Drupal 8 - A Brief Introduction
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The document provides an overview of Drupal 8, highlighting its core features in content management, site building, and development. Key improvements include a responsive design, enhanced multilingual capabilities, and the integration of views and fields into the core. Additionally, it discusses the benefits of its new architecture and tools for developers, alongside the importance of re-learning for users transitioning from earlier versions.
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Drupal 8 - A Brief Introduction
- 1. Drupal 8: a brief introduction by Jeff Geerling
- 2. Jeff Geerling • jeffgeerling.com / geerlingguy • Senior Application Developer, Mercy • Owner, Midwestern Mac, LLC
- 3. Agenda • Drupal 8 overview • Content Management Features • Site Building Features • Development Features • Discussion
- 4. Drupal 8 When will it be ready?
- 5. Drupal 8 When will it be ready? 2007 2008 2011 2014 Drupal 6 Drupal 5 Drupal 7 ???
- 6. Drupal 8 Will I have to relearn everything?!
- 7. Drupal 8 Will I have to relearn everything?! Yes
- 8. Drupal 8 Will I have to relearn everything?! Yes and No
- 9. Drupal 8 Will I have to relearn everything?! Yes and No Drupal is like the web: always evolving, always improving.
- 10. Content Management • New content form + preview • Wysiwyg • In-place editing • Multilingual at its core • Accessible at its core • Tours for contextual help
- 11. New Content Form Content Management
- 15. Demo
- 16. Site Building • VIEWS IN CORE!! • Fields in core: Date, Link, Email, Telephone, Entity Reference, etc. • 100% responsive, mobile-first (includes admin backend) • Form Display UI (like display modes) • Blocks, supercharged • Configuration management • RESTful at the core
- 17. Views in Core Site Building
- 18. Fields in Core Site Building
- 20. Form Display UI Site Building
- 23. Demo
- 24. Developers • OOP architecture / Symfony-based • New routing system (hook_menu == gone) • Configuration management • NIH: Reuse the best code (PHP, JS, etc.) • MIGRATE IN CORE!! • Normalized, completed APIs (entities, cache, etc.)
- 25. OOP Architecture Developers / Themers http://www.garfieldtech.com/presentations/sflportland-drupal8-symfony2/#/3
- 26. New Routing System Developers / Themers
- 27. Configuration management Developers / Themers
- 28. NIH (“Not Invented Here”) Developers / Themers • Twig • Backbone • jQuery • jQuery UI • YAML • HAL/REST • Guzzle • PHPUnit • CKEditor • … • Symfony2 • Assetic • Composer • Doctrine • EasyRDF
- 29. Migrate in Core Developers / Themers Drupal 6 Drupal 7
- 30. Migrate in Core Developers / Themers Drupal 6 Drupal 7 Just committed!
- 31. Migrate in Core Developers / Themers Drupal 6 Drupal 7 Just committed! In progress!
- 34. API Improvements Developers $node->field_foo[LANGUAGE_NONE][0]['value'] $node->field_foo->value hook_block_info, hook_block_configure, hook_block_save, hook_block_view, hook_block_YIKES!
- 35. API Improvements Developers $node->field_foo[LANGUAGE_NONE][0]['value'] $node->field_foo->value hook_block_info, hook_block_configure, hook_block_save, hook_block_view, hook_block_YIKES! BlockPluginInterface
- 36. API Improvements Developers $node->field_foo[LANGUAGE_NONE][0]['value'] $node->field_foo->value hook_block_info, hook_block_configure, hook_block_save, hook_block_view, hook_block_YIKES! BlockPluginInterface _cache_get_object(), cache_get(), cache_get_multiple(), cache_set(), cache_clear_all(), cache_is_empty()
- 37. API Improvements Developers $node->field_foo[LANGUAGE_NONE][0]['value'] $node->field_foo->value hook_block_info, hook_block_configure, hook_block_save, hook_block_view, hook_block_YIKES! BlockPluginInterface _cache_get_object(), cache_get(), cache_get_multiple(), cache_set(), cache_clear_all(), cache_is_empty() Drupal::cache()
- 38. …and so much more • So, so many small improvements, including: • Node published date uses date picker • UI dropbuttons clean up complex action item links everywhere • Menu, content, block, etc. UI is intuitive • Things already just work, even though we’re in alpha (test coverage++) • Entity reference to any entity. Mind == blown. • Wysiwyg toolbar config is drag-and-drop • HTML5 everywhere, mobile-first • Responsive images • Views-powered listings (easy to modify to suit your tastes) • …and too many more to list in this presentation!
- 39. Discussion Resources for further exploration ! • Drupal 8 Change Records • Drupal 8 won't kill your kittens • Drupal 8 Will Have Something for Everyone to Love • Drupal 8 Release Date • This Week in Drupal Core