If Then Else Visual Programming module with Neerav Mehta

Join the San Francisco, Bay Area Drupal community the second Thursday of the month.

General Agenda:

• 5:30 -6:00 pm: Networking and socializing (Food sponsored by Pantheon)
• 6:00 - 6:15 pm: “Your Dose of Drupal Dialogue”
  — Discussion on what’s in Drupal news
  — Who is hiring in the SF Bay Area? Who needs to hire?
• 6:15 - 7:15: Presentation - If Then Else Visual Programming module - Neerav Mehta, Founder and CEO of Red Crackle
• 7:15 - 7:30 pm: Wrap up, more hanging out and chatting up Drupal
• 7:30 - Head to the local watering hole, Wooden Nickel at 1900 Folsom St.

If Then Else (https://www.drupal.org/project/if_then_else) visual programming module lets you automate execution of actions on your site by connecting code blocks using a drag-n-drop editor and not touching PHP code. Here are a few of the examples where you could use this:

1. Set up marketing automation rules for sending personalized emails to users depending on the actions they take.
2. Redirect users to different dashboard / page depending on the roles they have.
3. Validate values of a form submission without using any code.

For those of you who are familiar with Rules module, here are the major differences:

1. Modern graphical UI using rete.js library (https://rete.js.org/). Flows are much easier to set up and inspect.
2. Support for "Else" statement is in-built instead of relying on a separate module.
3. Support for form alteration, validation and submission is in-built without relying on a separate module.
4. Much easier to track inputs to conditions and actions for an admin who is not familiar with Drupal's tokens.

The session will include a demo of how you can use the module to set up different flows on your site. If the audience desires, we'll also go into the underlying PHP code and how you can contribute to enhance the module even further.

You'll benefit from this presentation if:

1. You are a site-builder who wants to automate actions on your Drupal site without touching PHP.
2. You are a module developer and are interested in contributing back to Drupal by working on enhancing the If Then Else module.
3. You are a UI/UX designer / themer and have suggestions on how the UI/UX can be improved.

About the speaker:
Neerav Mehta is the founder of Red Crackle (http://redcrackle.com) which specializes in Drupal focussed web development. He has been involved with Drupal community since over 7 years.

About the sponsor:
Pantheon(https://pantheon.io/) is the website operations platform top developers, marketers, and IT use to build, launch and run all their Drupal and WordPress websites.

Where: Mission Center Building, UCSF Room MCB 6A
1855 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94103, USA
The building entrance is on a parking lot which is entered from 15th Street or Harrison

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