State of Drupal keynote, DrupalCon Vienna
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DrupalCon New Orleans keynote. For a video recording of my presentation, see http://buytaert.net/state-of-drupal-presentation-september-2017.
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State of Drupal keynote, DrupalCon Vienna
- 2. DrupalCon Vienna riesnote with @Dries Buytaert Founder & Project Lead, Drupal
- 3. Drupal is growing and changing
- 4. Drupal is growing and changing
- 5. Numberofissues 0 6000 12000 18000 24000 2016 2017 22%increase! Number of issues fixed/closed on Drupal.org for core and contrib combined Source: https://dri.es/who-sponsors-drupal-development-2017
- 6. Numberofindividuals 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 2016 2017 Number of individuals contributing code on Drupal.org for core and contrib combined Source: https://dri.es/who-sponsors-drupal-development-2017 28%increase!
- 7. Numberoforganizations 0 225 450 675 900 2016 2017 Number of organizations contributing code on Drupal.org core and contrib combined Source: https://dri.es/who-sponsors-drupal-development-2017 26%increase!
- 8. Text Europe is very important for Drupal
- 9. 45% of all code contributions on drupal.org come from Europe (a lot of the sponsorship comes from North America) Source: https://dri.es/who-sponsors-drupal-development-2017 Oceania 3.4%North America 28.6% South America 3.4% Asia 19.7% Europe 44.6% Africa .3%
- 10. Non-code contributors are also critical to Drupal's success
- 11. Numberofattendees 0 1150 2300 3450 4600 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 TOTAL ATTENDANCE OF 50 EUROPEAN DRUPAL CAMPS Growinginvolvement! DrupalCamp attendance in Europe
- 12. DRUPAL BUSINESS SURVEY 2017 Answers from 239 executives at Drupal organizations
- 13. Most Drupal agencies are doing well In the last 12 months… Shrank 22.8% Stayed the same 28.7% Grew 48.5% Source: Drupal Business Survey 2017 Shrank 14.0% Stayed the same 39.0% Grew 47.0% Drupal sales pipeline is growing Drupal deal sizes are growing
- 14. Drupal 8 has become the go-to version, but we are still in transition Source: Drupal Business Survey 2017 Only Drupal 8 Mostly Drupal 8 but some Drupal 7 Equally Drupal 7 and Drupal 8 Mostly Drupal 7 but some Drupal 8 Drupal 7 only 12% 18% 7% 25% 38%
- 15. 0 400 800 1200 1600 Jan 1 2016 July 1 2016 Jan 1 2017 Sept 1 2017 Numberofcontribprojects withastableDrupal8release 1,400+ stable projects (4,000+ projects in development) 600 stable projects The Drupal 8 contrib ecosystem has matured a lot Over 2xincrease in 1 year
- 16. Several ‘infrastructure modules’ have become stable since DrupalCon Baltimore (Since 5 months ago) Chaos Tools Token Panels/ Panelizer Commerce Pathauto Search API/ Search API Solr
- 17. But we still have some work to do… – Backup and Migrate – Organic Groups – Rules – Feeds Fund upgrades Get involved in the issue queue! Become a co-maintainer
- 18. The Drupal 7 to Drupal 8 migration path is close: Only 12 critical Migrate bugs remain
- 19. VI People are raving about Drupal 8
- 20. VI Kim Pepper |💧kim.pepper Co-Founder & Technical Director @ PreviousNext
- 21. Launching October 4th, 2017 .4
- 22. 8.3 N/A ALPHA BETA STABLE Migrate Field Layout State of experimental modules in 8.3 Media Layout Discovery Datetime Range Inline Form Errors Workflow Settings Tray
- 23. 8.4 Progress on experimental modules in 8.4 N/A ALPHA BETA STABLE Migrate Field Layout Media Layout Discovery Datetime Range Inline Form Errors Workflow Settings Tray
- 24. Drupal is growing and changing
- 25. Drupal is growing and changing
- 26. prismic.io Sitecore WordPress Contentful Squarespace Joomla Wix Adobe Drupal 1) The vendor landscape is changing
- 27. prismic.io Sitecore WordPress Contentful Squarespace oomla Wix Adobe Drupal 1) The vendor landscape is changing
- 28. prismic.io Sitecore WordPressoomla Adobe Squarespace Drupal Contentful Wix Headless CMSes are growing 500%+ YoY Single blogs and brochure websites best served by SaaS Enterprise solutions moved beyond CMS and are competing on marketing capabilities 1) The vendor landscape is changing
- 29. prismic.io Sitecore WordPressoomla Adobe Squarespace Drupal Contentful Wix 1) The vendor landscape is changing
- 31. React Contentful Vue.js Azure Wix prismic.io Sitecore WordPress Joomla Node.js JavaScript AdobeAngular Headless Drupal Laravel Symfony Ember Squarespace AWS Drupal 2) The technology stack is expanding Node.js Angular Symfony React Laravel Vue.js 9.6% 17.2% 33.9% 42.3%43.5% 53.6% Non-Drupal technologies used by Drupal agencies: Source: Drupal Business Survey 2017
- 33. Change leads to uncertainty Who is Drupal for? What do I do? What do we do?
- 34. Drupal is for AMBITIOUS DIGITAL EXPERIENCES Source: https://dri.es/drupal-is-for-ambitious-digital-experiences
- 35. REACH Drupal scales from small to large Drupal Omni- channel website Multi-site platform Blog Brochure site Portfolio site SMB site with integrations Community engagement site
- 36. RICHNESS REACH It’s about richness, not reach Drupal Omni- channel website Multi-site platform Blog Brochure site Portfolio site SMB site with integrations Community engagement site
- 37. Multi-site platform Omni- channel websiteSMB site with integrations Community engagement site REACH Blog Brochure site Portfolio site RICHNESS Drupal Drupal is for sites with medium-to-high richness
- 38. SaaS builders REACH Blog Brochure site Portfolio site RICHNESS Drupal Drupal is no longer for simple sites Multi-site platform Omni- channel websiteSMB site with integrations Community engagement site Blog Brochure site Portfolio site Drupal-as-a-service could change that
- 39. SaaS builders REACH RICHNESS Drupal Drupal is no longer for simple sites, but for sites with medium-to- high richness, except maybe when they have a lot of traffic, and … Multi-site platform Omni- channel websiteSMB site with integrations Community engagement site Blog Brochure site Portfolio site
- 40. SaaS builders RICHNESS Drupal is for ambitious digital experiences Drupal REACH Multi-site platform Omni- channel websiteSMB site with integrations Community engagement site Blog Brochure site Portfolio site
- 41. REACH SaaS builders RICHNESS Drupal Multi-site platform Omni- channel websiteSMB site with integrations Community engagement site Blog Brochure site Portfolio site Ambitious is much more than just enterprise Enterprise
- 42. REACH SaaS builders RICHNESS Drupal Multi-site platform Omni- channel websiteSMB site with integrations Community engagement site Blog Brochure site Portfolio site Example: Small company that manages 50 rental properties. Not a lot of traffic but integrations with e-commerce system, booking system, customer support tool, etc. 50k EUR budget. Ambitious is much more than just enterprise Enterprise
- 43. REACH SaaS builders RICHNESS We won’t leave the non-enterprise majority behind Drupal Multi-site platform Omni- channel websiteSMB site with integrations Community engagement site Blog Brochure site Portfolio site Majority of Drupal ecosystem Enterprise
- 44. Drupal is growing and changing
- 45. Some people feel left behind…
- 46. Drupal is not for simple sites Updates are difficult and expensive I don’t want to learn object-oriented programming Drupal’s admin is dated Drupal is too hard to use Drupal 8 moves too fast
- 47. We aren’t going to “fix” these Drupal is not for simple sites I don’t want to learn object-oriented programming Drupal 8 moves too fast
- 48. Drupal is not for simple sites Updates are difficult and expensive I don’t want to learn object-oriented programming Drupal’s admin is dated Drupal is too hard to use Drupal 8 moves too fast
- 49. These are things we want to fix Updates are difficult and expensive Drupal’s admin is dated Drupal is too hard to use
- 50. What should we focus on? 1. Powerful site building tools 2. Easier updates & maintenance
- 51. What should we focus on? 1. Powerful site building tools 2. Easier updates & maintenance
- 54. People Process Created product management role on core committer team Tools
- 55. People Process Created product management role on core committer team Appointed UX designer @yoroy as a core committer Tools
- 56. People Process Created product management role on core committer team Appointed UX designer @yoroy as a core committer Tools And you!
- 58. People Process Lead with design and product management Tools
- 59. People Process Lead with design and product management Tools Most initiatives target non-developers Media, Layout, Workflows
- 65. People Tools Process Really good UX today: built in modern JavaScript
- 66. People Tools Process Really good UX today: built in modern JavaScript Many developers want modern JavaScript
- 67. Recommendation 1: Invest more in headless Drupal (API-first) Support a variety of JavaScript libraries User-facing front end Administrative front end Drupal Administrative front end
- 68. Recommendation 2: Improve administrative UIs using modern JavaScript library 1. Making Drupal easier to use 3. Dogfood web services APIs Order of priorities 2. Increase JS expertise in Drupal User-facing front end Administrative front end Drupal Administrative front end
- 69. Recommendation 3: Start small with one or two (new) administrative UIs The new layout builder maybe?
- 71. Table-based layouts Div-based layouts Separate mobile site Responsive website Static UIs (server-side, PHP) Dynamic UIs (client-side, JavaScript) 2005 2010 2015
- 72. What should we focus on? 1. Powerful site building tools 2. Easier updates & maintenance
- 73. What should we focus on? 1. Powerful site building tools 2. Easier updates & maintenance
- 74. Updates are difficult and expensive
- 75. WE HAVE FREQUENT UPDATES Monthly core updates Ad-hoc contrib updates 6-month core updates
- 76. WE HAVE MORE COMPLEX TOOLS Third-party libraries
- 77. Auto-updates ♥ Users want this “Without some form of automated security update solution in place, I fear I may never be allowed to take a holiday again” Really valuable when there is a critical security patch “I don’t have to hire expensive talent” This would protect Drupal’s reputation See https://www.drupal.org/node/2367319
- 78. Auto-updates But but but … Requires complex code Requires more testing Not everyone wants it “This makes Drupal.org a bigger target for malicious hackers” “We’d need a lot more testing or we risk breaking sites” “This would require the site to overwrite itself which is actually less secure” “I prefer to use version control” The best organizations overcome these concerns See https://www.drupal.org/node/2367319
- 79. We’re evolving in the right way Manual updates Auto-updates Drush updates Drupal 4.7
- 80. Update Manager We’re evolving in the right way Manual updates Auto-updates Drush updates Drupal 4.7 Drupal 7
- 81. Update Manager We’re evolving in the right way Manual updates Auto-updates Drush updates Drupal 4.7 Drupal 8 Drupal 7
- 82. Update Manager Drupal 7 Drupal 8Manual updates Auto-updates Source: Drupal Association analysis of drupal.org download data 59% of all Drupal 8 users update by downloading modules from drupal.org Drush updates Drupal 4.7 24% of all Drupal 8 users 22% of all Drupal 8 users
- 83. We need something more site builder-friendly Manual updates Auto-updates Drupal 7 Update Manager Drupal 8 Drush updates Drupal 4.7
- 84. Manual updates Auto-updates We don’t have to get there overnight Drupal 7 Update Manager Drupal 8 Drush updates Drupal 4.7
- 85. Manual updates Auto-updates We don’t have to get there overnight Drupal 7 Update Manager Drupal 8 Drush updates Drupal 4.7 Step 1: Auto-updates for security releases (core only)
- 86. Manual updates Auto-updates Step 2: Auto-updates for security releases (core + contrib) We don’t have to get there overnight Drupal 7 Update Manager Drupal 8 Drush updates Drupal 4.7 Step 1: Auto-updates for security releases (core only)
- 87. Manual updates Auto-updates Step 2: Auto-updates for security releases (core + contrib) Step 3: Auto-updates for all patch releases We don’t have to get there overnight Drupal 7 Update Manager Drupal 8 Drush updates Drupal 4.7 Step 1: Auto-updates for security releases (core only) (Might use Composer under the hood)
- 88. Manual updates Auto-updates Step 2: Auto-updates for security releases (core + contrib) Step 3: Auto-updates for all patch releases We don’t have to get there overnight Drupal 7 Update Manager Drupal 8 Drush updates Drupal 4.7 Step 1: Auto-updates for security releases (core only) (Might use Composer under the hood) Step 4: Auto-updates for minor releases
- 89. Lots to figure out … “Let’s build a UI for Composer” “Drupal.org’s packaging system could run Composer” “We need to make Composer better first” “Let’s connect Composer with the Update Manager” “Can’t we start with better documentation?” “Contributed modules should support semantic versioning first” “How are we going to improve our test infrastructure?” “Contributed modules should standardize on Composer first”
- 91. What should we focus on? 1. Powerful site building tools 2. Easier updates & maintenance
- 92. Drupal is not for simple sites Updates are difficult and expensive I don’t want to learn object-oriented programming Drupal’s admin is dated Drupal is too hard to use Drupal 8 moves too fast
- 94. REACH SaaS builders RICHNESS Drupal Multi-site platform Omni- channel websiteSMB site with integrations Community engagement site Blog Brochure site Portfolio site Majority of Drupal ecosystem Enterprise
- 95. Majority of Drupal ecosystem Enterprise
- 96. We’re lucky that we have a large community of contributors
- 97. We need to keep making it easier to contribute These problems are complex & time-sensitive
- 98. We need to support those companies that meaningfully contribute to core development Top contributing Drupal businesses according to https://dri.es/who-sponsors- drupal-development-2017
- 99. One such organization is Commerce Guys
- 101. This is the Drupal way
- 102. Always wanted to get involved? This week is the time and place to get started
- 103. hank you dri.es/subscribe @DRIES for these slides & more