Drupal 8 Lucky Dip

We will explore Drupal 8 further with a number of short presentations exploring various parts of the system. There's something for everyone this month: Blocks, Hamlets, Git, config management, Kibana, finances.

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

1. Blocks in Drupal 8 yes we can finally use them, Magda Kostrzewa
   Blocks are probably the most widely used 'feature' on Drupal 7 sites. But given their limitations in core we often resort to modules like Beans (https://www.drupal.org/project/bean). Luckily in Drupal 8 core, Blocks are now first class citizens! In this short talk I will look what Blocks have to offer out of the box in Drupal 8.

2. Hamlets, Annette Loudon
   Community Forge - Hamlets (https://www.drupal.org/project/cforge) is a Drupal redevelopment of the Community Exchange System which is mutual credit system used by hundreds of trading groups around the world. Annette will provide an overview of the Community Forge - Hamlets distribution and share some notes on behalf of developer Matthew Slater.

3. Visualize Apache Logs in Kibana in 10 minutes, Marji Cermak
   Marji will show us how to capture Apache logs and visualize them in Kibana - all in a couple of commands apparently. This will be a very brief version of his session at DrupalCon New Orleans.

4. Call for Sponsors, Murray Woodman
   The meetup group is looking for the next round of sponsors. Your logo could be in the left hand sidebar of this page. If you our your company would like to sponsor please come along and let us know. Includes discussion of the internal finances of the group for transparency.

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. The sponsors have supported this group for the last 15 months. Many thanks go to them. We are now looking for the next round of sponsors.

You might also like
You might also want to check out the meetups of some of our friends. The Sydney Drupal Social Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/Sydney-Drupal-Social-Meetup/) is (mostly) held on the first Thursday in the month at the Trinity Bar (http://www.trinitybar.com.au/) in Surry Hills. If you are into PHP, and you probably are, please check out SydPHP. For wider web related things there is also Port80.