This document provides an overview and summary of improvements and changes in Drupal 8 from the perspective of a site builder. Some of the key points summarized are: - Dries Buytaert's original vision was to eliminate the need for developers, webmasters and designers by making Drupal more user-friendly for non-technical users. - Major improvements in Drupal 8 include Views being included in core, the new Field API, and many new technical features like dependency injection and plugins. - Many contrib modules will no longer be needed as their functions have been brought into core, such as all field type modules and parts of Views. - There are also many new small features, changes to blocks and

1. Site building · Kristof De Jaeger · 24 September 2013
Drupal 8 for site builders
Tuesday 1 October 13

2. KRISTOF DE JAEGER
✤ @swentel
✤ Drupal and Android developer
✤ Drupal core co-maintainer Field API
✤ Lead maintainer Display Suite
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4. OUTLINE
✤ Dries’s dream and a little Drupal history
✤ Big improvements in D8
✤ The little gems
✤ How’s contrib doing ?
✤ Q&A
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5. DRIES’S DREAM
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6. ELIMINATE MIDDLE MAN
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7. ELIMINATE MIDDLE MAN
“There is no reason open source software should be limited to technical
users. (...) When was the last time you hired a web master to hand-craft your
website and content using XHTML and CSS ?”
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8. GET RID OF THE DEVELOPER
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9. GET RID OF THE DEVELOPER
“My vision for Drupal is to do the same for the developers (role). I think there
is a lot of room to eliminate the traditional web developer. Eliminating might
be a bit too strong, but re-define the role of the web developer at least.”
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10. GET RID OF THE DEVELOPER
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11. GET RID OF THE DEVELOPER
“The way we try to accomplish this in Drupal is with a modular approach so
users can build web sites quickly without having to do any programming. In
other words, one does not have to be a true developer to build a feature rich
and interactive website”
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12. GET RID OF THE DEVELOPER
“The way we try to accomplish this in Drupal is with a modular approach so
users can build web sites quickly without having to do any programming. In
other words, one does not have to be a true developer to build a feature rich
and interactive website”
✤ september 10, 2009 - http://
www.informationweek.com/social-business/
strategy/interview-with-dries-buytaert/
229203050
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13. GET RID OF THE DESIGNER ?
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14. GET RID OF THE DESIGNER ?
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15. WHO’S LEFT ?
✤ Robert Douglas
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16. WHO’S LEFT ?
“Eliminate the webmasters, programmers and designers, and who is left ?
The core maintainers. Now we know your secret plan, Dries!”
✤ Robert Douglas
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17. ADD MORE POWER EVERY RELEASE
✤ add and use new technology
✤ move contrib to core
✤ contrib developers become core developers
✤ maybe even become core maintainers
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18. LINES OF CODE IN DRUPAL1.0
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19. LINES OF CODE IN DRUPAL1.0
4092
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20. LINES OF CODE IN DRUPAL8.X
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21. LINES OF CODE IN DRUPAL8.X
491794
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22. Tuesday 1 October 13

23. IMPROVEMENTS IN D8
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24. VIEWS
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25. ADOPTION RATE
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26. ADOPTION RATE
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27. ADOPTION RATE
january 2011
Drupal 7
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28. ADOPTION RATE
january 2011
Drupal 7
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29. ADOPTION RATE
january 2011
Drupal 7
july 2011
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30. ADOPTION RATE
january 2011
Drupal 7
july 2011
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31. ADOPTION RATE
january 2011
Drupal 7
july 2011 february 2012
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32. ADOPTION RATE
january 2011
Drupal 7
july 2011 february 2012
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33. ADOPTION RATE
january 2011
Drupal 7
july 2011 february 2012
november 2011
views 1.0
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34. ADOPTION RATE
january 2011
Drupal 7
july 2011 february 2012
november 2011
views 1.0
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35. ADOPTION RATE
january 2011
Drupal 7
july 2011 february 2012
november 2011
views 1.0
june 17 2011
views RC 1
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36. ADOPTION RATE
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37. “Ladies and gentlemen,
you can now use D7”
ADOPTION RATE
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38. “Ladies and gentlemen,
you can now use D7”
18/11/11 - Daniel Wehner - Views maintainer
ADOPTION RATE
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39. ADOPTION RATE
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40. ”You can now start to use D8”
ADOPTION RATE
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41. ”You can now start to use D8”
22/12/12 - Daniel Wehner - Views maintainer
ADOPTION RATE
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42. Tuesday 1 October 13

43. FANTASTIC BATTLE TESTER
✤ configuration management system
✤ plugins and annotations
✤ dependency injection
✤ routing system
✤ basically, everything that’s new or has changed in D8
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44. VIEWS 1
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45. VIEWS 1
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46. VIEWS IN CORE-FRONTPAGE
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47. VIEWS IN CORE-CONTENT MANAGEMENT
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48. VIEWS IN CORE-FILES MANAGEMENT
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49. SAY GOODBYE IN CONTRIB TO
✤ views (as a contrib module)
✤ views bulk operations - at least partly
✤ views_responsive_grid
✤ views_watchdog
✤ admin_views
✤ large parts of CTools
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50. FIELD API
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51. Tuesday 1 October 13

52. Tuesday 1 October 13

53. PLETHORA OF NEW TECHNICALSTUFF
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54. ✤ dependency injection
PLETHORA OF NEW TECHNICALSTUFF
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55. ✤ dependency injection
✤ constraints
PLETHORA OF NEW TECHNICALSTUFF
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56. ✤ dependency injection
✤ constraints
✤ plugins
PLETHORA OF NEW TECHNICALSTUFF
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57. ✤ dependency injection
✤ constraints
✤ plugins
✤ entity api
PLETHORA OF NEW TECHNICALSTUFF
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58. ✤ dependency injection
✤ constraints
✤ plugins
✤ entity api
✤ OOP all the way
PLETHORA OF NEW TECHNICALSTUFF
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59. ✤ dependency injection
✤ constraints
✤ plugins
✤ entity api
✤ OOP all the way
✤ namespaces
PLETHORA OF NEW TECHNICALSTUFF
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60. ✤ dependency injection
✤ constraints
✤ plugins
✤ entity api
✤ OOP all the way
✤ namespaces
✤ CMI
PLETHORA OF NEW TECHNICALSTUFF
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61. ✤ dependency injection
✤ constraints
✤ plugins
✤ entity api
✤ OOP all the way
✤ namespaces
✤ CMI
✤ entity storage
PLETHORA OF NEW TECHNICALSTUFF
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63. Tuesday 1 October 13

64. NEW FIELD TYPES
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65. ✤ entity reference
NEW FIELD TYPES
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66. ✤ entity reference
✤ date
NEW FIELD TYPES
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67. ✤ entity reference
✤ date
✤ link
NEW FIELD TYPES
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68. ✤ entity reference
✤ date
✤ link
✤ email
NEW FIELD TYPES
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69. ✤ entity reference
✤ date
✤ link
✤ email
✤ telephone
NEW FIELD TYPES
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70. ✤ entity reference
✤ date
✤ link
✤ email
✤ telephone
✤ picture
NEW FIELD TYPES
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71. ✤ entity reference
✤ date
✤ link
✤ email
✤ telephone
✤ picture
✤ user picture is a field
NEW FIELD TYPES
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72. FIELD UI
✤ Display modes
✤ view modes
✤ form modes
✤ placeholders
✤ custom cardinality
✤ ‘field_’ prefix - hidden configuration
✤ fields are not reusable anymore across entity types
✤ entity based storage
✤ can have the same name on different entity types (e.g. body)
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73. VIEW AND FORM MODES
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74. ✤ UI to define them
VIEW AND FORM MODES
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75. ✤ UI to define them
✤ integrates with views
VIEW AND FORM MODES
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76. ✤ UI to define them
✤ integrates with views
✤ forms side
VIEW AND FORM MODES
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77. ✤ UI to define them
✤ integrates with views
✤ forms side
✤ hidden region - instead of hidden widget
VIEW AND FORM MODES
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78. ✤ UI to define them
✤ integrates with views
✤ forms side
✤ hidden region - instead of hidden widget
✤ user register
VIEW AND FORM MODES
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79. ✤ UI to define them
✤ integrates with views
✤ forms side
✤ hidden region - instead of hidden widget
✤ user register
✤ contrib: inline entity form
VIEW AND FORM MODES
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81. SAY GOODBYE IN CONTRIB TO
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82. ✤ All the field type modules in contrib
SAY GOODBYE IN CONTRIB TO
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83. ✤ All the field type modules in contrib
✤ some parts might still be in contrib, e.g. recurring dates
SAY GOODBYE IN CONTRIB TO
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84. ✤ All the field type modules in contrib
✤ some parts might still be in contrib, e.g. recurring dates
✤ references
SAY GOODBYE IN CONTRIB TO
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85. ✤ All the field type modules in contrib
✤ some parts might still be in contrib, e.g. recurring dates
✤ references
✤ view modes module
SAY GOODBYE IN CONTRIB TO
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86. ✤ All the field type modules in contrib
✤ some parts might still be in contrib, e.g. recurring dates
✤ references
✤ view modes module
✤ view modes part of Display Suite
SAY GOODBYE IN CONTRIB TO
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87. ✤ All the field type modules in contrib
✤ some parts might still be in contrib, e.g. recurring dates
✤ references
✤ view modes module
✤ view modes part of Display Suite
✤ all hidden field widgets modules
SAY GOODBYE IN CONTRIB TO
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88. SNOWMAN
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89. SNOWMAN
✤ distribution
✤ common use cases
✤ only Drupal core
✤ no movement, but the idea can still happen
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90. GO TO EATON AND YOROY’S SESSION!
INSTALLPROFILES FOR CORE: WE CAN DO IT
Wednesday - 17:00
Club H / Actency
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91. BLOCKS AND LAYOUTS
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92. BLOCKS AND LAYOUTS
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93. CHANGES
✤ multiple instances
✤ improved UI
✤ custom fieldable blocks
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96. Tuesday 1 October 13

97. SAY GOODBYE IN CONTRIB TOO
✤ fieldable panels panes
✤ beans
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98. GO TO FREDERIC’S SESSION!
BLOCKS FROM DROP.ORG TO DRUPAL8 AND BEYOND
Wednesday - 10:45
Meeting Hall 1 -
Commerce Guys
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99. MULTILINGUAL
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100. 4 PILLARS OF CHANGE
✤ Language
✤ base language: everything has a language, delete english
✤ Interface
✤ built-in updates, friendlier interface
✤ Content
✤ entity translation in core, deprecating content translation module
✤ Config
✤ translation configuration, like say site name
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101. GO TO GABOR’S SESSION!
MULTILINGUALSITE TOOLS IN DRUPAL8
Tuesday (today!) - 13:00
North hall / Exove
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102. WYSIWYG
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103. CKEDITOR
✤ ships with core !
✤ tight integration with text formats
✤ inline image uploads
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105. Tuesday 1 October 13

106. SAY GOODBYE IN CONTRIB TO
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107. ✤ wysiwyg module
SAY GOODBYE IN CONTRIB TO
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108. ✤ wysiwyg module
✤ insert module
SAY GOODBYE IN CONTRIB TO
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109. ✤ wysiwyg module
✤ insert module
✤ various stand alone wysiwyg modules
SAY GOODBYE IN CONTRIB TO
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110. INLINE EDITING
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111. EDIT MODULE
✤ content is also building
✤ integrates with Field API
✤ integrates with other properties: title, ...
✤ works on any page
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114. CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
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115. LET’S ADD SOMETHING TO DRIES’S DREAM
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116. GET RID OF THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR
✤ configuration is stored in files
✤ written while you configure the site
✤ has a UI to import and export
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118. Tuesday 1 October 13

119. CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
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120. “Don’t hack your active config”
CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
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121. “Don’t hack your active config”
Alex Pott - Core committer
CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
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122. SAY GOODBYE IN CONTRIB TO
✤ features
✤ CTools exportables
✤ upgrade code
✤ and ...
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123. NAPKINS
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124. THE LITTLE GEMS
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125. SERVICES-GOODBYE SERVICES
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126. SERVICES-VIEWS SUPPORT
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127. MULTIPLE UPLOAD-GOODBYE PLUPLOAD
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128. NO UPLOAD BUTTON
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129. TOUR MODULE
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130. RESPONSIVE TOOLBAR
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131. MODULES SEARCH
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132. SAY GOODBYE TO CORE MODULES
✤ poll - http://drupal.org/project/poll
✤ trigger - http://drupal.org/project/trigger
✤ openid - http://drupal.org/project/openid
✤ blog - http://drupal.org/project/blog
✤ php - http://drupal.org/project/php
✤ profile - use profile 2
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133. D8CX
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134. DRUPAL8 CONTRIB EXPERIENCE
✤ Already working - with bumps now and then
✤ Display Suite,
✤ Port under way
✤ Field group, Google analytics
✤ Unknown
✤ Page manager, token UI, path auto
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135. DRUPAL8 IS GOING TO ROCK
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136. THANKS
Questions ?
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137. Tuesday 1 October 13

138. THANK YOU!
WHAT DID YOU THINK?
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