What is there to say about Drupal 8?
The launch of Drupal 8 towards the end of this year is being met with a mixture of anticipation and scepticism. Much to the disappointment of its core developers, many devs think there’s too much hype going on over something that doesn’t promise too much.
Drupal 8 won't kill your kittens - Part 1 of 4
Lee Rowlands felt that some of the noise going on around the Drupal 8 developer experience didn't touch on all the wins that we're getting from the changes in Drupal 8. He wrote a blog post and gave a presentation at the Melbourne users group outlining some of the many ways Drupal 8 will be a great experience for developers.
"I work all day on Drupal 7 sites. Drupal 8 is where I get to do the fun stuff. There are a lot of things in Drupal 8 that I couldn't wait for, dealing with shortcomings in Drupal 7 on a daily basis. 'I want it now' kind of stuff (I picture Lee having a tantrum at this point), in particular the plugin stuff, and the entity filed API changes. That was my motivation for that talk.
Read more on Lee Rowlands and his fellow core Drupal contributors, Tim Plunket and Daniel Wehner here.
A Gr8 New Logo
After a process of community input and a final choice by Dries, there is an official Drupal 8 logo! Dries unveiled the design during his keynote at DrupalCon Prague earlier today. The logo is done in a “flat” design and features an oblique number “8” inside a slightly forward-tilting drop accompanied by the Drupal wordmark.
The “8” shape can also be used independent of the wordmark. The design, created by the talented folks at Mogdesign, is a fine representation of the balance of forward-looking elements and established concepts embodied by Drupal 8. The logo usage guidelines will be on Drupal.org next week. In the meantime you can grab the files here.
More on ‘A Gr8 New Logo’ here.
Drupal 8 to launch in-place editing
Drupal 8 is planned for launch at the end of this year and one of the most exciting features is “in-place editing” which will make updating content much easier.
This is good news for less tech-savvy users such as bloggers, business owners and regular employees assigned to manage and update website content.
To review Drupal 8’s in-place editing feature, click here.
How to Uninstall a Drupal 7 Module
This tutorial will show you how to uninstall a module from your Drupal 7 site.
In this example, we're going to show you how to uninstall the Devel module. Devel is very useful for developing a site, but should be uninstalled before going live.
Click here to see steps in ‘uninstalling Drupal 7 modules’
Many people, devs included, tend to conclude on things that they have not tried yet. Just look at Chromebook 11; many who dismissed it as useless have not even seen one, yet they comment harshly against it. (I haven’t tried it, so I have no comment on it) Personally, I look forward to fully experiencing Drupal 8. Who knows what good thing I’ll find?
(via Acquia)