Drupal 8 represents a major new release of the Drupal content management system. It took over 4 years and input from over 3,200 developers to create. Drupal 8 introduces hundreds of new features and improvements, and is built using Symfony components which make it more modern and object-oriented. Pantheon will help support sites using Drupal 8 by providing one-click updates and an optimized platform. While Drupal 8 differs significantly from prior versions, adopting it will help sites benefit from new functionality and prepare for the future of Drupal development.

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Drupal 8: The
Future of Drupal
Matthew M. L. Cheney
David T. Strauss

2. Drupal 8: It’s all happening!
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3. Drupal 8: November 19th, 2015
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4. Drupal 8: Supported on Pantheon
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5. Drupal 8: November 19th, 2015
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6. What a Long, Strange Road It Has Been
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7. But as a Community We Made It!
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8. 8
Biggest Release
of Drupal Ever
4+ Years of Development
3,200+ Contributing
Developers
200+ New Features
& Improvements

9. Drupal 8 is the Future of Drupal
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10. “State of Drupal,” Paris 2009
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11. “The Magic of Drupal,” Vancouver 2013
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I believe that it is Drupal’s
destiny to run double digit
percentages of the
internet.

12. Things Have Changed a Lot
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13. This is Not Exactly What Happened
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14. Open Source CMS Has Competition
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15. Travel Stories from WordPress Land
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WordPress is
used by 58.8% of
all the CMS
websites.
This is 24.8% of
all websites.
-- w3techs.com

16. This is Not Exactly What Happened
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17. Drupal’s Greatest Challenge
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Drupal is increasingly appealing to
professional developers of complex
sites backed by substantial budgets.

18. Drupal’s Greatest Opportunity
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Drupal is increasingly appealing to
professional developers of complex
sites backed by substantial budgets.

19. The CMS Spectrum

20. Free CMS Software is Here to Stay
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Still Winning Still Important

21. Drupal 8 is Just One Tool in Your Box
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22. To Make a Better Web for Everyone
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23. David: Creep to the Mic Like a Vandal
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24. Drupal 8.0.0: The Complete* CMS
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25. The Philosophy of P.I.E.
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26. Based on Symfony
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27. Composer Friendly
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28. Object-Oriented and Namespaced
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29. Migrate to Upgrade
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30. REST.module in Core
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31. Plus a Lot of Performance Improvements
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32. Plus a Lot of Performance Improvements
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33. Plus a Lot of Security Improvements
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34. Configuration Management
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35. Up Again: Matthew Cheney
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36. Views in Core
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37. More Fields in Core
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38. WYSIWYG in Core
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39. Modern Authoring Experience
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40. Inline Editing
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41. Mobile Friendly Design
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42. Modern Templating System
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43. More Multiple Language Features
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44. D8 is a Great Harvest of Functionality
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45. Say Hello Again to David Strauss
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46. Pantheon Will Help You Be Great with D8
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47. One Click Spinup of Drupal 8
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48. One Click Updates of Drupal 8
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49. Easier to Migrate D6/7 to D8
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50. Pantheon Knows PHP 5.5
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51. A Modern Platform for a Modern CMS
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4.x 10.04.2+

52. DROPS-8: Faster & Cleaner
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53. Configuration Management Rules
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54. Configuration Management Rules!
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55. Configuration Management Rules!
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56. It is time to get real with MMLC
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57. Let’s Jump into Drupal 8
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pantheon.io/d8

58. Close Us Out David
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59. So Start Developing with Drupal 8 Today
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60. Being Successful with D8 Takes Work
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● Relearning is Necessary
● Using an IDE is Preferred
● D8 Looks like D7, But 95% New Code. Learn it All!

61. Drupal 8.0.0 is a Work In Progress
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62. But Be Realistic With Launch Dates
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63. Drupal 8.1.x is Coming
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More to come...

64. Thank You For Your Attention
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Thank you for your attention
on this webinar on Drupal 8:
The Future of Drupal.

65. Questions?
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