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Our team in a variety of countries share ideas, experiences, advice, news and more in their blogs…
From Content to Experience — Dries Buytaert's Drupalcon Keynote
Dries Buytaert, Drupal's founder and project lead, presents his six-monthly keynote at Drupalcon, and sets out where he thinks Drupal needs to go.
Steve Parks - 2013|05|21 - 0 commentsUsing Selenium IDE and Sideflow to log in to a Drupal 7 site
My team has been looking into the Firefox add-on Selenium IDE as a quick and simple way to create automated tests for our Drupal sites. Selenium IDE out of the box does not support conditionals, making it hard to account for unexpected behaviour. For instance, it's easy to make a test of the basic Drupal login functionality, but if the user is already logged in when running that test (a common scenario when working on a site), the test will fail. The solution to this is called Sideflow.
Johanna Lindh - 2013|05|16 - 2 commentsSolving the Evolution Problem
We're not talking about Darwin, but about the fact that a website project - even after delivery - will often stay in a state of evolution before becoming ‘stable’. The evolution itself isn’t the problem. Responding to that evolution is often what causes operational headaches. This article will not deal with the technical complexities of the Drupal development lifecycle, the CMI in Drupal 8 should solve that. Here we delve into the operational issues of website evolution.
Roel De Meester - 2013|05|11 - 0 commentsOpenBelgium donated to the Open Knowledge Foundation
Three years ago we've launched the OpenBelgium.be website to support the growth of Open Data in Belgium. Today we hand over the keys of the website to the Open Knowledge Foundation in Belgium so they can use it for their cause.
Roel De Meester - 2013|05|02 - 0 commentsMakings of an ideal Drupal developer
Most companies are on an eternal search for ideal employees. There are plenty of good Drupal developers out there, but what sets the really great ones apart from the rest?
Vesa Palmu - 2013|04|25 - 0 commentsThe Helpful Guide to Healthy Web Projects
A booklet giving a simple introduction to better web projects with Agile and Open Source.
Steve Parks - 2013|04|19 - 0 commentsPublic Sector Drupal Case Studies
Two large government departments spoke about their experiences with Drupal at the 'Open Source, Open Standards' event in London.
Steve Parks - 2013|04|18 - 0 commentsOpen Source Security For Government
Dr Ian Levy is the technical director of CESG, the UK government's authority for information assurance. He spoke at the 'Open Source, Open Standards' about evaluating the security of open source for government projects.
Steve Parks - 2013|04|18 - 1 commentsOpen Source and the UK Government
Tariq Rashid is the Open Source Policy Lead for the UK Government. At the 'Open Source, Open Standards' public sector conference, he spoke about the quest to better meet user needs, while providing better value.
Steve Parks - 2013|04|18 - 0 commentsNotes from Frontend United
Drawing conclusions
Roy Scholten - 2013|04|16 - 1 comments