Prepare Your Drupal 9 Action Plan
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The document is a guide for preparing for the transition to Drupal 9, covering essential steps such as defining project scope, upgrading systems, and establishing a testing plan. It highlights the importance of early conversations about Drupal 9 and preparing both the site and team for upgrades. Additionally, the document outlines resources and tools to facilitate the transition process.
Prepare Your Drupal 9 Action Plan
- 1. How To Prepare Your Drupal 9 Action Plan March 31, 2020
- 2. | 2 Want to ask a question? Great! Please use the Zoom Q&A feature to ask questions. We will hold all questions until the end of the presentation. Want to view the presentation recording and materials later? Sure! We’ll email a copy. Want to know more about Mediacurrent or today’s speakers? Happy to help! Drop us a note on our website→ mediacurrent.com/contact-us Before We Begin
- 3. | 3 Mediacurrent The Open Source Expansion Partner
- 4. Today’s Team Bill Shaouy Senior Business Analyst Kevin Basarab VP of Delivery Damien McKenna Community Lead
- 5. Today’s Agenda 1. Define Scope 2. Drupal 9: What to Expect 3. Prepare Your Team 4. Prepare Your Site Audience 5. Q&A 6. Tools and Resources
- 6. | 6 36% Actively planning to transition 64% Unprepared or only somewhat prepared Do you feel ready for Drupal 9? Survey: Drupal 9 Readiness
- 7. | 7 Content Authoring Personalization Security Accessibility Privacy What’s your biggest focus area for website optimization this year? Survey: Drupal 9 Readiness
- 9. | 9 Context Dataflow Why Requirements Gathering Each role has different requirements
- 10. | 10 Functional Decomposition Understand Workflow Confirm your solution will cover all your intended processes
- 11. | 11Think about your data entities and how they interrelate Entity Relationship Diagram Identify Entities & Relationships
- 12. | 12 Drupal 9: What to Expect
- 13. | 13| 13 ● Often, a rebuild ● Especially from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8 ○ Switch to object orientation ○ Radical rewrite of core and contributed modules ○ A new theme engine too History: Previous Drupal Upgrades
- 14. | 14| 14 ● Not an architectural change from Drupal 8 ● A removal of Drupal 8 deprecated code ○ … and that’s all! ● Replace deprecated code and you’re done What’s Different About Drupal 9?
- 16. | 16 Begin your conversations about Drupal 9 early. START NOW
- 17. | 17 Prepare Your Site
- 18. | 18| 18 1. Prepare your team 2. Upgrade to minor releases 3. Replace deprecated code 4. Develop a testing plan 5. Automate releases Prepare Your Site
- 19. | 19 Prepare Your Team
- 21. | 21| 21 1. Migrate to core modules 2. Drupal Roadmap 3. PHP 7.3 or higher 4. Contrib module updates https://www.drupal.org/core/roadmap Upgrade to Minor Releases
- 22. | 22| 22 1. Deprecated Modules 2. Drupal Update Checker 3. Linting 4. PHP Coding Standards Consider Deprecated Code
- 23. | 23 1. Editor UAT Involvement 2. Identify P1 Flows 3. Automate Smoketests 4. Consider Visual Regression Testing (VRT) Testing Plan
- 25. | 25 1. Define Scope 2. Evolutionary Not Revolutionary 3. Talk to Your Editors 4. Upgrade and Deprecate 5. Develop a Testing/Release Plan Key Takeaways
- 26. | 26 Business Case Summary Graph Communicate initial and ongoing costs for your technology options Make a Business Case
- 29. | 29 Plan: ● Drupal 9, Mediacurrent, and You Prep: ● Prepare Your Site & Team for Drupal 9 Launch: ● Delivering Drupal on a Budget ● 5 Tips for a Successful Drupal Project Drupal 9 Resources
- 30. | 30 Contact Us Kevin Basarab, VP of Delivery, kevin.basarab@mediacurrent.com Bill Shaouy, Senior Business Analyst, bill.shaouy@mediacurrent.com Damien McKenna, Community Lead damien.mckenna@mediacurrent.com Mediacurrent: www.mediacurrent.com/contact-us