Drupal 8 – A peek under the hood

Hector Iribarne @hectoriribarneTrack: Site Building

Level: Beginner

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Main Topics

• What’s new in Drupal 8

• Changes from D7 to D8

• Drupal 8 install demo

Why jump in the

Drupal 8

pool now?

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Drupal 8 is the best thing

since . . .

. . . sliced bread

( Disclaimer: Even though Drupal 8 is still in the oven )

How did I get to Drupal 8?

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Let me tell you a story

of how I got started with Drupal.

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Drupal 5

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Drupal 6 - Distributions

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Drupal 7 – Entities and Commerce

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Let’s jump in

the Drupal 8

pool now!

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What’s new in Drupal 8?

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Responsive

Out of the

Box ->

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HTML5 out of the box

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Views in Core

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Wysiwyg in Core

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Unique Universal IDs (UUIDs) in Core

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Configuration Management

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Symfony 2.3 LTS and Twig

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Core Initiatives Status Summary

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Source: http://drupal.org/community-initiatives/drupal-core

Differences

between

Drupal 7 & 8

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File structure changes

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Source: http://drupalmotion.com/article/drupal-code-base

Core Module Differences

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Source: http://drupalmotion.com/article/drupal-code-base

Theme Differences in Core

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Source: http://drupalmotion.com/article/drupal-code-base

Drupal Hooks -Apr 2013

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Sources: http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes!module.inc/group/hooks/7

http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/core!includes!module.inc/group/hooks/8

Number of hooks in Drupal 7 : 352 Number of hooks in Drupal 8 : 338

Deprecated hooks (i.e. in D7, but not in D8) : 83 New hooks in Drupal 8 : 56 Renamed hooks : at least 4

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxhBMKXyk4NvZ05xbGZQZGFMcTQ/edit?usp=sharing

Install Acquia Dev Desktop

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Download Acquia Dev Desktop (ADD)

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Choose install location for Drupal

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Set port ADD localhost

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Set Admin user for localhost

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Drupal 8 requires PHP 5.3.10 or higher

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Drupal 8

Install Demo

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Download latest Drupal 8 version

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Get ready to import Drupal 8 into ADD

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Import Drupal 8 into ADD

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Finish installing Drupal 8

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Drupal 8 Installation with Acquia Desktop:http://wdtutorials.com/2012/08/22/drupal-8-installation-with-acquia-dev-desktop

Drupal 8 Code Base:http://drupalmotion.com/article/drupal-code-base

Drupal 8 Initiatives:http://drupal.org/community-initiatives/drupal-core

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Git instructions for getting Drupal 8:http://drupal.org/node/3060/git-instructions/8.x

DrupalCon Sydney Drupal 8 videos:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tep1-oq6jrU (Symfony Components: A travel guide)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HTafIHU21A (Upgrading modules to Drupal 8)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGIqu_Te0PA (Twig and the new theme layer in Drupal 8)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSXxYK4hGjg (Q&A with Drupal 8 Core maintainers featuring Dries)

Latest on Drupal 8 from initiative leads on April 11, 2013:https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dIP8u2xYQps

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