Headless Drupal 7: RESTful + Backbone

Headless Drupal has been a hot topic lately, and if you're an advanced-level developer, you already know exactly what this is, and why it's useful.

On the other hand, if you're not part of this club, you're probably asking yourself WHAT IS THIS NEW THING AND WHY DO I WANT TO USE IT?

In this session (by Raphael (http://skyleafdesign.com/)), we'll start from a basic level, and find out exactly what a RESTful web service is, and why they've become so popular. Then, we’ll explore current solutions in the Drupal ecosystem, before focusing on the main topic, the RESTful module (https://www.drupal.org/project/restful) in Drupal 7. We’ll discover how, with only two files, we can create a powerful REST API that we can put to use immediately on any Drupal 7 site.

After a quick break for questions, we'll dive into the second half, where we’ll find out how to consume out new REST API using a variety of client-side technologies, from the lowly cURL to the mighty Backbone.js.

Virtual participation over Google Hangouts

If you want to participate in the meetup but can't make it down physically, no worries - you can participate over Google Hangouts!

We'll be starting the feed at 6:30pm - you can either use Google Hangouts to participate fully, ie. you can ask questions with your voice and interact (Google Hangouts link will be posted in comments at 6pm), or watch passively on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzSrtQvPdus).

The best food at a Meetup!

As always, Steve will bring some amazing home cookin'! We might not be the biggest Meetup, but we have the best food!

Bring your problems & successes:

Are you working on a Drupal site and hit a problem? Bring it to the meetup and we'll try to help you solve it!

Did you just create something awesome with Drupal? Or learn something cool? Show it off during a 5 minute lightning talk.

Hang out and co-work before the event (starting at 3.30pm)!

If you're available before the event, come hang out and co-work with us at the Hudson Business Lounge (http://www.hudson-business-lounge.com/) (only a few blocks from C2): 310 E Buffalo St

Basically, we'll all be sitting around working on our own Drupal-related things. This is a great time to ask for in-depth help with something or just see what everyone else is doing with Drupal.

You can call or text me (David) if you have trouble finding us: (262) 422-2337