An introduction to why/how Drupal is taking over the world and how you can jump on the train with the community and business. Special thanks to Robert Douglass for his source data for the second part of the presentation.

1. COME FOR THE SOFTWARE,
STAY FOR THE COMMUNITY
How Drupal improves an evolves
Gábor Hojtsy, Acquia,
Drupalcamp Timisoara, 2010 June 5th-6th

2. WHAT’S DRUPAL?

4. 1.0
JANUARY 15, 2001

5. 2.0 4.0 4.1,2,3 4.4 4.5,6 4.7 5.0 6.0 7.0
1.0 3.0
2001 ‘02 ‘03 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘10

6. 2300
Package size (kbytes)
1000
730
430 450 470
400 400
270
2.0 4.0 4.1,2,3 4.4 4.5,6 4.7 5.0 6.0 7.0
1.0 3.0

7. Number of modules
40
31 32 31 33
27 30 29
25
2.0 4.0 4.1,2,3 4.4 4.5,6 4.7 5.0 6.0 7.0
1.0 3.0

8. Open integration

9. Extensibility

10. whose name is specified here...
this content.
Tell a module... that we delete...
module_invoke($node->type, "delete", $node)
array_merge($perms, module_invoke($name, "perm"));
Ask a module... to give a list of
permissions.
whose name is specified here...

11. reacts to deleting...
My module... this content.
function mymodule_delete($node) {}
function mymodule_perm() { return array(...); }
My module... as listed.
defines permissions...

12. Simple interfaces

17. function mymodule_node_delete($node) {
/*....*/ Remove it from the search index.
}
Update author’s quota.
Send a mail.
Unpublish child pages.
Save data in “trashbin”.

18. Extensible

19. Open source

20. Freedom to run the
program for any purpose.

21. Freedom to study how the
program works and adapt
it to your needs.

22. Freedom to redistribute
copies so you can help
your neighbor.

23. Freedom to improve
the program and release your
improvements to the public,
so that the whole community
benefits.

24. Why do we
do it?

28. 3,000
Projects added
2238
2,000
1732
1163
1,000
664
324
129 158
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

29. 7,000
Number of projects 6408
4,667
4170
2438
2,333
1275
611
129 287
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

30. 2221
people created projects on drupal.org

31. 1,500
Project creators
1071
1,000
500
372
207
134 102
70 53 43 28 21
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

32. Incompatible versions

33. Security

34. Be part of it!

39. The mascot

40. The trademark

41. Uhm, no company?

42. How do we
make money?

43. You might not need to

44. Win grants, raise money

45. Build sites

46. Host sites

47. Specialize

48. Code and contribute

49. Create and sell themes

50. Build remote services

51. Build distributions

52. Try to cover it all

53. Form partnerships

54. Drupal friendly providers at
http://drupal.org/drupal-services

55. These slides are
Photos/pictures/videos/video stills from:
http://groups.drupal.org/node/13303
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mauricedb/1504406248/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grdloizaga/817443503/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/krish4u/470892327/
http://thinkflood.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lunadirimmel/1411913488/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/giaky88/4189310121/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave77459/2364083624/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaptainkobold/3203311346/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/268524287/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/booleansplit/2376359338/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0BwYz1P0BE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc
Presentation Copyright Gábor Hojtsy
Licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

56. QUESTIONS?

57. THANKS!
http://hojtsy.hu/
http://twitter.com/gaborhojtsy