At the first Nascom Update of 2014 Bram Goffings talked all about the future changes Drupal 8 will bring about.

2. AGENDA
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HISTORY
IMPROVEMENTS
NEW FEATURES
DRUPAL 8 IS A MODERN CMS
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW

3. DRUPAL
HAS A
HISTORY

4. DRUPAL 1.0
(15 JAN 2001)

5. DRUPAL 1.0
4092
(15 JAN 2001)

6. DRUPAL 8.X
(MID 2013)

7. DRUPAL 8.X
491 794
(MID 2013)

9. REASONS?

10. DRIES
HAS A DREAM

11. ELIMINATE
THE
MIDDLEMAN

12. ELIMINATE
THE
DEVELOPER

13. EACH
RELEASE HAS
MORE POWER

14. ALWAYS USE
STATE OF THE
ART
TECHNOLOGY

15. MOVE
CONTRIB TO
CORE

16. CORE IS
MORE
SECURE

17. CORE HAS
FULL TEST
COVERAGE

18. CORE IS
BETTER
MAINTAINED

19. MOVE VIEWS
TO CORE

20. VIEWS IS THE
MOST INSTALLED
CONTRIB
MODULE

21. JANUARY 2011
DRUPAL 7

22. JANUARY 2011
DRUPAL 7
JULY 2011

23. JANUARY 2011
DRUPAL 7
JULY 2011
FEBRUARY 2012

24. JUNE 17 2011
VIEWS RC 1
JANUARY 2011
DRUPAL 7
JULY 2011
FEBRUARY 2012

25. FASTER
ADOPTION RATE

26. FANTASTIC
BATTLE TESTER

28. MOBILE
15% OF ALL INTERNET USAGE
COMES FROM A MOBILE PHONE.
http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/infographic-2013-mobile-growth-statistics/

29. HTML5 is the
next step in HTML

30. HTML5 helps SEO
<article>
<section>
<header>
<footer>

31. HTML5 helps mobile
<<telephone>

32. HTML5 helps mobile
<<email>

33. HTML5 helps mobile
<<number>

34. RESPONSIVE WEB
DESIGN is a web design
approach aimed at
crafting sites to provide
an OPTIMAL VIEWING
EXPERIENCE

38. DRUPAL 8 is designed to
be MOBILE FIRST
without harming the
desktop experience

39. MULTILINGUAL
WONDERLAND

40. DRUPAL 8
SUPPORTS
MULTIPLE
LANGUAGES
OUT OF THE BOX

41. TAKES LESS TIME
TO BUILD A NEW
MULTILINGUAL
WEBSITE

42. WHEN DRUPAL 8
GETS RELEASED
THERE WILL BE A
STABLE AND
USABLE SOLUTION

43. THIS MEANS
LESS BUGS
AND
LOWER COSTS

45. TRANSLATIONS
ARE IMPORTED
AUTOMATICALLY

46. TRANSLATION
SETTINGS ARE
FINE GRAINED

48. THE TRANSLATION
INTERFACE HAS
DRASTICALLY
IMPROVED

50. IT IS EVEN
POSSIBLE TO
TRANSLATE THE
SITE SLOGAN!

51. DRUPAL 8
can be a
CENTRAL CONTENT HUB

52. Data can be FETCHED in a
restful way from a standard
drupal 8 installation

53. OTHER (drupal) SITES and
APPLICATIONS can use the
data inserted into the drupal
platform WITHOUT EXTRA
EFFORT

54. THE CONNECTION
between the two parties can
be SECURED in various
ways

55. Data can be PUSHED to a
drupal 8 site.

56. Drupal can be used as a
VIEW on top of your central
content repository

57. DRUPAL 8 is an API

58. IMPROVED
WEBMASTER
EXPERIENCE

59. IMPROVED
CONTENT EDIT
SCREENS BASED
ON USABILITY
TESTS

61. A BUILD IN
WYSIWYG
EDITOR

63. SMART COPY
PASTE FILTER
ADDED

64. BUILT-IN
SECURITY LAYER

67. DRUPAL 8
HAS AN
INLINE EDITOR

68. IDEAL FOR
SMALL
ADJUSTMENTS

75. TOUR
MODULE

79. WEBMASTER CAN
BUILD OWN
INTERACTIVE
TUTORIAL

80. LIMITED WEB
KNOWLEDGE
REQUIRED

81. TOURS WILL BE
TRANSLATABLE

82. Improved deploy and
maintenance experience

83. New FILE BASED
configuration system

84. CONTENT gets stored in
the DATABASE

85. CONFIGURATION gets
stored in FILES with a
HUMAN READABLE syntax

86. EASIER DEPLOYMENT

87. LESS DANGEROUS

88. CHEAPER

89. DRUPAL 8
IS A
MODERN CMS

90. OPTMIZED FOR
SEARCH
ENGINES

91. USING
SCHEMA.ORG
SYNTAX

93. A REBUILD ON TOP OF
SYMFONY 2

94. SET OF COMPONENTS
CONTAINING BASE
FEATURES

95. WRITTEN IN AN
OBJECT ORIENTED
WAY

96. EASY TO EXTEND OR
REPLACE FEATURES

97. GAINS FOR DRUPAL?

98. LESS CODE
TO MAINTAIN

99. SECURITY++

100. SOME OF THE NEW
FEATURES WEREN’T
POSSIBLE WITHOUT
SYMFONY

101. EXPAND THE
DEVELOPER POOL

102. MAKE USE OF
JQUERY 2.0

103. SMALLER IN SIZE
AND FASTER

104. MADE FOR
MODERN BROWSERS

105. IE 8

106. IE 8

107. NO WORRIES 
WE CAN MAKE IT
WORK ON THE
FRONT END

108. AND LOTS OF OTHER
EXTERNAL TOOLS…

109. BACKBONE.JS
GUZZLE
ZEND FEED
CREATE.JS
DOCTRINE
GLIPH
PHPUNIT
COMPOSER
EASYRDF

110. Things you should know

111. No upgrade path will be
provided

112. A migration tool is being
built

113. Porting content between
different versions will be
possible

114. Makes migrating content
from drupal 6 to drupal 8
sites possible

115. NASCOM

116. ~15.000

117. 235 PATCHES (1.6%)

118. Nascom has a team of
DRUPAL 8 EXPERTS

119. We promise to have a
WORKING drupal 8
version of all the modules
we maintain.

120. Display Suite
Steroids
Fullcalendar
Performance
Nice dash
Search api live results
Commerce direct buy
Production check
Inline form errors
Attach exisiting fields
Menu clone
Record feature
File maintenance
Context code
Smartqueue language
Hook hunter

121. DISPLAY SUITE is one of
the most popular modules
and installed on every
system we build.

122. DISPLAY SUITE is
maintained by the drupal
team @nascom.

123. DISPLAY SUITE is almost
completely ported to
drupal 8!

124. WE are ready to build
YOUR drupal 8 projects

125. THANKS!
NASCOM GENK (HQ)
C-MINE 1 BUS 13
EVENCE COPPÉELAAN 91
3600 GENK
BELGIUM
PHONE +32 89 20 15 00
FAX +32 89 20 15 01
INFO@NASCOM.BE

126. TEST IT!
http://simplytest.me/project/drupal/8.x
(launch sandbox)