Drupal 8 offers several new features and improvements including built-in views, configuration management using YAML files, improved accessibility and mobile friendliness, and a transition to Symfony and Twig. The learning curve for Drupal 8 may involve stages of shock, denial, anger and depression before reaching acceptance. Developers are encouraged to get involved with the ongoing development through the core mentoring program to learn Drupal 8 early.

1. Something Drupal this way
comes

2. Why Drupal?

3. Set Coding Standards
Code Reviews / Security Team
Tons of contributed modules
Built in caching / performance
Free GPL.
Why Drupal?

4. Community
IRC
Cons & Camps
Project Queues

5. Community
You don’t have to be this
smart to ride this ride.
Angie Byron (webchick)

6. Note:
Drupal8 is still actively being developed.
There is a chance that whatever this guy
shows you will not be in the final product.
That or he was flat out wrong.

9. http://sixrevisions.com/web-development/drupal-
learning-curve/
The 7 Stages of Drupal’s
Learning Curve
Shock & Denial
Pain & Guilt
Anger & Bargaining
Depression & Reflection
The Upward Turn
Reconstruction
Acceptance & Hope

10. Installation Changes

11. Multi Lingual
Install in your language
Translate anything
Translate Fields
Automatic translation files

12. HTML 5 Markup
Simplified element classes
native date, email, and
phone fields
responsive image

13. Accessibility
Improvements to accessibility
based on real world testing.
WCAG 2.0
WC3 - Aria

14. Mobile Friendly
Responsive templates
out of the box!
HTML5 fields
Admin menu flexibility
image: http://wpmu.org/wordpress-responsive-design/

15. Installation changes II

16. VIEWS IN CORE!

17. VIEWS IN CORE!

18. USEFUL TOOLBAR

19. WYSIWYG IN CORE!
• CKEditor

20. WYSIWYG IN CORE!
• CKEditor

21. WYSIWYG IN CORE!
• Still probably need IMCE

22. Module Filter
- Easier Searching
- Better organize

23. Migration Improved
Migrate from Drupal 7
Migrate from Drupal 6!

24. Configuration Management
Configuration out of the
database!
YAML
Easy import / export

25. Content Management

26. Better Forms

27. in-line editing

28. Development changes

29. Web Services
JSON / XML output
HTTP Authentication
Views exposed as service

30. twig
no longer phptemplate engine
no more logic in view!

31. Better Libraries
backbone.js
underscore.js
guzzle
jquery

32. Get down with OOP
Symfony backend platform
Dependency Injection
Annotations for discovery
Namespaces
hooks are dead.. long live hooks…

33. PSR-4
https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/proposed/psr-4-
autoloader/psr-4-autoloader.md

34. WHEN!
When it’s done!

35. How can you get involved?
Drupal 8 already has 1700+ contributors! Our
mentors love to help new people get involved, and
there is always something that you can help with.
Learn Drupal 8 early by getting involved through
core contribution mentoring.
https://drupal.org/core-mentoring

36. Resources
http://lullabot.github.io/dme-presentations/d8-
what-is-new/#/
https://drupal.org/drupal-8.0
https://drupal.org/coding-standards
https://groups.drupal.org/taxonomy/term/98113

37. DEMOS