DrupalCamp Moscow 2014

It must be weird, but living in Russia I have never attended a russian Drupal event. I was at DrupalCon Prague 2013 and have attended ukrainian DrupalCamps several times before. The Ukraine is located much closer to the town where I live than to the russian capital, so for me it’s faster to get to the neighbour country rather than to visit Moscow.

Amazee Labs travels back to the USSR

This time I decided to visit a russian Drupal event, DrupalCamp Moscow 2014. I didn’t know what to expect. Another country means another people. But with the Drupal community, this rule never works. Drupal folks are pretty much the same all around the world: sociable, nice, friendly, and always ready to help! If you are a professional drupalist, or a newbie, or even if you know nothing about Drupal… You are always welcome!

And this is exactly what Boris and Corina were talking about in their blog posts “Be a part of the community” and “Being part of the community - a non-techie perspective”.

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— Nikolay Shapovalov (@RuZniki) 29. November 2014

The sessions I attended were good. I learned how russian drupalists work with Solr, which we use a lot at Amazee Labs, learned some new techniques for high-performance sites, went to Drupal 8 theming, and even learned some cases of using AngularJS with Drupal.

Speaking at Moscow State University, feeling like a professor

For us at Amazee Labs it is an essential part of our company culture to contribute back to the community. We are a proud sponsor of the event, and I shared our knowledge and know-how by giving a presentation about Drupal 8 configuration management. My next post will be about it. Subscribe to our RSS Feed, Twitter, or Facebook page to not miss it ;)