Turner and the NBA reimagined and relaunched their entire digital presence in under  a year, bringing their new concept to the web, mobile, apps and connected devices in time for the 2016-2017 season. On the backend, D8 is both ingesting data and driving content, feeding those platforms, and driving the web and mobile experience. A panel of the architects and developers will discuss the project, including the technologies used (D8, Angular2, Elasticsearch) and the challenges they faced.



Not-quite-headless D8

Drupal 8 DevOps in AWS

Feeds for stats and other data

Live events and live scoring systems

Angular2 on the bleeding edge

Integration with various external data and content systems

Media importing and media asset management

Quick tips and tricks on how to architect a site this intricate and complex

Q&A



This session is for:

Developers on large projects

Site architects looking to see how others approach large projects

It will cover:

An overview of NBA.com and why Drupal 8 was chosen

How Drupal 8 interacts with other systems and stack components

A high-level overview of what was used to build the site and why they were chosen (Paragraphs module, Angular 2, etc)

Attendees will learn:

What worked (and what to avoid)

Tips and tricks on architecting a complex site build