Wednesday, October 2

Composer Basics

The Composer dependency manager can sometimes be a little intimidating for new users - until you learn just a little bit about what is under the hood, then the full power of both this tool is fully revealed. In this half-day workshop, we'll learn the basics of Composer to manage a project's dependencies using hands-on examples. Once we know the basics, we'll take a look at a the "Drupal Composer Drupal Project" Composer template - a current best practice for managing Drupal 8 codebases. As time permits, additional Composer-related tips and tricks will be discussed and demonstrated.

New Contributor Workshop

Come for the code, stay for the community. Drupal thrives on community contributions in the form of patches and documentation to both contributed modules and core. This helps the project move forward and stay relevant. Not everyone who works on open source projects is a senior developer. Drupal is built through lots of little tasks. Smaller tasks help people increase confidence and gain experience, which, in turn, leads to more contributions. We'll build on each other's strengths to learn how to navigate the issue queue while having fun trying new things.