It seems like every day we find ourselves making important decisions with regard to technology, that can easily bounce back on us years from now. Coupled with the need for speed, thorough systemic planning can often get pushed down the priority list in favor of a fast timeline. A new approach is …
In accordance with the theme of highlighting the importance of Software Architecture, and getting it right the first (sometimes second) time around, we have picked “Clean Architecture” as the STAUFFER book of the month. The book Clean Architecture: A Craftsman’s Guide to Software Structure and Design by Robert C. Martin (“Uncle Bob”), provides …
A familiar challenge for many Project Manager’s is integrating cross-department input and collaboration from various different stakeholders within an organization into one business objective. This has not been known to be an easy task to achieve, and development, marketing, and operations have struggled to find this balance. Today, one of the latest and greatest …
User research is the often-skipped first step in creating a quality web application. Excuses for skipping this step often range from budget to simplicity, but the result of skipping it can be far more expensive and cause more confusion. This article describes an ideal process and why user research matters.
Presented by Oliver SeldmanTaking your understanding of Views to the next level! An intermediate session of Views, this discussion explored the depth and breadth of less obvious functionality, configurations, and customizations available with the Views module (in core in Drupal 8). Diving deep into add-on modules that extend View’s functionality, providing features and …
What is DrupalCamp?DrupalCamp is a free annual unconference-style Drupal training event, created for the goal of bringing people together in an environment accessible to everyone. Brought out the big guns for a day of fun in the sun! Knowledge is a fundamental tool for increasing competitive advantage in any industry. Thus, as a Platinum Sponsor …
As a frequent networker, I often explain to people what DevOps is and what I do. DevOps, like so many things, is easy if you know it, but if you don’t, it goes right over your head. As such, I put together this article to explain what the DevOps movement means to …
DevOps is About People Working Together Effectively Read More
When I learned I was going to be writing my first Facebook web app, I was pretty excited. Much like the feeling of writing a Hello World! in a new programming language, I knew I was going to expand my skillset. I really enjoy new opportunities to learn and solve problems. In …
The Most Important Thing I Learned While Writing My First Facebook App Read More
A Ship Without a Rudder When I was a younger developer, I struggled often with the idea that I wasn’t doing meaningful work. Yes, I was building good websites. Yes, they meant something to somebody (at least to the client). But is that brochureware site really going to make the world a …
Skill level: Intermediate.Knowledge & Requirements: Drupal 7 site Creating a custom module phpMyAdmin – Know how to create a table using phpMyAdmin Efficiency has always been a key part when it comes to developing any type of program. The Schema module is a Drupal module that helps a developer be more efficient and helps …
Quickly Creating A “hook_schema()” Function Using Schema Module Read More
Stauffer CEO Chris Stauffer received a warm reception at his DrupalCamp LA talk this weekend on Practile Agile Project Management. Long after the talk was over, people approached us at the Stauffer booth to ask more questions and share their experiences with Agile. Chris covered some of the following Agile components in …
At DrupalCamp LA, I talked about Drupal + Apache Solr because it is a strong search index for Drupal. I focused on the Solr aspect of it rather then the Drupal configuration components. I provide some Solr performance tuning in my presentation and a look at the security of Solr. I then evaluate the two …
