Drupal 8.1.0

Wait whaaaat?

yes: Drupal 8.1

April 6:

8.1.0-RC1

April 20:

8.1.0

April 20:

Last security fix 
for 8.0.x

Wait whaaaaaaaaat?

It's fully backwards compatible :)

Features
 

BigPipe

• Uses new Cache Tag System
• Like Facebook
• Sends cacheable content first
• Loads non-cacheable content after

Drupal Upgrade UI

• User Interface for existing Migrate Modules
• Makes Upgrade from Drupal 6&7 easier 

Inline Form Errors

They are Experimental

• Uses new Cache Tag System
• Like Facebook
• Sends cacheable content first
• Loads non-cacheable content after

Composer!

Composer

• Drupal 8 uses external libraries
  • Symfony, guzzle, Twig, etc
• Used to be shipped with 8.0
• Not shipped anymore!

Composer

• PHP Package manager
• composer.json
• Downloads all dependencies

Composer

  composer install

Next Level:
Drupal Composer

• Manage Modules & Themes also via Composer
• Drupal Packagist
  • explains composer about Drupal Projects
• empty repo, only composer.json file

Can I use
Drupal 8?

YES!

Drupal 8 ready?

• Check the 
  Drupal 8 Contrib Porting Tracker
  • 1000 Modules Statuses
• Upgrade Status Module

How Amazee Labs does it

• Look at specifications & Modules
• Implement stuff that works before
  • Content Types, Fields, Theming, etc.
• Implement stuff later

Don't give up