Expertise

What we’ve learnt along the way.

Over a thousand successful projects and a full pipeline — we’ve accumulated a wealth of experience and insights on strategy and design, work processes and technology. The blog reveals what we’ve learned:

July 12, 2021 : A word of appreciation for Group’s sponsors

Last DrupalCon Europe, I advocated for more sustainable contribution. I had been struggling to come to terms with the amount of takers versus makers and instead of presenting yet another technical topic, I tried my hand at expressing my feelings instead. And here we are n...

July 7, 2021 : Custom Elements with Vue Reactivity

The 13th Hamburg Vue.js Meetup was held last week, this time as an online live-stream due to the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions. I was pleased to represent Factorial to share a talk on some insights on a small experiment in building Custom Elements with Vue 3.x’s standalone Rea...

May 6, 2021 : A Drop of Decoupled Menu Initiative

The Decoupled Menu Initiative Team ran an online hackathon during DrupalCon North America 2021. Here, I am examining why it held importance, what we achieved and how we can drive it forward.

December 15, 2020 : How did DrupalCon Europe 2020 compare to an in-person event?

As many of you know, DrupalCon Barcelona 2020 became DrupalCon Europe because of CoViD-19, turning what was supposed to be Europe’s annual Drupal get-together into a remote experience.

September 29, 2020 : A story about how I joined Factorial

Year 2020 has been a weird one so far. Not only that due to the coronavirus our lives have been heavily restricted, but also the economic conditions have been affecting many people: Shops had to close and projects have been cancelled from one day to the next. And here am I: A ...

August 20, 2020 : Drupal Group module is finally released.

After having worked on the Drupal 8 version for almost 5 years, the Group module has finally got its 8.x-1.0 release. I am personally very proud of this major milestone and am not even a little bit disappointed it took me longer than Drupal 8’s lifecycle to build.

June 22, 2020 : Drupal CMS 9 feels like home

It’s been a few years now, but I still remember the first time I saw a freshly installed Drupal 7 after being familiar with version 6. Or after I installed Drupal 8 for the first time and a “Woooow” went through my mind. Everything seemed familiar and yet new. But it’s exactly...

March 6, 2020 : Social Impact and Test Driven Development (TDD)

We sent a team to the Vue.js Amsterdam and Frontend Developer Love conference. In an ongoing series, our team is sharing what their takeaways are. Today, Lisa Altekrüger continues with: Social Impact and Test Driven Development (TDD).

March 4, 2020 : SVGs, Serverless and the Composition API

We sent a team to the Vue.js Amsterdam and Frontend Developer Love conference. In an ongoing series, our team is sharing what their takeaways are. Today, Julian Schäfer continues with: SVGs, Serverless and the Composition API.

March 3, 2020 : A new perspective on ways of working

We sent a team to the Vue.js Amsterdam and Frontend Developer Love conference. In an ongoing series, our team is sharing what their takeaways are. Today Adrian Rosario starts with: A new perspective on ways of working.