John began his career developing e-learning and expert systems before moving into business application and web development. He co-founded Sereno with Rod fifteen years ago. John concentrates on developing digital strategies with Sereno's charity partners and leads on design.
I think a lot of development companies adhere to similar broad phases during project development. The number of phases and steps may differ but generally speaking they provide a structured approach to ensuring you and your client really understand and appreciate what your project is trying to achieve, and that you can follow the development process through in a controlled way to completion.
Open Scholar has been developed by Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University. This impressive piece of Drupal-based software provides a rich feature set for institutions wishing to drive collaboration among educators.
A common theme you'll encounter with the Drupal community is openness. Sure, a lot of companies just use the great free software and don't put much if anything back.
Right now I'm rethinking my approach to the use of Learning Management Systems (LMS). There has been much recent debate between those in the pro- and anti-LMS camps.
Last weekend, a second major Drupal event in Brighton in 2012 showed once again just how much Drupal momentum and talent there is in Brighton. Friday's Drupal Open Studio day gave many of us the chance to meet friends old and new in New England House. On Saturday, the Skiff played host to an excellent weekend of informative Drupal sessions.
On a recent trip, I decided to see if it was possible to do some Drupal development using an iPad. Now it's obviously easy to administer your Drupal site through the iPad's native Safari web browser but if you want to do some serious development, you'll need to be able to access your web server in order to use Drush and probably your GIT versioning system.
I learnt a lot at the recent Drupal & Education Camp and thought I'd share a few highlights here. Professor David Upton of the Saïd Business School delivered an excellent keynote.
I am really looking forward to attending the upcoming Drupal & Education Camp at Oxford next month. Drupal has a long-standing relationship with the education sector, especially in the US where it powers about 26% of all .edu sites. I've written before about Drupal LMS initiatives and similar Drupal distributions targeted specifically at schools and universities.
Brighton's first DrupalCamp took place 28-29 April and was a fantastic success for all those involved. The weekend gave delegates a great opportunity to meet and learn from peers.