Drupal US Central Timezone / Fox Valley Drupal Quarterly User Group Meeting

A Most Accommodating Module: How the Charts Module is a Microcosm of Drupal

Presented by Daniel Cothran, from JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. The presentation will reflect on Drupal's flexibility to accommodate a wide range of possible workflows and use-cases, using the Charts module as an example. He will demonstrate at least seven ways to generate the same chart and discuss the benefits and drawbacks of the various approaches. He'll also zoom out to discuss some of the wider implications of this flexibility, including the challenges to document, maintain, and promote Drupal's features.

Daniel is among the top 60 Drupal contributors and maintains many important contributed modules on Drupal.org. [Visit his profile on Drupal.org](https://www.drupal.org/u/andileco).

6:30 In-person meet and greet

7pm - Zoom Hybrid meeting starts

• Introductions
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• Day 2 - DrupalCon Vienna Update by Matt Glaman: Drupal Canvas and AI news
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• "A Most Accommodating Module: How the Charts Module is a Microcosm of Drupal" by Daniel Cothran, top 60 Drupal contributor and maintainer of many important contributed modules.

The Zoom will end about 8pm, In-person crew meets until we are done.

The Zoom link will be posted in the MidCamp and Drupal #us-central-timezone Slack for remote attendees.

Hosted by Fox Valley Drupal

Fox Valley Drupal User Group October 15, 2025

The main goal for these Quarterly meetups are helping get local folks to in person gatherings, please attend in person!