1. Five Things I Learned at DrupalCon 2010
Julia Kulla-Mader
http://www.juliakm.com
@JuliaKM
2. Drupal + Government Growing in Popularity
• The New York Senate is doing great things with its Drupal website (live
streaming, focus on open standards, Chartbeat for live analytics)
• White House is contributing Drupal Modules (http://www.whitehouse.gov/
tech)
• White House Keynote: http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/open-
source-government
3. Drupal Distributions Are the Next Big Thing
• Fully functional packages can now be downloaded from Drupal.org (all you
have to do is install)
• OpenAtrium is a super-popular distribution
• Drupal Distributions Presentation: http://www.archive.org/details/
DrupalconSf2010DrupalDistributionsOnDrupal.org
4. Services Module Powering
Android and iPhone Apps
• Developers are using the services module to create iPhone and Android
applications
• Example application: http://greatbrewers.com/story/beercloud-iphone
• Services + iPhone presentation: http://www.archive.org/details/
DevelopingAppsForIphoneipadandroidUsingDrupalAsBaseSystem
5. Big Advances in Theming
• Fusion Theme lets you customize all sorts of things via the user interface
• Drupal Gardens lets you focus on the design of sites without worrying about
the server
• Fusion Presentation with Sheena: http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/
sessions/theming-fusion-new-approach-layout-and-modular-styles
6. Drupal is not Just for Developers Anymore
• There were lots of business-focused presentations on running a Drupal shop,
project management, and usability
• The crowd was far less developer-heavy than the past DrupalCon
7. (Bonus) Drupal 7 is a Big Deal
• Drupal 7 will include RDF integration
• Semantic Web Presentation: http://www.slideshare.net/scorlosquet/rdf-
presentation-at-drupalcon-san-francisco-2010
• Drupal 7 include lots of improvements for designers
• Drupal 7 Theming Presentation: http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/
sessions/grok-drupal-7-theming
• Drupal 7 will be more powerful. Fields API means independent DB support
(MongoDB, CouchDB, etc)
