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Zurich Drupal Meetup January 2018

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Join us on January 18th for the first edition of the Zurich Drupal Meetup, where we will discuss the possible future of  React, GraphQL and Drupal at the Amazee Labs Zürich office.

In the Meetup, Amazee Group CTO and Partner, Michael Schmid, will lead our discussion and address the following issue:

The idea of a decoupled Frontend and Backend has been around for a couple of years. Some teams tried them out, but nobody was entirely satisfied with it. Too many problems arose during development; bad or non-existing accessibility, no support for crawlers and bots, changing APIs and expensive refactorings. Even the simple task of displaying a menu on the frontend was problematic.

All these concerns retained us at Amazee Labs from actually trying it. We avoided the use of decoupled systems. That is until a couple of months ago. In summer 2016, we were able to connect React with Drupal via GraphQL for the first time, and felt comfortable using it in a project. To increase the stakes we applied it in a multiple hundred-thousand dollar projects. We wouldn't be Amazee if we didn't! 

What came out is a completely decoupled system built on React that powers 12 individual websites with a single Drupal Backend connected through GraphQL. All of it is completely tested as part of a continuous deployment workflow, is hosted on Docker, has server-side rendering, and not a single line of content or menu on the frontend.

As one of the leading Drupal and React agencies, we always look towards the future. We would like to take the opportunity to plan community activities for 2018 and beyond. Here is a list of topics we are looking to address:

- Define overall goals for Drupal in Switzerland 2018
- Fix dates & contents for meetups for the Zurich Drupal Community
- Pre-discuss planning for the next Drupal Mountain Camp

Come for great talks, people and networking. Sign up here at meetup.com

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