Top Resources for Getting Started with Drupal 8

Thinking Drupal 8? In this post, find resources for getting started.

Resons to be exited about Drupal 8

• Symfony2 as part of Core
• Theming and Presentation Changes. Twig, HTML5
• Improved Content Authoring Experience, Mobile-friendly
• Improved Multilingual Support
• RESTful web services
• Configuration Management
• Migration API
• and many more

Resources that will help you get started with Drupal 8

For Drupal Themers

Theming in Drupal 8 - Conversion of themes to Twig (opens in new window) - another practicle example of theming with Twig

Twigify (opens in new window) - converts D7 phpTemplate themes into D8. I've attended a session about this module in DrupalCon Portland and it looks pretty interesting.

Looking at Drupal 8's JavaScript Changes (opens in new window) - did you know that Backbone.js (opens in new window) and Underscore.js (opens in new window) are bundled into Drupal 8?

Twig, Drupal 8's New Theme Layer (opens in new window) - an in-depth look at D8's theming changes (1hr video)

For Drupal Devs

A practical example for converting a Drupal 7 module to work with Drupal 8 (opens in new window) - hands-on tutorial

Drupal 8 Module Development (opens in new window) - 3 part series

Drupal 8 Field API series (opens in new window) - 4 part series

Creating Your First Simple Drupal 8 Module (opens in new window) - 20min video

Configuration Management and Features: a look at Drupal 8 (opens in new window)

Drupalism (opens in new window) - guide to transition from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8

websiteSetup.org  (opens in new window)- step-by-step guide in building a website with Drupal 8

For Site Builders, Content Creators and Administrators

Tutorial: Drupal 8 Site Building preview - Less is more (opens in new window) - from our partner Acquia

Getting your site ready for Drupal 8 (opens in new window) - yet another great post from our partner Acquia

Multilingual Drupal 8 (opens in new window) - an In-depth look into multilingual changes and features in D8

General D8 resources

Learning by Trial and Error - Installing and Touring Drupal 8 (opens in new window) - 15 min video tour of D8

Great Resources for Learning Drupal 8 (opens in new window) - a collection of articles and tutorials

Drupal 8 links & resources (opens in new window) - a large collection of resources on Github

Keep up with developments

Drupal 8 Wins (opens in new window) - a site that shows tweets hashtaged with D8

Follow Drupal8 News (opens in new window) - on Twitter

This week in Core (opens in new window) - check out what's happening in Core on a weekly basis

Take Drupal 8 for a spin

Take a moment to try Drupal8 by using Simplytest.me (opens in new window)

Get Involved

Drupal 8 already has 1700+ contributors! There are currently hundreds of modules being ported. Here are few ways you can get involved  (opens in new window)and here's how we're getting involved!