http://london2011.drupal.org/taxonomy/term/2994/0 en http://london2011.drupal.org/conference/sessions/product-framework-or-platform-what-they-mean-and-why-you-should-care <div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-presenters"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/users/eaton" class="user-name">Jeff Eaton</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>As Drupal's popularity has grown, its core audience of hobbyist developers has exploded into an international community of businesses, nonprofits, independent developers, startups, and governments. Bubbling under the surface is a recurring debate: Is 'Drupal' a product for people who build web sites, a framework for web developers, or a platform that other products are built on?</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-audience"> <div class="field-label">Intended Audience:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Core developers and decision makers looking to understand the history and motivations of the &#039;smallcore&#039; movement; developers looking to shape or participate in the development of Drupal&#039;s APIs; business stakeholders considering the future of Drupal for their web applications and web projects. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-answered"> <div class="field-label">Questions answered by this session:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> What&#039;s the difference between a product and a framework? </div> <div class="field-item even"> How has Drupal&#039;s evolving community shaped the software&#039;s priorities? </div> <div class="field-item odd"> What parts of Drupal are hot spots for this debate today? </div> <div class="field-item even"> Is it possible for Drupal to be both at once? </div> <div class="field-item odd"> How can we answer these questions and build a stronger, more resilient ecosystem? </div> </div> </div> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-schedule"><legend>Schedule info</legend><div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-session-slot"> <div class="field-label">Time slot:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/timeslot/23-august-1300-1400">23 August 13:00 - 14:00</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-session-room"> <div class="field-label">Room:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/room/ashcroft-theatre">Ashcroft Theatre</a> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-session-slides"> <div class="field-label">Slides:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-application-pdf" alt="application/pdf icon" src="http://london2011.drupal.org/sites/all/modules/contrib/filefield/icons/application-pdf.png" /><a href="/sites/default/files/product-framework-drupal.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=3916794">product-framework-drupal.pdf</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://london2011.drupal.org/conference/sessions/product-framework-or-platform-what-they-mean-and-why-you-should-care" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://london2011.drupal.org/conference/sessions/product-framework-or-platform-what-they-mean-and-why-you-should-care#comments Ecosystem Intermediate smallcore sustainability UX Sun, 15 May 2011 17:05:01 +0000 eaton 1999 at http://london2011.drupal.org