Drupal 8 deeper dive
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Michael Schmid discussed his experience with Drupal 8, highlighting improvements in internationalization, accessibility, content management, and site building. Boris Baldinger commented that Drupal 8 allows for building sites out of the box but sometimes requires thinking differently, and bugs can cause issues. Alex Tkachev praised Drupal 8's use of modern technologies like Symfony, calling it "the right way" to code. Kathryn McClintock found Twig templates easier than Drupal 7 templates. The discussion ended with notes on Drupal 8's status, upcoming releases, and when it's appropriate to start using it.
Drupal 8 deeper dive
- 3. We <3 Drupal 8 • Released 3 Sites on Drupal 8 • amazeelabs.com • Drupal 8 Alpha 6 • drupal.com • Client site • Business Version of drupal.org • sgg-ssup.ch • Client site
- 4. Drupal 8 • almost all Code new • SiteBuilders and Users: Only improvements
- 7. Internationalization • Drupal 7 • 29 Modules for full translatability • Drupal 8 • 4 Modules for full translatability • and they are all in Core!
- 10. Tours
- 11. Content Management • New content form + preview • Wysiwyg • In-place editing • Multilingual & Accessible at its core • Tours for contextual help
- 12. Site Building
- 13. Views in Core
- 14. Everything is an entity • Fieldable • Same APIs • Better integration into Contrib • Config vs Content Entities
- 15. Fields in Core
- 16. Responsive
- 17. Form Display UI
- 18. View Modes in Core
- 19. View Modes in Core
- 21. RESTful
- 22. Site Building • Views in Core • Fields in core: Date, Link, Email, Telephone, Entity Reference, • 100% responsive, mobile-first (includes admin backend) • Form Display UI (like display modes) • Blocks, supercharged • Configuration management • RESTful at the core
- 23. Drupal 8 in terms of sitebuilding is awesome. After a short time you are able to build almost everything out of the box. Sometimes you have to think around the corner to get your result. And sometimes you get stuck because of some nasty bugs. Boris Baldinger Sitebuilder
- 24. Developers
- 25. OOP / Symfony
- 26. . • What does D7 hook_menu really do? • routes • default menu items • local actions • local tasks
- 27. Define Route
- 28. Page Controller
- 29. Forms?
- 30. Forms?
- 31. Configuration Management • Fully in Core • exportable • importable • Show differences • New Workflows
- 32. Configuration Management • variable_{get,set} are gone!
- 33. Entity API
- 34. Config Entites similar to Content Entites
- 35. Proudly invented elsewhere • Symfony2 • Assetic • Composer • Doctrine • EasyRDF • Twig • Backbone • jQuery • jQuery UI • YAML • HAL/REST • Guzzle • PHPUnit • CKEditor
- 36. Plugins • Example: Blocks • Drupal 7 • hook_block_info() • hook_block_view() • $delta and more...
- 37. Plugins • D8
- 38. Migrate in Core • update.php • D6 support! • D7 support! • Contrib defines their own Migrate workflows
- 39. Developers • OOP architecture / Symfony-based • New routing system (hook_menu == gone) • Configuration management • Entity API • Proudly invented elsewhere • Migrate in Core
- 40. Overall, I have really really good feelings about D8. Previously we said "Drupal way" about many coding things. Now it's the "right way"! Drupal core now uses bleeding edge technologies, and that makes work really interesting. Alex Tkachev Backend Developer
- 41. Frontend
- 42. TWIG • Template Engine build for Frontend Developers
- 43. Drupal 7 • .....
- 45. Drupal 8 Core • Slimed down, no classes!
- 46. Drupal 8 Classy! • All classes in templates files
- 47. TWIG • Heavy lifting already done
- 48. CSS & JS • drupal_add_js/css() removed • No JS loaded by default! • Speeeeeed • Declare libraries • Attach libraries
- 49. Declare library
- 50. Declare library
- 51. HTML5 • HTML5 out of the box
- 52. Responsive • Responsive core themes • Responsive admin theme • Picture element
- 53. More libraries • jQuery UI Touch Punch • Backbone, Underscore • modernizr • domReady • html5shiv & classList
- 54. Frontend • Twig • CSS & JSS • HTML5 • Responsive • More Libraries
- 55. In my experience with Drupal 8 (and on this project in particular), working with Twig templates is much more concise and straightforward to code than a D7 .tpl file. As a developer with only basic PHP skills, the Twig syntax is easier to grasp. Kathryn McClintock Frontend Developer
- 56. Drupal 8 • It's awesome • It's not done yet
- 57. Next Steps • 6 Critical Upgrade Blockers • Upgradable Betas • Head2Head!! • Single scripts for each new Head Version • https://www.drupal.org/project/head2head • Beta2Beta • Group of Scripts
- 58. Next Steps • 42 Critical Bugs • Release Candidate 1 • New Critical Bugs? • Release Candidate 2 • New Critical Bugs? • Release Candidate 3 • ... • Drupal 8.0.0
- 59. Should I use it? • YES • + if you can debug code • + you will need Head2Head for upgrading (or wait till Betas are upgradable)
- 60. Future • Drupal 8.0.0 • Drupal 8.0.1, 8.0.2, ... • Patches, no new features • Drupal 8.1.0, 8.2.0 • New features • Backwards compatible! • Drupal 9.0.0 • No Backwards compatibility anymore