To rate these sessions, click the links below leading to the sessions page's at the DrupalCon Denver website. Log in to the DrupalCon website (using your drupal.org account), then scroll down the page. Find this box, as seen below, and click the link that best matches how you feel about the session and its content:
Be Independent with EntityFieldQueries
by Mikke Schirén – Drupal Developer
With Drupal 7 we got EntityFieldQueries and big possiblies to use the Drupal API to render our content independent of which database we use to store our field entities in. With solutions like Views we are more or less stuck with MySQL/MariaDB – which could be perfect for small and medium size websites, but if we want to build websites that could manage a lot users, and many of them is logged in, we maybe want to use something like MongoDB and other NoSql databases. If so, we could not use Views.
Go here to vote: http://denver2012.drupal.org/program/sessions/be-independent-entityfieldqueries
Get the Most Out of the Drupal Community
by Thomas Svenson – Drupal Developer
A session focusing on the benefits for users to get involved in the Drupal community, particularly new users and those with limited coding skills and experience.
Go here to vote: http://denver2012.drupal.org/program/sessions/get-most-out-drupal-community
How to Build a Scalable Platform for Today's Publishers
by Dick Olsson – Drupal Solution Architect on leave for working for Al Jazeera English
Publishers are expected to deliver content faster than ever. Editors need fast and easy content management. Content needs to be delivered fast without seconds of cache delay. And the social web creates traffic spikes bigger than ever. This imposes some real challenges for site builders trying to build performing, scalable and maintainable platforms. This session will target site builders and dive deep into three particular problems that we faced building one of the most high-traffic sites on Drupal to date.
Go here to vote: http://denver2012.drupal.org/program/sessions/how-build-scalable-platform-todays-publishers
How to Exceed Your Client's Expectations Using Effect Mapping
by Jakob Persson – Co-founder, Usability Specialist and Web Strategist
Many projects fall prey to obsession with details, poor prioritization and inability to deliver what the client expects – business value. Effect mapping is a complete method that addresses these problems. It is based on the fact that business value is only delivered when and if the site is being used. It shifts focus from requirements to the intended goal of a project, the effect, and how it’s achieved by meeting user needs and client's expectations. At NodeOne, effect mapping is part of every project we undertake.
Go here to vote: http://denver2012.drupal.org/program/sessions/how-exceed-your-client%E2%80%99s-expectations-using-effect-mapping
Painting the Bikeshed: Lessons from a Drupal 8 Initiative Owner
by Greg Dunlap – Drupal Solution Architect
In March of 2011 I was named as the first initiative owner for Drupal 8. I was excited and proud and itching to get going, but I felt one emotion more than any other - paralyzing fear. The Drupal community is filled with talented engineers, but moving from coder to project manager and community leader can be incredibly difficult. This session will outline some of the lessons I've learned about our community and the ways to (or more often not to) get it moving towards a goal.
Go here to vote: http://denver2012.drupal.org/program/sessions/painting-bikeshed-lessons-drupal-8-initiative-owner
The New Drupal Framework
by Greg Dunlap – Drupal Solution Architect
The Configuration Management Initiative (CMI) and Web Services and Context Core Initiative (WSCCI) have been hard at work on Drupal 8 for some time. Major changes are afoot, changes that are fundamentally changing the way Drupal works to take it into the next decade.
Go here to vote: http://denver2012.drupal.org/program/sessions/new-drupal-framework