Look out for Hook 42 at DrupalCon 2019 in Seattle!
It’s that time again, another DrupalCon is fast approaching and our team couldn’t be more excited for this year’s Seattle event. We’ve got a lot in store for you this year, from presentations, BOFs, sponsorships, partnership collaborations, and using our listening ears. You’ll find our team distributed all about.
We’re bringing a stacked line-up of knowledge and experiences to drop on 'ya this year. Not only that, we’re looking forward to hearing all the ups and downs you’ve had this past year, and how we’re all growing together within the Drupal community.
Let’s get to sharing!
Summits
Join us at the Performance and Scalability Summit on Monday. Hook 42 and Tandem have worked with the Drupal Association to line up leading speakers to cover scaling performant Drupal websites to scaling efficient Drupal development teams. The Performance and Scalability Summit is the place for developers, DevOps professionals, decision makers, and other technical stakeholders to plan for growth.
Talks
To hear from our experts, find us at one of our talks where we’ll review insights our team has experienced first-hand and how we’re adapting to the new and old needs of evolving technology.
Database Query Optimization in Drupal
Kristen talks all things database, and walks through how to put the sluggish operations behind you to optimize your Drupal environment. Covering the basic optimization steps isn’t always enough, exploring options past the basics will help streamline your Drupal environment for both front-end and back-end users.
Accessibility Deep Dive Workshop
Aimee is teaming up with Caroline Boyden, from UC Berkeley, to take a closer look at accessibility. Together, they’ll use real-world examples of how accessibility is best implemented, and how every member of your team can be part of accessibility, from designers to developers to content authors and everything in between.
Which Accessibility Tools are Right for You?
Aimee breaks down the best tools for implementing and testing accessibility, and the benefits and areas of improvement for these tools. Taking a look at what is available today, and how your team can take advantage of these tools to increase your website’s accessibility.
Drupal 8 Case Study – Stanford Cantor Arts Center Redesign
Kristen and Ryan join forces to walk through one of Hook 42’s latest client projects. Focusing on the implementation of good design and development, and how Drupal was the perfect place to house the dynamic technical needs of the team at Stanford.
A Survey of Emerging Technologies That Complement Drupal
Adam and Ryan are teaming together to talk about the latest tech to take advantage of Drupal’s flexibility and ability to interact well with modern advancements on the web.
Considerations of Federated Search and Drupal
Adam shines the light into federated search, its importance, and how you can implement this applications within Drupal. Taking a close look at how to pair the application with Drupal to minimize risk and increase cross-platform communications.
Sponsors
Women in Drupal Luncheon
We’re proud to sponsor the Women in Drupal Luncheon, fostering inclusivity and empowerment within the Drupal community. We’ll gather to enjoy delicious food, talk shop, and relax amongst professionals.
BOF
Simplytest.me
VP of Engineering, Adam Bergstein maintains the SimplyTest.me service leverage by the Drupal community for testing and prototyping community contributions. Join him for a BOF on Wednesday! We want to chat with you all things about our go-to browser testing tool for all our Drupal projects.
Adam is also sorting out the Drupal Coffee Exchange meetup.
Partner
Lingotek Session: Avoiding Trouble Spots When Creating a Multilingual Site
Our partner, Lingotek, has organized a session revolving around the challenges with multilingual websites. Through the session you’ll learn about common challenges with multilingual websites, and how you can get ahead of those issues. We’ll be there to support Lingotek and help answer questions during the session.
We Hope To See You There
If you haven’t already registered for DrupalCon Seattle, get on it! We’re ready for yet another amazing DrupalCon adventure, and we’re looking forward to seeing old and new faces in the crowd.