PRESENTS
DRUPAL 8

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HISTORY
IMPROVEMENTS
NEW FEATURES
DRUPAL 8 IS A MODERN CMS
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
DRUPAL
HAS A
HISTORY
DRUPAL 1.0

(15 JAN 2001)
DRUPAL 1.0
4092
(15 JAN 2001)
DRUPAL 8.X

(MID 2013)
DRUPAL 8.X
491 794
(MID 2013)
REASONS?
DRIES
HAS A DREAM
ELIMINATE
MIDDLEMAN
ELIMINATE
DEVELOPER
EACH
RELEASE HAS
MORE POWER
ALWAYS USE
STATE OF THE
ART
TECHNOLOGY
MOVE
CONTRIB TO
CORE
CORE IS
MORE
SECURE
CORE HAS
FULL TEST
COVERAGE
CORE IS
BETTER
MAINTAINED
MOVE VIEWS
TO CORE
VIEWS IS THE
MOST INSTALLED
CONTRIB
MODULE
JANUARY 2011
DRUPAL 7
JANUARY 2011
DRUPAL 7

JULY 2011
JANUARY 2011
DRUPAL 7

JULY 2011

FEBRUARY 2012
JUNE 17 2011
VIEWS RC 1

JANUARY 2011
DRUPAL 7

JULY 2011

FEBRUARY 2012
FASTER
ADOPTION RATE
FANTASTIC
BATTLE TESTER
MOBILE
15% OF ALL INTERNET USAGE
COMES FROM A MOBILE PHONE.

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RESPONSIVE WEB
DESIGN is a web design
approach aimed at
crafting sites to provide
an OPTIMAL VIEWING
EXPERIENCE
DRUPAL 8 is designed to
be MOBILE FIRST
without harming the
desktop experience
MULTILINGUAL
WONDERLAND
DRUPAL 8
SUPPORTS
MULTIPLE
LANGUAGES
OUT OF THE BOX
TAKES LESS TIME
TO BUILD A NEW
MULTILINGUAL
WEBSITE
WHEN DRUPAL 8
GETS RELEASED
THERE WILL BE A
STABLE AND
USABLE SOLUTION
THIS MEANS
LESS BUGS
AND
LOWER COSTS
TRANSLATIONS
ARE IMPORTED
AUTOMATICALLY
TRANSLATION
SETTINGS ARE
FINE GRAINED
THE TRANSLATION
INTERFACE IS
DRASTICALLY
IMPROVED
IT IS EVEN
POSSIBLE TO
TRANSLATE THE
SITE SLOGAN!
DRUPAL 8

can be a
CENTRAL CONTENT HUB
Data can be FETCHED in a
restful way from a standard
drupal 8 installation
OTHER (drupal) SITES and
APPLICATIONS can use the
data inserted into the drupal
platform WITHOUT EXTRA
EFFORT
THE CONNECTION
between the two parties can
be SECURED in various
ways
Data can be PUSHED to a
drupal 8 site.
Drupal can be used as a
VIEW on top of your central
content repository
DRUPAL 8 is an API
IMPROVED
WEBMASTER
EXPERIENCE
IMPROVED
CONTENT EDIT
SCREENS BASED
ON USABILITY
TESTS
A BUILD IN
WYSIWYG
EDITOR
SMART COPY
PASTE FILTER
ADDED
BUILD IN
SECURITY LAYER
DRUPAL 8
HAS AN
INLINE EDITOR
IDEAL FOR
SMALL
ADJUSTMENTS
TOUR
MODULE
WEBMASTER CAN
BUILD OWN
INTERACTIVE
TUTORIAL
LIMITED WEB
KNOWLEDGE
REQUIRED
TOURS WILL BE
TRANSLATABLE
Improved deploy and
maintenance experience
New FILE BASED
configuration system
CONTENT gets stored in
the DATABASE
CONFIGURATION gets
stored in FILES with a
HUMAN READABLE syntax
EASIER DEPLOYMENT
LESS DANGEROUS
CHEAPER
DRUPAL 8
IS A
MODERN CMS
OPTMIZED FOR
SEARCH
ENGINES
USING
SCHEMA.ORG
SYNTAX
REBUILD ON TOP OF
SYMFONY 2
SET OF COMPONENTS
CONTAINING BASE
FEATURES
WRITTEN IN AN
OBJECT ORIENTED
WAY
EASY TO EXTEND OR
REPLACE FEATURES
GAINS FOR DRUPAL?
LESS CODE
TO MAINTAIN
SECURITY++
SOME OF THE NEW
FEATURES WEREN’T
POSSIBLE WITHOUT
SYMFONY
EXPAND THE
DEVELOPER POOL
MAKE USE OF
JQUERY 2.0
SMALLER IN SIZE
AND FASTER
MADE FOR
MODERN BROWSERS
IE 8
IE 8
NO WORRIES 
WE CAN MAKE IT
WORK ON THE
FRONTEND
AND LOTS OF OTHER
EXTERNAL TOOLS…
BACKBONE.JS

GUZZLE
ZEND FEED
CREATE.JS

DOCTRINE

GLIPH
PHPUNIT

COMPOSER
EASYRDF
Things you should know
No upgrade path will be
provided
A migration tool is being
build
Porting content between
different versions will be
possible
Makes migrating content
from drupal 6 to drupal 8
sites possible
NASCOM
~15.000
235 PATCHES (1.6%)
Nascom has a team of
DRUPAL 8 EXPERTS
We promise to have a
WORKING drupal 8
version of all the modules
we maintain.
Display Suite
Steroids
Fullcalendar
Performance
Nice dash
Search api live results
Commerce direct buy
Production check
Inline form errors
Attach exisiting fields
Menu clone
Record feature
File maintenance
Context code
Smartqueue language
Hook hunter
DISPLAY SUITE is one of
the most popular modules
and installed on every
system we build.
DISPLAY SUITE is
maintained by the drupal
team @nascom.
DISPLAY SUITE is almost
completely ported to
drupal 8!
WE are ready to built
YOUR drupal 8 projects
THANKS!
NASCOM GENK (HQ)
C-MINE 1 BUS 13
EVENCE COPPÉELAAN 91
3600 GENK
BELGIUM
PHONE +32 89 20 15 00
FAX +32 89 20 15 01
INFO@NASCOM.BE
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