During the past few CharDUG (Charlotte Drupal User Group) meetings, I realized that we have a real need to help our existing Charlotte area Drupalers using Drupal 7 to move on to Drupal 8. There is also a huge opportunity to train those completely new to web development and Drupall. Out of some recent conversations, I have put together a training series that will span the next 6 months and become the focus for each of our monthly meetings on the 2nd Wednesday of each month.

The CharDUG Drupal 8 Training Series is a comprehensive set of training workshops to get attendees up to speed with all aspects of Drupal 8. Whether you are brand new to Drupal, focused on content management, a frontend or backend developer, or devops engineer, this series contains what you will need to utilize Drupal 8 to its potential.

Attendees should bring friends, laptops, and questions. There is no need to attend all sessions, though recommended for those new to Drupal. An outline of what to expect is provided below. If you have questions or suggestions, don’t hesitate to reach out on meetup.com or @chardug.

Drupal 8: Installation and Features

• June 2018
  • What is Drupal?
    • Community
    • Open Source
    • Contributing to Drupal
  • How to install Drupal 8
  • Important features of note
  • Changes since Drupal 7
  • Drupal release schedule

Drupal 8: Site Building

• Julu 2018
  • Installing Drupal 8
  • Using Composer with Drupal
  • How to build a site without any development
    • Installing modules and themes
  • Top Drupal 8 contributed modules
  • Users, roles, and permissions
  • Configuring Drupal

Drupal 8: Managing Content

• August 2018
  • Content management concepts
    • Content types
    • Content authoring experience
    • Content moderations
    • Permissions and roles
    • Content scheduling
  • Creating and editing content
  • Blocks
  • Layout Builder
  • Paragraphs

Drupal 8: Layout and Theming

• September 2018
  • Layout options
  • Responsive design
  • Images and media
  • Developing a Drupal theme
  • Drupal and responsive layouts
  • Decoupled Drupal frontends

Drupal 8: Module Development

• October 2018
  • Developing a module
    • Menus and routes
    • Permissions
    • Creating pages and admin forms
    • Event subscribers
  • Writing and running tests

Drupal 8: Deployment and Next Steps

• November 2018
  • Deploying to production
    • Development workflows
    • Security
      • Guardr
    • SEO
  • Next steps for Drupal
    • Drupal 9
    • New initiatives
    • Decoupled Drupal

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