There is very little information about remote entities available, making them a little-understood but much talked about solution for integrating external data.

For this session Dave and Colan will discuss what remote entities are, when they make sense, and how we could come together as a community to create a more mainstream solution.

Session Outline

Topics will include:

When it makes sense to use remote entities
The pros and cons of this approach
Ways we can improve Remote Entities API
Technical details on implementing remote entities
How to move forward in Drupal 8 AND BEYOND! (at least until Drupal 12)
By the end of the session, all attendees should have a working understanding of how they could use remote entities as a method for standarding their external services integrations.

Related Modules

Remote Entity API - https://www.drupal.org/project/remote_entity
Entity API - https://www.drupal.org/project/entity
EntityFieldQuery Views Backend - https://www.drupal.org/project/efq_views
External Entities - https://www.drupal.org/project/external_entities

https://2015.badcamp.net/session/remote-entities-past-present-and-future