Click to watch "We need to look back to move forward"
As we all look forward to seeing the final release of Drupal 8, in this session we will take a step back and look at the past and how we got here, how Drupal has changed over the years, and how we as a community have improved. We will have a chance to recall a growing pains as well as shiny moments. Doubtlessly, Drupal has changed our life. This session will show how it went backwards too -- our life changed Drupal too.
Over the session we will take a look at all 15 major releases of Drupal from 1.0 to 7.x and some of the major hi-lights like:
- node system, what was before the node system? why does everything want to be a node?
- The menu system, the early days of the menu system. how this has grown up, and the major future changes.
- formapi and hook_form_alter() why hook_form_alter() was one of the largest, but only a small contribution for Drupal
- How we used to theme, and how theming has changed, and improved.
- Administration has changed, configuration and adding content
- How we got a first class update system, and what was also spawned from and gave use many other great tools.
Also uncovering the truths behind the 2 most requested items in Drupal. hows these were finally put to rest.
- All objects should be first class objects
- Everything should be nodes. users, comments, etc
We have grown up, as a product and a community and this is a session to celebrate it.
