what makes drupal 8 so great!
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WHAT MAKES DRUPAL 8 SO GREAT![Drupal Durban Meetup]
PROUDLY FOUND ELSEWHEREOpen Source for the win!
COMPOSER The De facto PHP Dependency Manager
SYMFONY Everybody's favourite set of reusable PHP components
TWIG The New Theming Engine
MANY OTHER 'NOT INVENTED HERE'LIBRARIES
GuzzlePHPUnitYAMLBackbone.js
MOBILE FIRSTDrupal 8 has been designed with mobile in mind
and 'In-place Editing' makes changing content simple andstraight forward
BUILT-IN WEB SERVICESThe Drupal 8 REST API allows for fine-grained configurationof which resources should be available (nodes, taxonomy,users, and so on), what HTTP methods are allowed againstthose resources (for example, GET, POST, PATCH, DELETE),and which formats and authentication are used to access
those resources
MULTILINGUALWith Drupal 8 content translation has become a first class
citizen
CACHINGDrupal 8 comes with excellent automated, flexible, caching
of all content
DRUPAL 8 IS FOR EVERYONE
DRUPAL 8 IS FOR DEVELOPERSModern OOP approach Highly Improved APIs
A leaner core PHPUnit tests
Symfony 2 and other components Accessible interfaces
Frontend libraries upgraded Web services built in
DRUPAL 8 IS FOR THEMERSBuilt to be secure Fast and flexible
Upgraded front end libraries Accessible
DRUPAL 8 IS FOR SITE BUILDERSMore customization options Powerful custom
blocks
Accessibility Integration Mobile in its DNA
Easy configurationmanagement
RESTful Web Services
DRUPAL 8 IS FOR CIOS, IT EXECUTIVES ANDENGINEERING DIRECTORS
Drupal is everywhere Greater efficiency
Less reliance on "tribalknowledge"
Endless Flexibility,Customization
DRUPAL 8 IS FOR MARKETERSEasy to Use Reach global audiences
Mobile, just like yourcustomers
Integrate your Best of Breedmarketing so�ware.
DRUPAL 8 IS FOR CONTENT ADMINISTRATORSMobile first Effortless authoring
Views: simple and beautiful Multilingual capabilities
MANY OTHER FEATURES
TRY DRUPAL 8DRUPAL.ORG
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