158 Using the Group module as an Alternative to Organic Groups in Drupal 7 and 8 with Kristiaan Van den Eynde - Modules Unraveled Podcast

## Group Module
* What is the Group module?
* A really awesome tool to basically create subsites within one site, private content, manage groups of people or all that combined.
* Why did you create it instead of just using OG?
* OG DX experience...
* There are versions for D7 and D8. Which are you more focused on?
* D8
* How is the Group module different from Organic Groups?
* Good question! The key difference is how the modules decide to structure their data, how that affects the user flow and how the configuration model is built.
* What is the underlying architecture? OG uses entityreferences heavily. How does Group work?
* Dedicated Group Entity
* What’s the status? Is it usable now? (D7 and D8)
* Available for Drupal 7 and 8, with the 8 version being a large improvement over D7. There’s a few minor things I need to add to the D8 version, but it looks and works great already!
* Is there much difference between the Drupal 7 and 8 version?
* Yes and no: the key concept remains the same, but the UX and data model was improved even further. I would really recommend going forward with D8 from now on if you have the chance.

## Use Cases
* Why should I use Group instead of OG?
* UX, UX, UX
* data structure
* DX
* But most of all: dedicated functionality, it will all make sense!
* Users that get something special that you can’t do with Roles
* Groups of people
* Groups of content
* There are so many!!!

## Questions from Twitter
* Michelle Lauer [@bymiche](https://twitter.com/bymiche)
How many subgroups can you nest? How are permissions inherited?
* Michelle Lauer [@bymiche](https://twitter.com/bymiche)
Can you easily categorize roles within a group?
* Michelle Lauer [@bymiche](https://twitter.com/bymiche)
If you have many roles and want to expose them to "managers" - for UX purposes, roles in categories would be easier to look at
* Erich Beyrent [@ebeyrent](https://twitter.com/ebeyrent)
Sounds like a great UX, what about DX - is there a well-defined API as well?
* Damien McKenna [@DamienMcKenna](https://twitter.com/DamienMcKenna)
Any plans to port some OG modules, e.g. og_menu or og_menu_single?
* Damien McKenna [@DamienMcKenna](https://twitter.com/DamienMcKenna)
Would it be possible to create og_forum's functionality out of the box or will it require custom work?
* Damien McKenna [@DamienMcKenna](https://twitter.com/DamienMcKenna)
Are the join forms configurable/fieldable?
* Ted Bowman [@tedbow](https://twitter.com/tedbow)
Interested in this. Can you add fields to a membership?
* Erich Beyrent [@ebeyrent](https://twitter.com/ebeyrent)
What doesn't Groups do? Are there features that you feel need to be added before 1.0 release?