Drupalcon Asia
DRIESNOTE
INDIA =
OPPORTUNITY
LOOKING

AHEAD
HOW TO
CONTRIBUTE
DRUPAL 8
UPDATE
DIGITAL

REVOLUTION
TODAY’S

TAKEAWAYS
Today’s
TOPICS
INDIA =

OPPORTUNITY
INDIA =

OPPORTUNITY
MY PREVIOUS

TRIP TO INDIA
and what I observed
2011
DELHI
BANGALORE
HYDERABAD
November 7-8th, 2011
November 9-10th, 2011
November 11th, 2011
DELHI
HYDERABAD
300 people
350 people
BANGALORE
200 people
“Our ears perked when we learned time after time that well-
known Drupal sites that we assumed were developed in the
US or Europe were primarily delivered from India. And it
didn't stop there; we learned that the Indian teams are often
responsible for making the CMS platform decisions for all
of their clients regardless of country or industry. In other
words, a lot of decisions are made in India and it is of
strategic importance that the large system integrators have
a good understanding of Drupal.”
– Excerpt from my blog, 2011

buytaert.net/drupal-india-opportunity
United States
322,727,000

(4.42% of globe)
United States
322,727,000

(4.42% of globe)
Population of India

1,283,610,000

(17.6% of globe)
There is
HUGEOPPORTUNITY
in India
101,271

drupal.org users 

list ‘India’ as 

their country
DRUPAL 

IN INDIA
2ND HIGHEST

level of traffic 

to Drupal.org, 

behind the

United States
DRUPAL
USED BY

Zee, India Today 

Group, Sony TV, 

Indian Common 

Wealth Games,
Jodi365.com,
data.gov.in
500+
PARTICIPANTS

at Drupalcamps
in Mumbai, Delhi
and Bangalore
8TH MOST
POPULAR
geographical
group
DRUPAL
DEVS AT MAJOR
COMPANIES: 

TCS 400+
Capgemini 170+
Infosys 50+
Mindtree 50+

Sapient 40+
Drupal growth over time Drupal growth in India over time
2001
Every major city in India hosts a Drupal Camp; DrupalCamp
Mumbai 2015 has 650+ attendees and 20+ company sponsors
2006
First call for a 

meet-up in India
Drupal 1
released
2015
First meet-up in India,
<10 people in attendance
2009
Drupal’s influence is

increasingly growing in India

with technology players of all sizes
toFrom local global sites
small companiesFrom large to
Drupal is a great career option 

& business opportunity
HOW TO

CONTRIBUTE
WHERE IS THIS
GREAT NUMBER 

OF DRUPALISTS 

ON DRUPAL.ORG?
The data doesn’t reflect 

the involvement
90% of core contributors are 

from America and Europe
Last year, contribution to Drupal core from 

India saw a significant increase 

(2nd largest by commits)
✓ 602 credits
Last year, contribution to Drupal core from 

India saw a significant increase 

(2nd largest by commits)
in the last 90 days*
232 of those
credits from
95 of those
credits from
79 of those
credits from
India needs to continue to participate 

in the greater global 

Drupal community.
How you can

PARTICIPATE
CONTRIBUTE
CODE
DOCUMENTATION

WRITING
USABILITY
TESTING
PROMOTE
DRUPAL
ORGANIZE

EVENTS
PROMOTE
DRUPAL
USABILITY
TESTING
DOCUMENTATION

WRITING
ORGANIZE

EVENTS
How you can

PARTICIPATE
CONTRIBUTE
CODE
DRUPAL
CAMPS
Come for the code,
stay for the
community
GATHERING IN PERSON CHANGES
THE WAY WE COLLABORATE
PEOPLE FIND EACH OTHER
Drupal Camp
MUMBAI
27.55582.5110
63
39
23
34
26
100+
Pune Drupal Group
HIGHLIGHTS
Meet-up growth

over time:
February 

2015
March 

2015
April 

2015
May 

2015
June 

2015
2016
Code 

Sprints
College 

Workshops
Mentoring
Program
STRONG LOCAL LEADERSHIP IS WHAT MATTERS
India’s Drupal community
is fragmented.
How you can

PARTICIPATE
ORGANIZE

EVENTS
DOCUMENTATION

WRITING
USABILITY
TESTING
PROMOTE
DRUPAL
CONTRIBUTE
CODE
Organizational 

COMMIT CREDITS
M
OCKUP
M
OCKUP
Selective benefits
M
OCKUP
Resume booster
739191103116137
324
399
768
1,451
Commits as of January 2015
TOP 10EMPLOYER ATTRIBUTIONS
375
435455
534577613
688692
1,120
1,251
Commits as of January 2015
Daniel 

Whener
Daniel 

Kudwein
Tim

Plunkett
Damian 

Lee
Alex 

Pott
Jess 

Myrbo
Gabor

Hojtsy
Lee 

Rowland
Wim
Leers
Sacha
Grossenbacher
TOP 10DRUPAL 8 CONTRIBUTORS
How you can

PARTICIPATE
ORGANIZE

EVENTS
CONTRIBUTE
CODE
DOCUMENTATION

WRITING
USABILITY
TESTING
PROMOTE
DRUPAL
NOT JUST TECHNICAL; IT’S ABOUT LEADERSHIP
REMOVING BARRIERS TO CONTRIBUTION IN INDIA
LOOKING
AHEAD
Hello there
How are you?
DRUPAL TURNED 15
Only 7% of 

the population 

had internet access
7 million people
out of India’s 1 

billion population 

used the internet
There were 

only 20M websites 

(compared to 1B
today)
Google was still 

a small, private
company
.004% of India’s
population were 

mobile phone users
Facebook and 

Twitter didn't exist
until 4-5 years later
Proprietary 

software vendors 

started to feel 

threatened by 

open source
Google AdWords, 

now a $65B
business, had less 

than 500 customers
When Drupal was born in 2001 …
4TH INDUSTRIAL

REVOLUTION
The digital

revolution
2016
3RD INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
Electronics and IT
to automate production
1969
1ST INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
Steam power

to mechanize
production
1784
2ND INUDSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
Electric power

to create mass
production
1870
Billions of people
connected online
Unprecedented
processing power
Massive storage
capability Nearly
unlimited
access to
knowledge
Billions of people
connected online
Unprecedented
processing power
Massive storage
capability Nearly
unlimited
access to
knowledge
Machine learning
Robotics
Internet 

of Things
3-D printing
Biotechnology
Nanotechnology
Quantum computing
Energy storage
Billions of people
connected online
Unprecedented
processing power
Massive storage
capability Nearly
unlimited
access to
knowledge
Machine learning
Robotics
Internet 

of Things
3-D printing
Biotechnology
Nanotechnology
Quantum computing
Energy storage
IMPACT
Disrupting every industry.
Disrupting every country.
Disrupting every life.
VELOCITY
Exponential this time.
No longer linear.

MASSIVE DISRUPTION AHEAD
IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE AROUND THE WORLD
๏ Disruption due 

to acceleration of
innovation
๏ New consumer behavior 

& entirely new ways 

for serving customers
Impact on
BUSINESS
DIGITAL
REVOLUTION
Multichannel, digital experience
NOT JUST A WEBSITE
E-COMMERCE
SITE
EMAIL

MESSAGE
SHIPPING
NOTIFICATION
DELIVERY
NOTIFICATION
User experiences that are
WEB-LESS
MOBILE 

COMMERCE
You ran 350 miles with your shoes. The 

shoes should be replaced soon to avoid 

injury. Do you want us to ship a new pair?
Cancel Buy
INTERNET

OF THINGS NOTIFICATION
Nike now
You ran 350 miles with your shoes. The 

shoes should be replaced soon to avoid 

injury. Do you want us to ship a new pair?
Improve lives via experiences that are
PERSONAL & CONTEXTUAL
Colgate’s smart toothbrush
Build experiences that help
people change their behavior
and live a better lifestyle
FROM:
Websites & 

web content
TO:
Multichannel, 

digital experiences
FROM:
Browser-based
TO:
Any browser, screen, 

device, application
FROM:
Everyone sees the 

same content
TO:
Personal, 

contextual experiences
FROM:
“Pull” content 

(browse, read)
TO:
“Push” content for 

real-time interaction
FROM:
Back-end tied to 

front-end delivery
TO:
Decoupled architecture 

for flexible delivery
Flexible delivery via
(DE)COUPLED
DELIVERY
Reusable content via
STRUCTURED
CONTENT
40 TRILLION+

MARKET
over the next decade
CUSTOMER
EXPERIENCE
New approaches
REINVENTING
business models 

and supply chains
Digital Revolution
BENEFITS
BETTERMENT
Improve the world
SECURITY DATA PRIVACYRESILIENCY
There are also
CHALLENGES
DRUPAL 8
UPDATE
(3,300+ global contributors)
WE
WORKED ON DRUPAL 8
FOR 4.5 YEARS
(1.5M lines of code,
new architecture, 

200+ new features)
AND RELEASED ON NOV. 19TH, 2015
1 night, 1 big launch
240 parties worldwide
New

architecture

makes it easier to

develop & extend

capabilities
New features in
DRUPAL 8
Re-imagined

content authoring 

experience

In-line in-context 

editing on page, 

WYSIWYG tools
Modern PHP 

standards 

opens up adoption
to more developers
Dynamic
content caching 

enables faster 

personalized 

experiences
Web services
APIs

allow organizations 

to harness the 

API economy
Responsive 

experience
for authors &
visitors delivers
multi-channel
consistency
Supports
decoupled 

content delivery 

enabling JS 

front-end 

development
Plus much,
much more
Over 200+ 

other new features
DRUPAL 8 IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME
COMING
IN 8.X
STABILITY AND BUG FIXES

By design; we wanted to get our feet wet with semantic
versioning after coming out of a 4+ year long release cycle
8+
✓ ONGOING UPDATES
"BIG PIPE" IN CORE

Write-up: http: //wimleers.com/talk/bigpipe-webinar 

Demo Video: http://wimleers.com/talk-bigpipe-webinar/#/4/5
8.1
✓ PERFORMANCE ENHANCING
✓ NON-BLOCKING WORKFLOW
MIGRATE UI IN CORE
Because Drupal 6 will be end-of-life on February 24th,
we want people to be able to upgrade to Drupal 8
8.1
8.2
BETTER API SUPPORT FOR 

DECOUPLED ARCHITECTURES
8.1
Decoupled architecture:
OPTIMISTIC FEEDBACK
Decoupled architecture:
NON-BLOCKING WORKFLOW
Decoupled architecture:
NO PAGE REFRESHES
Decoupled architecture:
OFFLINE CAPABILITIES
QUICK USER EXPERIENCE WINS
Spellchecker support, responsive images in WYSIWYG, 

Spotlight-like toolbar search, etc.
8.1 8.2
LAYOUT PLUGIN IN CORE 

No user-facing changes for now, just the shared architecture
for Display Suite, Panels, etc.
8.1
… AND YOUR IDEAS
Come sprint with us on Sunday!
8.1 8.2
PORTING
MODULES
Drupal 7
Launch
20112010 20122009
SITES
600,000
450,000
300,000
150,000
28%DROP
in adoption
Drupal 6 Drupal 7
⇚ FLASHBACK TO BARCELONA
Drupal 6
20142012 2016
Drupal 7
20182010
There will be a
HUGE SPIKE
Drupal 8
⇚ FLASHBACK TO BARCELONA
D8D7
HELP
PORT
MODULES
HELP
PORT
MODULES
SO THAT
DRUPAL 8
CAN REALLY
TAKE OFF!
INDIA =
OPPORTUNITY
LOOKING

AHEAD
HOW TO
CONTRIBUTE
DRUPAL 8
UPDATE
DIGITAL

REVOLUTION
TODAY’S
TAKEAWAYS
Today’s
TOPICS
Today’s
TAKEAWAYS
ACCELERATION
Drupal 8 adoption by
porting modules
CONTRIBUTION
Join larger Drupal
community conversation
LEADERSHIP
Build grassroots Drupal
communities in India
THANKS
Blog: http://buytaert.net (subscribe)
Twitter: @Dries
THANKS
State of Drupal keynote, DrupalCon India

State of Drupal keynote, DrupalCon India