---
url: 'https://dri.es/album/drupalcon-global-2020'
title: 'DrupalCon Global 2020'
author:
  name: 'Dries Buytaert'
  url: 'https://dri.es/about'
date: '2026-06-11T13:30:38+00:00'
license: 'https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'
type: album
count: 10
---

# DrupalCon Global 2020

![The Automativ Updates initiative requires integrity checks for Drupal core, Composer 2, package signing and a custom bootloader.](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-global-2020/drupal-10-automated-updates-640w.png)
*A slide from <a href="https://dri.es/state-of-drupal-presentation-july-2020">my keynote at DrupalCon Global 2020</a> where I gave an update on the Automatic Updates initiative. The slide shows the four major architectural building blocks of the Automatic Updates initiative.*

![A slide from the DriesNote visualizing the 'Easy out of the box' as the sum of Media, Layout Builder and Claro.](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-global-2020/drupal-10-easy-out-of-the-box-640w.png)
*The 'Easy out of the box' initiative consists of finishing Media, Layout Builder and Claro.*

![A slide from the DriesNote that shows a flag with the text 'Decoupled menu components' waving on the top of a mountain.](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-global-2020/drupal-10-javascript-menu-component-1-640w.png)
*'Planting the flag' for providing official JavaScript menu components for Drupal.*

![A slide from the DriesNote that shows the long path to the flag at the top of the mountain.](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-global-2020/drupal-10-javascript-menu-component-2-640w.png)
*The path to having a first official JavaScript component is longer than it may appear.*

![A screenshot of the upcoming front-end theme called Olivero. It looks clean, modern and light.](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-global-2020/drupal-10-new-front-end-theme-640w.png)
*A screenshot of the upcoming front-end theme called Olivero.*

![A slide from the DriesNote that shows a fictitious Drupal 10 press release dated June 2022.](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-global-2020/drupal-10-press-release-640w.png)
*A fictitious or forward-looking press release for Drupal 10 in June 2022.*

![A slide from the DriesNote with a table that lists jQuery 3, CKEditor 4, jQuery UI, PHPUnit 8, Symfony 4, PHP 7, Composer 1, etc](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-global-2020/drupal-10-third-party-components-640w.png)
*Some of the third-party components that need to be updated in preparation for Drupal 10.*

![A screenshoot of my title slide. It has the text 'DriesNote - DrupalCon Global 2020'.](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-global-2020/drupalcon-global-2020-driesnote-640w.png)

![A slide from the DriesNote showing that the goal of the presentation is to propose five well-balanced initiatives for Drupal 10.](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-global-2020/drupalcon-global-2020-goals-640w.png)
*The goal of my presentation was to propose five well-balanced initiatives for Drupal 10.*

![The online conference web application showing my slides, my webcam, and real-time chat.](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-global-2020/drupalcon-global-2020-live-view-640w.png)
*A screenshot of the first ever virtual DriesNote. The virtual conference tool showed my slides, my webcam, and real-time chat.*