Why Drupal 8?Why now?

PS - Drupal 7 is still awesome.

Why Drupal 8? Why now?

Jeffrey A. “jam” McGuire Open Source Evangelist– Acquia• acquia.com/podcasts• jam@acquia.com•@horncologne

What is D8? And why should I care?Why is it important to me now and later?

Some features● HTML5/responsive default frontend ● native web services/REST-first ● authoring experience ● incremental release cycle ● multilingual ● configuration management ● adoption of external components/communities ● simplification/unification of internal systems ● decoupled architecture

How do we know when we’re ready?When are we ready for D8? When is it ready for us?

Introduction Innovators

“Tech Enthusiasts”

Growth Early Adopters “Visionaries”

Maturity Early Majority “Pragmatists”

Decline Late Majority

“Conservatives”

Decline Laggards “Skeptics“

“I need an advantage”“I need safety”

How do we know when we’re ready?

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(Now … … late 2016)

Drupal 7 is not legacy technology!

Innovation

Adop

tion

Introduction

Growth

Maturity

Renewal

Decline

D7/D8 decision matrix *FEB/MAR 2015*Drupal 7

Public facing Rapid deployment

Full feature set Mission critical

User generated content Large, complex

Established processes Secure, stable

Build now, upgrade later -

Ramp up training

Drupal 8 Internal / R&D / Prototype Less urgent Can you do it w/ core? Experimental Brochure sites Small, simple Training, preparation Sandboxed, (stable) (Migrate in core!) Contribution, reputation In-house Symfony/PHP

* http://webchick.net/critical-rundown-bogota * http://www.wunderkraut.com/blog/should-you-upgrade-to-drupal-7/2010-11-19 * https://amsterdam2014.drupal.org/session/future-proof-your-drupal-7-site

Who is already on Drupal 8?

– Drupal.com

– Sommercable.com

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– http://sgg-ssup.ch

– http://sgg-ssup.ch

– Lääkärikeskus Aava

● D8 will deliver massive benefits ● Early D8 adopters can benefit now ● It’s time to prepare for D8 ● Drupal 7 is not legacy technology

Recap: Feb/Mar 2015

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Recap: D8 *FEB/MAR 2015*

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• @horncologne• jam@acquia.com• acquia.com/podcasts• Jeffrey A. “jam” McGuire

Drupal 8 • Internal / R&D / Prototype • Can you do it w/ core?

• Brochure sites • Multilingual! • Integrations

• Training, preparation • Contribution, reputation

Thank you.• Acquia Open Source Evangelist• Jeffrey A. “jam” McGuire• acquia.com/podcasts• jam@acquia.com• @horncologne