![]() The other Annertech guys raced around the place, which was a really classy, jazz-style club, with a big stage, round tables, and stylish lights. I spent the night correcting quiz sheets as fast as I could, while maintaining accuracy, and being offered a steady supply of beer. I wonder, will I ever attend a prototyping talk I don’t like? Trivia NightĪ Drupal Ireland tradition, so I’m told. And I really like planning, especially when it means that I can avoid doing hard, messy stuff down the line. I like anything to do with sharpies, scissors, scribbling.I could go on. Stella’s talk about Annertech’s internal Drupal 8 build-off - #d8in8 was one of the better ones for content and delivery. John Albin's demo for this talk Flower Power: A Component Style Guide and his slide presentation are both well worth spending some time with.Ī nice variation on the keynote. The maintainability of having to copy the html into the sass files is such that I know I won’t do it. More poignantly, and definitely what got people most excited, was that it sounds really awesome.Īs does: Styleguide - Driven Development: The New Web Development It was kinda new and so a bit controversial. The crowd was really into it, for two reasons. GSS - the CSS layout system that's 2 generations aheadĪs part of the September’s Drupal Dublin meet up, I was party to a preview of this talk by Annertech's own Alan Burke. ![]() Near the end, a point about design patterns forming out of the process of creating, testing, and reacting, was hit upon. Note to self: check out some of his sci-fi. It was about people collaborating in code and design, and how to make that as frictionless as possible so the project thrives. The specific software and tools weren’t the point. ![]() It dealt with how to get people involved, on a very practical level. It was unexpected - the title and description didn’t really grab me. I actually got really fired up about this one. As a nice balance to the abstract (and to finish off the session) I was given a hands-on run through of a grunt workflow, from people who were no doubt quite expert. It can be applied to many things, and it’s all really quite philosophical. Emma Jane used a great analogy as a tool to help people conceptualise unfamiliar ideas and digital spaces. These guys might have been sharing opinions about current trends and topics in our industry, but it was the first I’d heard of a lot of it, and I found myself encouraged that other front-end devs navigate the same water as I do. Is it stuff of inspiration or same ol’? What action comes from a talk like that from Dries, I wonder? The State of the Front End I’m curious about what the more seasoned members of the local community will take make of it. Dries Buytaert Keynoteĭries’ talk about his vision of the future of Drupal (if that’s a fair description) was definitely my first real glimpse into the community as a movement, a whole, an international thingy - and I think I’m still ingesting those details, and the ramifications. Hmmm, everyone’s pretty enthused… Are those light-sabers? Geez, I thought Dries was a bit taller. ![]() I have a new favourite city, and very fond memories of a real, live Van Gogh. Know you won’t see everything, so make what you do see count.įirst on the agenda - get the travel bug out of my system. The essence of the one that stuck with me the most is: I was given various bits of advice leading up to my attending my first DrupalCon ever.
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