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Writing Documentation for Drupal 8.x teams
Last year I had the chance to collaborate with a Drupal company in Greece for a large scale Drupal 8.x project. One of these that you say Drupal was made for!
It was early 2016 when Drupal 8.x had just arrives. At that time thing were a bit confusing (although promising) with the new Drupal version. Composer adoption was still in "alpha", popular Drupal...
read moreShould I build a career on Drupal?
An IT university student asked me one week before in a developer meetup here in Thessaloniki - Greece:
"Senior developers say to never count on a CMS to build a career. I have heard that Drupal 8.x is more mature than ever but how risky it is to spend my time on a hard to learn CMS in order to make a living? What is your advise as a...
read moreMy Watchlist for VoxxedDays Thessaloniki 2016
Another great technical (development) conference is coming to Thessaloniki (Greece) this October. It is the "VoxxedDays Thessaloniki" conference 2016 ("From Developers, for Developers") with so many interesting speakers and talks. As always I am trying to get prepared for the conference by writing down my...
read moreDrupalCamp Greece is 3B!
DrupalCamp Greece is "3B". Back, Bigger, Better!
The Greek community orginizes the 3rd (or 4th I can't remember) Drupal Camp Athens, 1 - 3 July 2016.
3 days with our "true one love" Drupal with social events straight in the heart of Athens and so many interesting...
read moreUsing Docker (again) with NodeJS
It seems that Docker is my favorite topic to present. That is almost true. I must confess I am so excited with Docker and I do everything I can to promote its usage. Docker saved my problems, for true. Why not save your problems too?
Docker is an open-source super tool that automates the deployment of applications inside software containers. Docker common advantages...
read moreAwesome Docker tips and best practices
Here are some basic tips and best practices for writing Dockerfiles, building Docker Images and using Docker in general. Feel free to add your suggestions with a pull request.
- Create Dockerfiles with cache (of the layers) in mind.
- Use empty lines, comments and backslashes ("\") for readability.
- Keep each image layer "atomic...