Media ecosystem in Drupal 8 – About Me – Why is media important for Drupal

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2014-07-18

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Media ecosystem in Drupal 8

Dave Reid / @davereid / http://davereid.net

http://davereid.github.io/2014-07-18

About Me

Senior Developer at Lullabot Twitter: @davereid IRC: davereid Maintain amost 2% of contrib modules Core subsystem maintainer Father of two cats and one boy

Why is media important for Drupal

  • people expect that we do it right
  • our "competitors" handle this "better" than we do
  • we have lots of enterprise media companies using Drupal
  • people expect media-rich websites
  • site editors expect lean & efficient media creation/organization process
  • we simply need to handle media well
"If I could snap my fingers and add one single feature to Drupal core it would be good Media handling."
Dries Buytaert @ DrupalCon Portland

What's up with D8?

- lists all files in the system along with some basic usage (size, filename, usage count) - view
- embed images - - does not support other media types
- HTML5 multiple attribute

DrupalCon Prague

Core conversation, sprint - https://groups.drupal.org/node/327768 - pure planning - people from various backgrounds, companies, needs

Plan in 5 simple steps

Ease of use

Multi-upload, intuitive library, Wysiwyg integration, drag-and-drop, ...

Pluggable framework

Ecosystem of decoupled components that know how to work together. - feature modules to make life easier - one can use what really needs - WYSWIYG - DnD library

Deliver basic components ASAP

Basic components should be available very early in the D8 production life-cycle - people can start using thing - development of solutions higher in the stack - more chances we end up with a standardized solution

Use existing tools

Entity API, Field API, Plugins, ... - code for free - out of the box integrations - easier for contrib

Non file-centric storage components

Local files are only a subset of all media. - similar approaches already exist - no assumptions - more flexibility - bundles can have semantic meaning

History: Initial Media and File Entity plans

Problems (we have many)

  • no stable 2.x release
  • WYSIWYG handling and regressions
  • overly-complex out of the box (configuring file display)
  • uphill battle against
    • core assumptions
    • multiple-upload workflow
    • accessibility
    • usability vs extensibility
  • sustained maintainership
  • and more!

Regroup and rewrite

Started planning a decoupled approach and focus on core problem areas from ground-up.

Focus on involving the ideal workflow and tools from day one.

Split up File Entity into smaller chunks for fieldable files, file types, download formatter.

Basic concepts discussion

There are still some disagreements... but we agree that we disagree! https://groups.drupal.org/node/384813

Photo by Paul O'Donoghue - https://flic.kr/p/cYQVgo - disagreement basically about one technical detail - we realized that we can work together on things that we agree on - which is good!

Sprint at NYC DrupalCamp

https://groups.drupal.org/node/418803 - diplomacy breakthrough

We keep working on two separate storage components

Apparently there is need for two different storage approaches (file_entity and media_entity).

Decouple the ecosystem into independent parts

  • Each independent component should be able to work with both storage approaches
  • That usually means they can be used also in non-media context
  • Entity WYSIWYG embed (entity_embed) - Google Summer of code project
  • Entity browser (entity_browser)
  • Fallback formatter (fallback_formatter)

Roadmap

Photo by Stuart Richards - https://flic.kr/p/4aFqHr

Roadmap - step 1

  • entity WYSIWYG embed: basic API
  • entity browser: basic API + working demo
  • storage components
  • entity browser: "tabs" plugins

Roadmap - step 2

  • entity embed: UI/UX, integration with CKEditor
  • entity embed <=> entity browser integration
  • entity browser: media library implementation

Roadmap - step 3

  • entity browser: "currently selected" list
  • display configuration
  • fallback/inherit formatter
  • integration with upload solutions (Plupload, ...)

Roadmap - step 4

  • 3rd party integrations
  • cropping
  • derivatives
  • advanced access control and rights management

Challenges in Drupal 8

We still face some uphill challenges due to some unsolved issues with Drupal 8 core. But the good news at least is that these can still be worked on.

Challenges in D8

External dependencies for contrib

#1398772: Consider composer.json to manage dependencies instead of .info files

Challenges in D8

Using formatters and widgets on data without any real fields

Lack of actual decoupling in core.

Too many fields? File, image, and entity reference?

#2274169: EntityViewBuilder::viewField() / viewFieldItem() don't work for arbitrary added field values

#1448124: Image dimensions should be available from file_load() for images, and not stored in field data

#2271349: Node and Comment links should be display components

Challenges in D8

Files lack proper access controller

#2078473: Use entity access API for checking access to private files

#2148353: File access (hook_file_download) does not use an EntityAccessController

Challenges in D8

Typed Data and Plugins

#2278073: Files with spaces in URIs fail entity TypedData validation

#2277981: Provide a service for handling context-aware plugins

Challenges in D8

File usage system deletes your files

We need help!

This is not going to magically happen. We need your help in order to succeed. - would love to say that everything is done, but I'd lie - have a project? - interested in Media?

We need people of various expertise

  • frontend
  • UX
  • interface design
  • backend
  • project mgmt
  • ideas, past experience
  • You name it!

How to get involved?

Thank you!

Questions?

Dave Reid / @davereid / http://davereid.nethttp://2014.drupalcorn.org/session/drupal-8-mediahttp://davereid.github.io/2014-07-18