Birds of a Feather (BoFs) Wednesday 1:15pm to 3:30pm

BoFs take place this year on Wednesday and Thursday afternoon. Use the form below to "pre-submit" a BoF topic and we'll reserve a spot on the board for you. BoFs can also be scheduled in-person on the day of the event.

What is a BoF?

Birds of a Feather sessions (or BoFs) are informal gatherings of like-minded individuals who wish to discuss a certain topic without a pre-planned agenda. BoFs allow groups to meet and discuss issues relating to regular camp sessions and talk out common problems facing the community.

Have fun and learn! BoFs exist to provide attendees with an inclusive, informal environment in which to share ideas freely. BoFs can be serious, and a great way to gather the people you’ve been working remotely with on a project in a space to deep dive on a topic, but they can also be fun as well. Coloring BoF? Why not!

All BoFs must adhere to the Code of Conduct.

How to Run a Successful BoF

• Be respectful of scheduled BoFs
• Encourage participation from attendees and get everyone’s input
• Split the group if your BoF gets too big so everyone can be heard
• Collaborate with BoF owners if you want to propose similar topics

2023 Birds of a Feather

BoFs will be scheduled for 30-minute time periods, from 1:15pm to 3:30pm.

Available Slots Room 314A

1:15pm (up to 4 tables)

• Data Visualization in Drupal | Daniel Cothran
  This will be a discussion about how to visualize data in Drupal. Maintainer(s) of the Charts module will be there to demonstrate features or discuss issues if requested.
• Drupal release management | Matthew Ramir
  Effective release management is one of the most critical aspects of Drupal project development. It involves planning, coordinating, and deploying releases while ensuring stability and reliability. In this bof, we will discuss and share the best practices and strategies we use for managing releases in Drupal projects.

1:45pm (up to 4 tables)

• Drupal upgrade tooling discussion | Matt Glaman
   Office-hour type BoF around phpstan-drupal, drupal-rector, upgrade_status, and drupal-check.
   

2:15pm (up to 4 tables)

• Table 1

2:45pm (up to 4 tables)

• Table 1

Available Slots Room 314B

1:15pm (up to 4 tables)

• Running Drupal on Amezmo | Steven DuBois
  An overview of the Amezmo platform and how it can be used for hosting Drupal sites. I'll provide an interactive demo showing a deployment of a new Drupal 9 site, and talk about how DevCollaborative has used Amezmo for our clients. Open discussion and Q&A to follow.
  This BoF would be of interest to anyone looking for a new web hosting platform for Drupal sites.

1:45pm (up to 4 tables)

• Mastodon, Activity Pub, and the Fediverse - Open Source Decentralized Social Media | Tim Erickson

2:15pm (up to 4 tables)

• Project Browser | Bob Snodgrass
  What is Project Browser, How can you help, Issue triage for Contrib Day. https://www.drupal.org/project/project_browser and Drupal Slack #project-browser

2:45pm (up to 4 tables)

• Backdrop CMS - An alternative upgrade option for Drupal 7 | Tim Erickson
  This will be a discussion about Backdrop CMS and what is happening in the community. First priority is to answer any questions that folks have about Backdrop and about upgrading from Drupal 7 to Backdrop CMS. After that, we can talk about anything of interest, such as:
  1) What's new in the Backdrop community?
  2) The Drupal 7 soft landing initiative.
  3) The future of Backdrop
  4) Contributing to Backdrop
   
• Drupal Recipes | Bob Snodgrass
  Discussions about Putting Drupal Recipes into code and modernizing Distributions. Drupal Recipes (https://www.drupal.org/project/drupalrecipes) to Distribution Modernization and Recipes (https://www.drupal.org/about/core/strategic-initiatives-distributions-and-recipes). Drupal Slack #distributions-and-recipes
  If you help maintain a Distribution, how can the process be improved? https://www.drupal.org/project/distributions_recipes/issues/3350918