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;title: Migrating Drupal<br />
;author: Lukasz Sokolowski<br />
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== Upgrading Drupal - nightmare or fun? ⌘==<br />
[[File:DruUpgrade.jpg|640px]]<br />
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== Migrating Drupal 7 - Backdrop vs Drupal 9 ⌘==<br />
* '''Migrating''' framework between '''big versions''' might be a nightmarish experience<br />
* Any migration involves '''a lot of efforts''' in many aspects, not only from the infrastructure or UX perspectives<br />
* I "survived" migrations between Drupal 5-7, yes, literally it was '''The Survival'''<br />
* '''Drupal 8''' is a complete rewrite and new way of doing things<br />
* Do we really like it, all the changes? Is there any other good way?<br />
* Do you wanna know how Backdrop can make your life easier?<br />
<br />
== Agenda ⌘==<br />
Our '''Planescape''' but without ''Torment'', for today's webinar<br />
* '''40''' min of '''slides'''<br />
** me talking about rubbish - ''Oops!'' - of course about '''5G Drupal''' (great, great, great... ykwim!)<br />
* '''20''' min for '''questions'''<br />
** you Guys rock and rulezzz! (=<br />
<br />
== Migrating Drupal, webinar contents ⌘==<br />
* '''Main goal''' - why are we here today?<br />
* Our goal in '''details'''<br />
* '''About me''', just a little (pinky promise!)<br />
* My drupal experience, '''ups and downs''' (or more like Jane Austin's ''"Sense and Sensibility"'')<br />
* Migration/upgrading examples, '''real cases'''<br />
<br />
=== Why, How, What ⌘===<br />
'''Main goal:'''<br />
* Because changes are the only sureness in this world<br />
* Accordingly to the current: business context, owned full-stack, project complexity<br />
* Upgrading Drupal - nightmare or fun - yet necessity<br />
<br />
=== Goal in details ⌘===<br />
Non comprehensive but strong comparison of the main choices<br />
* start it '''from scratch'''<br />
** 2 cases (both are D7 => D8): <br />
*** ''maes-trio.art.pl''<br />
*** ''mikula-drabek.art.pl''<br />
* '''upgrade''' between 2 big next versions (6 => 7, 7 => 8, etc)<br />
** 2 cases: <br />
*** ''nobleprog.com'' (D5 => D6 => D7)<br />
*** ''lshawk.pl'' (D8 => D9)<br />
* '''migrate''' into different framework/cms<br />
** 2 cases (both are D7 => Backdrop): <br />
*** ''cieciwa.com.pl''<br />
*** ''dadesktop.com''<br />
<br />
=== About me ⌘===<br />
'''NYPD''' (*)<br />
<br />
TODO: put some funny pic here<br />
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(*) ''NobleProg Yippee-kay-yay Programmer Drupal''<br />
<br />
=== About me, Con't ⌘===<br />
Who is '''Luke'''? (''Lucky'' or not?)<br />
* passionate '''husband''' and '''father''' (=<br />
* '''php''' and '''js''' programmer (vanilla, frameworks)<br />
* '''full-stack''' web developer (webservices, ''nodejs'', etc)<br />
* '''IT trainer''' (did '''301 courses''' so far, starting from '''2009''')<br />
<br />
=== Experience ⌘===<br />
My '''12 years''' with Drupal - oh my..<br />
* '''v5''' - me '''crawling''' with D, so we're crawling together (-;<br />
* '''v6''' - very '''first steps''' by myself, a loooooot of '''falls''' during..<br />
* '''v7''' - thought I was finally '''mastering''' it, well.. oh sweet ignorance! <br />
* '''v8, v9''' - back to crawling..<br />
* '''today''' - ''"I'm just a leaf spinning on the Drupal wind.."'' (-;<br />
<br />
==== NobleProg early websites, 2005 ⌘====<br />
[[File:Noble2005com.png|640px]]<br />
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==== NobleProg early websites, 2007 ⌘====<br />
[[File:Noble2007couk.png|640px]]<br />
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==== v5, 2008-2009 ⌘====<br />
Started with '''v5''' - '''"Transformers"'''<br />
* my initial '''rapture''' quickly transformed into '''disappointment''' <br />
* very non intuitive UI, slowishness, buggy creature<br />
* definitely not like the ''Optimus Prime''<br />
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==== NobleProg website, with D6 ⌘====<br />
[[File:Noble2011com.png|640px]]<br />
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==== v6, 2009-2010 ⌘====<br />
Here comes '''v6''' - new '''"Alien"''' breed<br />
* hope and wishes became true <br />
* oh well.. truly new '''Features'''(''Bugs'') - too true..<br />
* GOODIES: finally got some kind of UI, improved Views, better content types<br />
* NOPES: no OOP, still slow, sort of like Shh'''W'''indows8 (middle-ware version to shut up the crowd)<br />
<br />
==== D6 coder/user discovers D7 ====<br />
[[File:D7discovery.jpg|640px]]<br />
<br />
==== v7, 2010-? ⌘====<br />
Finally '''v7''' happened - '''"Jupiter Ascending"'''<br />
* very promising, great actors involved and..<br />
* ..that would be all, Folks..<br />
* GOODIES: a bit better UI, more best mods in core, entities intro<br />
* NOPES: still only pretending OOP, php-template engine, still slow<br />
<br />
==== NobleProg website, with D7, early tests ⌘====<br />
[[File:Noble2014com.png|640px]]<br />
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==== NobleProg website, with D7, deployed ⌘====<br />
[[File:Noble2014v2com.png|640px]]<br />
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==== v8, 2016-? ⌘====<br />
''"Yes we can!"'', v8 - '''"Valerian.."'''<br />
* great but '''not V8''' (famous car engine)<br />
* '''"..and the City of a Thousand Planets"''' - yep, that's exactly 'Drupal 8' way<br />
* GOODIES: fully '''OOP''', '''mobile''' friendly by design, '''sharing out''' convention <br />
* NOPES: ext dependencies(Symfony, etc), huge cow, composer<br />
<br />
==== v9, 2019-? ⌘====<br />
'''Experiments''' in the core, v9 - '''"Valerian 2"'''<br />
* almost like Tesla cars - expensive, so environmental friendly (are they?!), <br />
* to be honest - '''just a new way of upgrading and testing new features'''<br />
* the rest of it is still a good old D8<br />
* '''drupal 9.0.x-dev''' -> October 2019<br />
* '''drupal 9.0.0-alpha1''' -> February 2020<br />
* '''drupal 9.0.0''' -> June 2020<br />
<br />
==== Quiz ⌘====<br />
Which Drupal versions do you see?<br />
[[File:DruVersions.jpg|640px]]<br />
<br />
== Let's look at the options again ⌘==<br />
* From scratch (no zero no hero)<br />
* Direct upgrade (the hardest one)<br />
* Backdrop goodies (going away)<br />
<br />
=== Digression First - Real Training Case ⌘===<br />
'''March 2014''' - ''NobleProg'' sells it's '''first Drupal 8 courses''' in Manchester (UK)<br />
* On that very time - there is '''drupal 8.0-alpha10''' only (!)<br />
* I did those 2 courses (''Administering a Drupal 8 Website''; ''Drupal 8 Themes'')<br />
** successfully convinced the delegates <br />
*** they should stay and focus with D7, why? (-;<br />
*** or just wait for the stable D8 and do it from the very scratch, why? (=<br />
** BTW, how long could they possibly wait? - '''drupal 8.0.0''' => November 2015<br />
<br />
=== From scratch ⌘===<br />
TODO<br />
<br />
=== Direct upgrade ⌘===<br />
TODO<br />
<br />
=== Backdrop goodies ⌘===<br />
* Research step <br />
* Prepare (clean up step)<br />
* Upgrade<br />
<br />
==== From Drupal 7 to Backdrop ⌘====<br />
* full upgrade path<br />
** acts like the next version of D7<br />
<br />
=== The Future ⌘===<br />
Sounds promising - like '''"Avengers 5"''', no one knows but does every one care..? (= <br />
* '''drupal 9.2.0''' => 16 June 2021<br />
* '''drupal 10.0.x-dev''' => March 2020<br />
* ??<br />
<br />
== The Final Slide ⌘==<br />
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Upgrading Drupal..<br />
..nightmare or fun?<br />
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Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to ASK NOW!<br />
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(This slide will self-destruct in 5s)<br />
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== ?? OTHER IDEAS, TODOS ?? ==<br />
??<br />
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2014 - pl<br />
https://web.archive.org/web/20141221070032/http://www.nobleprog.pl/<br />
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2014 - com<br />
https://web.archive.org/web/20141221145314/http://www.nobleprog.com/</div>
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