In Chicago? Don't Have a DrupalCon Ticket Yet? But You're Reading This on a Weekend?
Update: Ticket taken. But if you want to come, please read below the fold.
See Permissions' Machine Names (and much more) with Xray Module for Drupal 7
With Drupal 7's third and final release candidate unleashed on us all this morning, it is long past time to help the #D7CX movement with a seasonal offering of our own.
+1 to Ending comment-to-subscribe on Drupal.org
As starving authors we at Agaric don't have a lot of cash to burn right now, but we've thrown $25 in the project to make it possible to subscribe to drupal.org issues without commenting. (On top of whatever we donated when this request for funding went out a year and a half ago).
Drupal Work Collectives
Agaric proposes the creation of a new kind of workplace, essentially a Drupal commune, but really more like an open source free software idea & brainstorming commune, kind of along the same lines as an artist's or writer's colony.
We're Writing a Book!
Yes it's true, for the past few months we've been hard at work with a lot of other co-authors on The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7.
Agaric Backs Community Coworking Center in NYC
Thinking it would be a great place to work a day or two while in New York City for clients or DrupalCamps, Agaric dropped a few dollars in the Kickstarter fund for New Work City: Community Coworking Center for Independents in NY.
Agaric Sponsors Modulecraft for the Building of Drupal Shared business, Development, and Training Tools
For community shared business, development, and training tools, Agaric throws a little sponsorship at modulecraft.
Agaric Provides Very Minor Assist in Readying Insert Module for Drupal 7
Benjamin Melançon of Agaric helped with a patch for the Drupal 7 version of Insert module.
Agaric?
What the word agaric means and why Agaric took it for our cooperative's name.
Designed to Life
Functionality designed to your life is the Agaric Design signature. Utilizing open source, free software from around the world, Agaric Design websites are impeccably crafted with a modern, sophisticated and understated spirit.
The Story on Agaric
I've always had a passion for good design and healthy coding, even back in the days of owning a web site cart in downtown Natick. Back then, my business partner and I made all natural HTML roll-up web sites and, as an incentive for customers to wait in line, we baked Drupal into different flavored designs.
The movements and networks that Micky is a part of
Here are all the links from the slide Micky told you not to try to write everything down from.
Agarics are members of a few networks and movements both local and global:
- Free Software Foundation - fsf.org
- United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives - usworker.coop
- Solidarity Economy Network - ussen.org
- May First People Link - MayFirst.org
- Technology and Revolution - techandrev.org
- Industrial Workers of the World - iww.org
- Platform Cooperativism - platform.coop
- The Center for Global Justice - globaljusticecenter.org
- The TechWorkerCoop - techworker.coop
- Mass MeshNet - MassMesh.org
- Radical Connections Network - RadicalConnections.net
Additional groups and movements
And some that didn't make the slides, that other Agarics are a part of:
- LibreSaaS
- Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee
- Visions Unite (People Who Give a Damn)
- Cooperation Jackson
- IndieWeb
Learning objectives
- An introduction to React.js
- Create your first element
- Learn basics of JSX
- Create reusable components
- Validate component properties
- Add state management with hooks
- Lift state to parent components using props
- Create react routes
- Create forms and handle user input
- Learn to leverage context
- Learn about class components and lifecycle methods
Prerequisites
No previous experience with React.js is needed. Familiarity with JavaScript syntax is expected.
Setup instructions
A web browser is all that is needed to take the workshop. Installing the React DevTools is highly recommended. They are available for Firefox, Chrome, and (Chromium) Edge. The examples can be executed using a local web server. PHP, Python, Node.js all provide one out the box. It is also possible to run the examples on https://codesandbox.io/
This training will be provided over Zoom. You can ask questions via text chat or audio.
What to expect
Prior to the training
Attendees will receive detailed instructions on how to setup their development environment. In addition, they will be able to join a support video call days before the training event to make the the local development environment is ready. This prevents losing time fixing problems with environment set up during the training.
On the days of the training
- The training totals 7 hours of instruction, which we usually split into 2 sessions
- A team of developers available to answer questions and help with training-related issues.
After the training
- Attendees will receive a copy of the training recording.
- Attendees will receive a certificate of completion.
Functionality designed to your life is the Agaric Design signature. Utilizing open source, free software from around the world, Agaric Design websites are impeccably crafted with a modern, sophisticated and understated spirit.
Our guiding philosophy is to bring open source and usability that works effortlessly in your day to day life.
I know we will become a favorite in your contacts list. And thank you! I consider that the ultimate compliment.
Dan Hakimzadeh
We are proud that Agaric joined the Tech Co-Op Network as an early member. This network of North American tech worker co-ops seeks to encourage collaboration among its members and education of potential new co-op founders and the general public about worker cooperatives: businesses owned and controlled by the people who work in them.
Read all about it!
The workshops will take place at:
Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende
Address: Insurgentes 25, Col. Centro, San Miguel de Allende, GUA 37700
Phone: +52 415 152 0293
LibrePlanet is an annual conference hosted by the Free Software Foundation for free software enthusiasts and anyone who cares about the intersection of technology and social justice. We've attended and spoken at LibrePlanet many times over the year. This year's theme is "Trailblazing Free Software" and in that spirit Micky is speaking on the Orwellian future that has arrived and what tech justice movements we should be supporting and joining to fight for a freedom-loving, solidarity-based future.
LibrePlanet Keynote: How can we prevent the Orwellian 1984 digital world?
Sunday, March 24th
5:15pm-6:00pm
Stata Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room 32-123
Cambridge, MA
We are living in a society where -- as mere individuals -- it seems out of our control and in the hands of those who have the power to publish and distribute information swiftly and widely, or who can refuse to publish or distribute information. Algorithms now sort us into Global databases like PRISM or ECHELON, and there are devices such as StingRay cell phone trackers used to categorize our every movement. We may build our own profiles online, but we do not have access to the meta-profile built by the corporate entities that our queries traverse as we navigate online, purchasing goods and services as well as logging into sites where we have accounts. The level of intrusion into our most private thoughts should be alarming, yet most fail to heed the call as they feel small, alone, and unable to defy the scrutiny of disapproval from the powers that govern societal norms and their peers. Together, we can change this.
Micky will engage your mind on a journey to open an ongoing discussion to rediscover and reawaken your own creative thought processes. Together, we build a conversation that should never end as it will join us together transparently maintaining our freedoms, with free software as the foundation. Where do we find our personal power, and how do we use it as developers? Do we have a collective goal? Have you checked your social credit rating lately? Others have.
