing product backlogs, honest retrospective meetings and is looking forward to launching some mobile products which are currently in development.
Automated testing for Drupal
by David Jeyachandran
Do you feel like Automated Tests are complicated and not worth the effort? What if there was a simple way to set-up automated tests that didn't take days? What if there was a way you could test forms and other critical functionality in your Drupal site without much pain?
David will demonstrate setting up an automated test using end-to-end tests using a tool called Puppeteer. It's easy to install and set-up a test that, for example, opens a page, enters values in fields and then submit a form. It's a useful tool to have in your arsenal and could help make your sites more robust.
Bio
David is a software engineer from Australia. He worked for PwC and then at an Australian bank where he first learned the power of Drupal. Currently he lives with his wife and three kids in a beautiful city nestled in the Andes mountains of Perú. One of his passions is building sites that open rapidly, even with poor bandwidth and on old devices. He loves code, cycling and coffee but not necessarily in that order.
Joining the video conference
We will send Zoom meeting details on or before the day of the event to the email address you provide when you RSVP. If you need help joining the event, please find support on DrupalNYC Slack.
More upcoming DrupalNYC events
Unless stated otherwise, our evening meetups are on the first Wednesday of each month and start at 6pm ET and our lunch & learns are on the third Tuesday of each month and start at 12pm ET. Virtual until further notice.
Want to help organize? Something new and different? Join us in the #meetup-organize channel on DrupalNYC Slack and let's make it happen!
May 5: May meetup
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with our May meetup!
May 18: May lunch & learn
Learn something about Drupal on company time! Also a great opportunity to connect with other Drupalers.
Interested in speaking at a lunch & learn or meetup or have a topic you'd like us to find a speaker for? speak@drupalnyc.org
More upcoming Drupal events
- DrupalFest is online throughout April.
- DrupalCon North America is online April 12-16.
- A11yTalks - Making a COVID-19 Site Accessible: From Tweet to Action is online April 22
- Decoupled Days is online July 14-15. Call for papers is open through May 1.
Find more events at drupal.org/community/events.
February 3 meetup recording
March 3 meetup recording
Stay in touch
Have feedback for your volunteer organizers? We want to hear it: feedback@drupalnyc.org
Interested in sponsoring a future meetup? We'd love to hear from you: sponsor@drupalnyc.org
We always need more speakers! Volunteer to speak or request a topic: speak@drupalnyc.org
Join us on DrupalNYC Slack, our online community.
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