Drupal testing and experiences with Drupal 8

The penultimate meetup for the year and the final one before the end of year party. There will be presentations on testing, reflections on Drupal 8 and a Q&A session. Bring your questions along!

Schedule
1800 Drinks
1830 Presentations
1915 Lightning talks and announcements
1930 Drinks, pizza, socialising and mentoring
2100 Kickout

Experiences with D.O.R.I.S, Bevan Wishart
Bevan will walk through a recent Drupal 8 project he has worked on: D.O.R.I.S.

A gentle introduction to testing: simpletest and phpunit for beginners, Alastair Moore
An introductory how to for testing.

Question and Answers
We'll go around the room at the start of the evening and will collectively answer any questions you have about Drupal. So bring your question along! If the response needs more detail we will team you up with someone to discuss further at the end of the sessions.

Looking for work?
A chance for Drupal developers who are looking for work (contracts, partnerships, employment) to make a 1 min pitch to the audience. This is your chance to intro yourself. Be sure to mention your skills and what work you are looking for.

Lightning talks
Got a quick 5 min talk up your sleeve? Bring it along on the day.

Get involved

We are actively encouraging presenters and mentors to come forth to take part in future events. If you have some ideas, just let us know. Each month there is room for lightning talks as well, so if you have something to present bring it along.

Sponsors

Shout out to the sponsors of the Meetup. You can see them listed on the left hand side of this page.

End of year party, 7th December

Drupal is joining up with the other Sydney web based meetup groups and are having a party on the 7th December at the Standard Bowl. Full details here: https://sydney.meetupmixup.com/

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You might also want to check out the meetups of some of our friends. If you are into PHP, and you probably are, please check out SydPHP. For wider web related things there is also Port80.