Drupal 8 Update, For Everyone! – Where are we? – Release Date
Drupal 8 Update, For Everyone! – Where are we? – Release Date
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drupal8dcc2013
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Drupal 8 Update, For Everyone!
Where are we?
Created by Fredric Mitchell / @fredricmitchell
http://brightplumbox.com/drupal8dcc2013/
What are we talking about?
Release date Release Cycle LIVE Demo of Drupal 8 on simplytest.me High-level overview of technical changes How you can helpRelease Date
When Can I Have It?
http://drupalreleasedate.com/
“When it's ready.” - CrellRelease Cycle
How Can I See Where We Are?
https://drupal.org/core/release-cycle
What's Alpha Release?
Aimed at developers to identify API weak points
Unstable and unreliable for client work
No upgrade path
Prepare for beta release
What's Beta Release?
Developers should start porting modules
UI is generally locked down
Not production ready as data loss still possible
Prepare for Release Candidate
Live Demo!
Crosses fingers
http://simplytest.me/project/drupal
For Site Builders
Some Highlights
Simplified, yet powerful
Responsive administration
Views ALL THE THINGS
Block Types
CKEditor
For the Developers
This isn't everything
What to Expect: http://previousnext.com.au/blog/drupal-8-ready-whats-new-developers
Comprehensive: https://github.com/hechoendrupal/drupal8-links
PIE (Proudly Invented Elsewhere)
Basic OOP Assumption
Classes, objects, inheritance
Namespaces
Design Patterns
Advanced OOP?
PSR-0
Dependency Injection
Design Patterns
Composer
Package Management
Packagist: http://packagist.org
http://benramsey.com/blog/2013/11/the-fall-of-pear-and-the-rise-of-composer/
Community
My subjective opinion.
Which should I use for my new project?
Do I HAVE to move?
How different is it?
Questions?
By Fredric Mitchell / @fredricmitchell
Slides:http://brightplumbox.com/drupal8dcc2013/
Slides Repo:https://github.com/fmitchell/drupal8dcc2013