Drupal 8 offers many improvements that make it great for different users, including developers, themers, site builders, and content administrators. Key features include using Symfony components, Twig templating, improved APIs, automated caching, multilingual support, and a mobile-first design. Drupal 8 also has built-in RESTful web services and is designed to integrate with other software.

1. WHAT MAKES DRUPAL 8 SO GREAT!
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2. PROUDLY FOUND ELSEWHERE
Open Source for the win!

3. COMPOSER
The De facto PHP Dependency Manager

4. SYMFONY
Everybody's favourite set of reusable PHP components

5. TWIG
The New Theming Engine

6. MANY OTHER 'NOT INVENTED HERE'
LIBRARIES
Guzzle
PHPUnit
YAML
Backbone.js

7. MOBILE FIRST
Drupal 8 has been designed with mobile in mind
and 'In-place Editing' makes changing content simple and
straight forward

8. BUILT-IN WEB SERVICES
The Drupal 8 REST API allows for fine-grained configuration
of which resources should be available (nodes, taxonomy,
users, and so on), what HTTP methods are allowed against
those resources (for example, GET, POST, PATCH, DELETE),
and which formats and authentication are used to access
those resources

9. MULTILINGUAL
With Drupal 8 content translation has become a first class
citizen

10. CACHING
Drupal 8 comes with excellent automated, flexible, caching
of all content

11. DRUPAL 8 IS FOR EVERYONE

12. DRUPAL 8 IS FOR DEVELOPERS
Modern OOP approach Highly Improved APIs
A leaner core PHPUnit tests
Symfony 2 and other components Accessible interfaces
Frontend libraries upgraded Web services built in

13. DRUPAL 8 IS FOR THEMERS
Built to be secure Fast and flexible
Upgraded front end libraries Accessible

14. DRUPAL 8 IS FOR SITE BUILDERS
More customization options Powerful custom
blocks
Accessibility Integration Mobile in its DNA
Easy configuration
management
RESTful Web Services

15. DRUPAL 8 IS FOR CIOS, IT EXECUTIVES AND
ENGINEERING DIRECTORS
Drupal is everywhere Greater efficiency
Less reliance on "tribal
knowledge"
Endless Flexibility,
Customization

16. DRUPAL 8 IS FOR MARKETERS
Easy to Use Reach global audiences
Mobile, just like your
customers
Integrate your Best of Breed
marketing so ware.

17. DRUPAL 8 IS FOR CONTENT ADMINISTRATORS
Mobile first Effortless authoring
Views: simple and beautiful Multilingual capabilities

18. MANY OTHER FEATURES

19. TRY DRUPAL 8
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