The ambitious Drupal Starshot Initiative aims to build the new default download of Drupal, called Drupal CMS. Dries Buytaert announced it at DrupalCon Portland 2024. DrupalCon Barcelona provides a midway checkpoint in how far the teams got with the goals and the program will be packed with opportunities to get information and join the initiative.
Dries will provide an overall update in his Driesnote on Tuesday. This is a must see session! But the event will provide ample opportunities to get to know how each component is going. The following sessions are highly suggested.
A cornerstone of the experience is UI based installation of functionality. This is powered by the Recipes feature, which supports packages of functionality and configuration. Martin Anderson-Clutz and Mark Casias will present the Drupal Recipes Initiative Update. Recipes and other functionality are installed with Project Browser. Get insights into progress on that at Project Browser: making Starshot's in-browser feature composition a reality with Chris Wells and Leslie Glynn.
Automatic software installs and updates could be dangerous if the sources are not validated properly. Composer creator Nils Adermann teams up with Tim Lehnen and Christopher Gervais to explain solutions to this problem that will make Drupal project installation secure in Supply Chain Security in Drupal and Composer.
Drupal CMS will ship with Gin as the default administration team. Sascha Eggenberger will update us in Gin Admin Theme - Road to stable. But there is a lot more to figure out about the admin UI. Jen Witkowski and Stephanie Ganzer will provide insight into The Admin UI Redesign Process so we can see what more is to come.
In some cases, involving targeted AI solutions results in much faster user benefits compared to redesigning user interfaces. James Abrahams and Marcus Johansson will showcase AI innovation in Using Drupal’s AI module to power your Drupal websites and potential plans for Starshot.
Much anticipated and also much newer is the Experience Builder Initiative which aims to provide a modern experience building tool for Drupal and is planned to eventually ship with Drupal CMS as well. Lauri Eskola will update us on progress and future goals.
In Building the future of Drupal: 11, 12 and Starshot Gábor Hojtsy and Tim Plunkett will show how the different software packages are connected and build on top of each other, providing a closer look at the technologies used and processes followed.
It is not enough to make the software easier to build with, we also aim to make it easier to try. Drupal.org will have an in-browser trial experience to make Drupal easier to explore. Matt Glaman will provide a peek at the technology powering this in The Web APIs powering the Starshot trial experience.
Functionality to be built for Drupal CMS are divided in Starshot Initiative Tracks that are exploring options and building recipes to provide key features to users. The Drupal Initiative Leads keynote will explore how these tracks approached their areas, the research they did and the results they came up with.
These were only the sessions, there will be even more discussions (BoFs) and working groups (in the contribution room) that you can join. It is not too late to buy your DrupalCon Barcelona ticket, the regular ticket pricing ends at the end of August 19th. Buy your ticket now and see you there!