1. Dries Buytaert · @Dries on Twitter · #Driesnote
STATE OF DRUPAL

2. Why?

3. What is our purpose?

4. We work, we earn,
we feed our children

5. Is there more?

6. Yes

7. We are changing the world

8. We help individuals build a dream

9. We help individuals build a dream
We give small organizations a big voice

10. We help individuals build a dream
We give small organizations a big voice
We give enterprises a new idea

11. We help individuals build a dream
We give small organizations a big voice
We give enterprises a new idea
We inspire wonder and delight

12. We help individuals build a dream
We give small organizations a big voice
We give enterprises a new idea
We inspire wonder and delight
We admit no boundaries

13. And we will do it again

16. 6 initiatives

17. Multilingual Views web services
Mobile blocks++
configuration
management

18. blocks++
Multilingual Views web services
Mobile
configuration
management

19. blocks++
Multilingual Views web services
Mobile
configuration
management

20. blocks++
Multilingual Views web services
Mobile
configuration
management

21. blocks++
Multilingual Views web services
Mobile
configuration
management

22. blocks++
Multilingual Views web services
Mobile
configuration
management

23. 6 initiatives

25. over
200new features

26. over
200new features

27. over
200new features
Improved content creation page
Schema.org integration
WYSIWYG in core
In-place editing
Mobile-friendly toolbar
Breakpoint API
Responsive images
Accessibility improvements
New entity and field system
Improved modules page
Symfony components
Native RESTful web services
PHPUnit
Backbone
Underscore
Guzzle HTTP client and framework
Modernizr

29. over
200new features
Improved content creation page
Schema.org integration
WYSIWYG in core
In-place editing
Mobile-friendly toolbar
Breakpoint API
Responsive images
Accessibility improvements
New entity and field system
Re-designed modules page
Symfony components
Native RESTful web services
PHPUnit
Backbone
Underscore
Guzzle HTTP client and framework
Modernizr

30. over
200new features
Custom block entities
Re-designed block UI
Human-readable image style names
Image uploading, captioning and aligning
in WYSIWYG
Universal modal dialog
Re-built server-side ajax API
Improved content creation page
Schema.org integration
WYSIWYG in core
In-place editing
Mobile-friendly toolbar
Breakpoint API
Responsive images
Accessibility improvements
New entity and field system
Re-designed modules page

31. Schema.org
for semantic markup
<div vocab="http://schema.org/" typeof="Offer">
<span property="name">Blend-O-Matic</span>
<span property="price">$19.95</span>
<img src="four-stars.jpg" />
Based on 25 user ratings
</div>

32. Schema.org
for semantic markup
<div vocab="http://schema.org/" typeof="Offer">
<span property="name">Blend-O-Matic</span>
<span property="price">$19.95</span>
<div property="reviews" typeof="AggregateRating">
<img src="four-stars.jpg" />
<meta property="ratingValue" content="4" />
<meta property="bestRating" content="5" />
Based on <span property="ratingCount">25</span> user ratings
</div>
</div>
<div vocab="http://schema.org/" typeof="Offer">
<span property="name">Blend-O-Matic</span>
<span property="price">$19.95</span>
<img src="four-stars.jpg" />
Based on 25 user ratings
</div>

33. Better SEO

34. Better SEO

35. Search engines will become answer engines

38. over
200new features
Re-designed block UI
New theme system (twig)
Human-readable image style names
Image uploading, captioning and aligning
in WYSIWYG
Universal modal dialog
Re-built server-side ajax API
Improved content creation page
Schema.org integration
WYSIWYG in core
In-place editing
Mobile-friendly toolbar
Breakpoint API
Responsive images
Accessibility improvements
New entity and field system
Re-designed modules page

39. over
200new features
Customizable software translation
Configuration management system
Redesigned content creation UI
Content structure tools: Email, Link, Entity
Reference, Telephone, Date
Re-designed responsive admin theme
Improved modules page
Custom block entities
Re-designed block UI
New theme system (twig)
Human-readable image style names
Image uploading, captioning and aligning
in WYSIWYG
Universal modal dialog
Re-built server-side ajax API
Improved content creation page
Schema.org integration
WYSIWYG in core
In-place editing

40. DRUPAL 7

41. Print variable
DRUPAL 7

42. Why does this
need to be
rendered?
DRUPAL 7

43. Switching in
and out of PHP
DRUPAL 7

44. DRUPAL 8

45. No switching to PHP, just print variables
DRUPAL 8

46. No PHP!
DRUPAL 8

47. DRUPAL 8
No rendering,
all variables are
already rendered

48. DRUPAL 8
html 5!

49. Customizable software translation
Configuration management system
Responsive admin theme
Content structure tools: Email, Link, Entity
Reference, Telephone, Date
Improved modules page
Custom block entities
Re-designed block UI
New theme system (twig)
Human-readable image style names
Image uploading, captioning and aligning
in WYSIWYG
Universal modal dialog
Re-built server-side ajax API
Improved content creation page
Schema.org integration
WYSIWYG in core
In-place editing
over
200new features

50. Responsive tables
Re-designed, high resolution icons
Content translation applies to all entities
Guided tours
Configuration translation
Text transliteration
Auto-installation and updates of translations
Language assignment on almost anything
Semantic HTML5 fields
Customizable software translation
Configuration management system
Responsive admin theme
Content structure tools: Email, Link, Entity
Reference, Telephone, Date
Improved modules page
Custom block entities
Re-designed block UI
New theme system (twig)
over
200new features

52. When you use the
date field ...

53. When you use the
date field ...
The device shows
its date widget

55. When you use the
telephone field ...

56. When you use the
telephone field ...
The device shows
the numeric keypad

58. When you use the
email field ...

59. When you use the
email field ...
The device shows
the @ symbol

60. Re-designed, high resolution icons
Content translation applies to all entities
Guided tours
Re-designed administration pages
Configuration translation
Text transliteration
Auto-installation and updates of translations
Language assignment on almost anything
Semantic HTML5 fields
Customizable software translation
Configuration management system
Responsive administrative theme
Content structure tools: Email, Link, Entity
Reference, Telephone, Date
Improved modules page
Custom block entities
Re-designed block UI
New theme system (twig)
over
200new features

61. Admin listings converted to views
Views bulk operations on core listings
New install screen
Responsive Bartik theme
Responsive tables
Re-designed, high resolution icons
Content translation applies to all entities
Guided tours
Re-designed administration pages
Configuration translation
Text transliteration
Auto-installation and updates of translations
Language assignment on almost anything
Semantic HTML5 fields
Customizable software translation
Configuration management system
Responsive administrative theme
Content structure tools: Email, Link, Entity
over
200new features

64. WHAT iS IN IT FOR
YOU?

66. large

68. small

70. tech

72. non-tech

74. SMALL SITE OWNER
“Building a site in Drupal 7 was painful. No
text editor. How do I add images? How do
I change the home page? I give up.”

75. There is help It just works
Finding
things is
quick
Editing is
easy
Site creation
is easy
All the basics
are installed

76. There is help It just works
Finding
things is
quick
All the basics
are installed
Editing is
easy
Site creation
is easy

77. All the basics
are installed
It just works
Finding
things is
quick
Editing is
easy
There is help
Site creation
is easy

78. It just works
Finding
things is
quick
All the basics
are installed
Editing is
easy
There is help
Site creation
is easy

79. It just works
Finding
things is
quick
All the basics
are installed
It just works
Editing is
easy
There is help
Site creation
is easy

80. It just works
Finding
things is
quick
All the basics
are installed
It just works
Editing is
easy
There is help
Site creation
is easy

81. FRONT-END DEVELOPER
“Getting Drupal 7 to output what I
want is too complicated. I want to
use modern techniques and libraries
and Drupal is getting in the way.”

82. TWIG
Modern
theming
Better
libraries
Standard
interactions
like modal,
dropbutton
Better markup
Natively
responsive
Themers
don’t need
to know PHP

83. TWIG
Modern
theming
Better
libraries
Better markup
Standard
interactions
like modal,
dropbutton
Natively
responsive
Themers
don’t need
to know PHP

84. TWIG
Modern
theming
Better
libraries
Better markup
Standard
interactions
like modal,
dropbutton
Natively
responsive
Themers
don’t need
to know PHP

85. TWIG
Modern
theming
Better
libraries
Better markup
Standard
interactions
like modal,
dropbutton
Natively
responsive
Themers
don’t need
to know PHP

86. TWIG
It just works
Modern
theming
Better
libraries
Better markup
Standard
interactions
like modal,
dropbutton
Natively
responsive
Themers
don’t need
to know PHP

87. TWIG
It just works
Modern
theming
Better
libraries
Better markup
Standard
interactions
like modal,
dropbutton
Natively
responsive
Themers
don’t need
to know PHP

88. MARKETING MANAGER
“Running an enterprise multichannel Drupal
site is challenging. I can’t build mobile-
friendly pages without a developer, my
writers hate the text editor, and SaaS
marketing tools are hard to integrate.”

89. REST schema.orgNative apps
Responsive
preview
Multilingual
built in
Effortless
authoring
Structured
content that is
SEO-friendly
Integration
with third-
party
services

90. schema.orgNative apps
Responsive
preview
Multilingual
built in
Effortless
authoring
REST
Structured
content that is
SEO-friendly
Integration
with third-
party
services

91. REST schema.orgNative apps
Responsive
preview
Multilingual
built in
Effortless
authoring
Structured
content that is
SEO-friendly
Integration
with third-
party
services

92. schema.orgNative apps
Responsive
preview
Multilingual
built in
Effortless
authoring
REST
Structured
content that is
SEO-friendly
Integration
with third-
party
services

93. schema.org
It just works
Native apps
Responsive
preview
Multilingual
built in
Effortless
authoring
REST
Structured
content that is
SEO-friendly
Integration
with third-
party
services

94. schema.org
It just works
Effortless
authoring
Structured
content that is
SEO-friendly
Integration
with third-
party
services
Native apps
Responsive
preview
Multilingual
built in
Effortless
authoring
REST

95. ENGINEERING DIRECTOR
"Drupal worries me. To extend it my team
needs ‘tribal knowledge’ that is useless
outside Drupal. Config is mixed with content
in the database which complicates
deployment, and scalability and security are
big concerns."

96. “Proudly Found
Elsewhere”
More versatile
framework
Configuration
in files
Scalability Unit testability
Object oriented
modern code

97. More versatile
framework
Configuration
in files
Scalability Unit testability
“Proudly Found
Elsewhere”
Object oriented
modern code

98. More versatile
framework
Configuration
in files
Scalability Unit testability
“Proudly Found
Elsewhere”
Object oriented
modern code

99. More versatile
framework
Configuration
in files
Scalability Unit testability
“Proudly Found
Elsewhere”
Object oriented
modern code

100. It just works
More versatile
framework
Configuration
in files
Scalability Unit testability
“Proudly Found
Elsewhere”
Object oriented
modern code

101. It just works
More versatile
framework
Configuration
in files
Scalability Unit testability
“Proudly Found
Elsewhere”
Object oriented
modern code

104. WE’VE UPPED OUR GAME

105. THERE IS A Lot of
work left to be done

107. “If you want to go quickly, go alone.
If you want to go far, go together.”
- Al Gore

110. BIGGEST
TO-DOS
3

111. 01.MAKE IT FASTER
• Still have backward
compatibility layers
in place
• Will start to focus on
performance once
these are removed

112. • Simplify APIs
• Make code less verbose
• Write documentation
02.FIX THE DEVELOPER
LEARNING CURVE

113. 03.SIMPLIFY
UPGRADING
• Fix the upgrade path
• Help with Coder module
• Write documentation

114. Core team
Early 2013
Anything
goes!
features,
API
changes,
and
addi6ons
Module
developers Site buildersThemers

115. Core team
Early 2013
Anything
goes!
features,
API
changes,
and
addi6ons
Module
developers Site buildersThemers
PORTLAND

116. MID 2013
Alpha
Core team
Early 2013
Anything
goes!
features,
API
changes,
and
addi6ons
Module
developers Site buildersThemers
Focus
on
cleaning
up
APIs
Provide
early
API
feedback
PORTLAND

117. MID 2013
Alpha
Core team
Early 2013
Anything
goes!
features,
API
changes,
and
addi6ons
Module
developers Site buildersThemers
Focus
on
cleaning
up
APIs
Provide
early
API
feedback
PRAGUE
PORTLAND

118. MID 2013
Alpha
Core team
features
Early 2013
Anything
goes!
features,
API
changes,
and
addi6ons
Module
developers Site buildersThemers
Focus
on
cleaning
up
APIs
Provide
early
API
feedback
PRAGUE
PORTLAND

119. MID 2013
Alpha
Late 2013
BETA 1
Core team
features
Early 2013
Anything
goes!
features,
API
changes,
and
addi6ons
Module
developers Site buildersThemers
Focus
on
cleaning
up
APIs
Focus
on
cleaning
up
APIs
Provide
early
API
feedback
Provide
early
API
feedback
PRAGUE
PORTLAND

120. MID 2013
Alpha
Late 2013
BETA 1
EARLY 2014
RC1
Core team
features
Early 2013
Anything
goes!
features,
API
changes,
and
addi6ons
Module
developers Site buildersThemers
Focus
on
release
blockers
only.
Focus
on
cleaning
up
APIs
Focus
on
cleaning
up
APIs
Provide
early
API
feedback
Provide
early
API
feedback
Start
upgrading
contributed
modules
Start
upgrading
contributed
themes
Start
tes6ng
Drupal
8,
upgrade
path
PRAGUE
PORTLAND

121. MID 2013
Alpha
Late 2013
BETA 1
EARLY 2014
RC1
Core team
featuresREFINING
Early 2013
Anything
goes!
features,
API
changes,
and
addi6ons
Module
developers Site buildersThemers
Focus
on
release
blockers
only.
Focus
on
cleaning
up
APIs
Focus
on
cleaning
up
APIs
Provide
early
API
feedback
Provide
early
API
feedback
Start
upgrading
contributed
modules
Start
upgrading
contributed
themes
Start
tes6ng
Drupal
8,
upgrade
path
PRAGUE
PORTLAND

122. MID 2013
Alpha
Late 2013
BETA 1
EARLY 2014
RC1
It’s ready WHEN
IT’s READY
Core team
featuresREFINING
Early 2013
Anything
goes!
features,
API
changes,
and
addi6ons
Module
developers Site buildersThemers
Focus
on
release
blockers
only.
Focus
on
cleaning
up
APIs
Focus
on
cleaning
up
APIs
Provide
early
API
feedback
Provide
early
API
feedback
Start
upgrading
contributed
modules
Start
upgrading
contributed
themes
Start
tes6ng
Drupal
8,
upgrade
path
Contrib
modules Contrib
themes
Early
adopters
No
bugs
PRAGUE
PORTLAND

123. MID 2013
Alpha
Late 2013
BETA 1
EARLY 2014
RC1
It’s ready WHEN
IT’s READY
Core team
featuresREFINING
testing
Early 2013
Anything
goes!
features,
API
changes,
and
addi6ons
Module
developers Site buildersThemers
Focus
on
release
blockers
only.
Focus
on
cleaning
up
APIs
Focus
on
cleaning
up
APIs
Provide
early
API
feedback
Provide
early
API
feedback
Start
upgrading
contributed
modules
Start
upgrading
contributed
themes
Start
tes6ng
Drupal
8,
upgrade
path
Contrib
modules Contrib
themes
Early
adopters
No
bugs
PRAGUE
PORTLAND

124. MID 2013
Alpha
Late 2013
BETA 1
EARLY 2014
RC1
It’s ready WHEN
IT’s READY
Core team
featuresREFINING
testing
Early 2013
Anything
goes!
features,
API
changes,
and
addi6ons
Module
developers Site buildersThemers
Focus
on
release
blockers
only.
Focus
on
cleaning
up
APIs
Focus
on
cleaning
up
APIs
Provide
early
API
feedback
Provide
early
API
feedback
Start
upgrading
contributed
modules
Start
upgrading
contributed
themes
Start
tes6ng
Drupal
8,
upgrade
path
Contrib
modules Contrib
themes
Early
adopters
No
bugs
PRAGUE
PORTLAND
There Is still time
to get involved.

125. We’ll take the
time to get it
right.

126. DRUPAL8LAUNCH
LET’S“UPIT”MORE!

127. HISTORYOF
DRUPALLAUNCHES

128. HISTORYOF
DRUPALLAUNCHES
• Drupal 6: one blog post

129. HISTORYOF
DRUPALLAUNCHES
• Drupal 6: one blog post
• Drupal 7: one landing page and 300 parties

130. Joe Saylor
Drupal Association
hired marketing and
communication manager

131. Joe Saylor
Drupal Association
hired marketing and
communication manager

134. Launch Objectives
• Grow Drupal adoption as a
percentage of site usage
• Grow the Drupal developer
community
• Support and celebrate the existing
community

135. Launch Objectives
• Grow Drupal adoption as a
percentage of site usage
• Grow the Drupal developer
community
• Support and celebrate the existing
community
Asset Wish List
• Overview video
• Overview presentation
• Drupal 8 training
• Sales guide for agencies and shops

136. Launch Objectives
• Grow Drupal adoption as a
percentage of site usage
• Grow the Drupal developer
community
• Support and celebrate the existing
community
Asset Wish List
• Overview video
• Overview presentation
• Drupal 8 training
• Sales guide for agencies and shops
Provide a promotion package with content and
materials people can easily use to promote the launch:
• Example social media updates
• Overview presentation
• Branded assets (logo, brand guidance)
Engaging the Community

137. Launch Objectives
• Grow Drupal adoption as a
percentage of site usage
• Grow the Drupal developer
community
• Support and celebrate the existing
community
Asset Wish List
• Overview video
• Overview presentation
• Drupal 8 training
• Sales guide for agencies and shops
Provide a promotion package with content and
materials people can easily use to promote the launch:
• Example social media updates
• Overview presentation
• Branded assets (logo, brand guidance)
Engaging the CommunityCountry Groups on G.D.O• Provide launch promotional materials• Provide information that can be translated:- Press release
- Example PR pitch
- Example social media updates

138. We help individuals build a dream
We give small organizations a big voice
We give enterprises a new idea
We inspire wonder and delight
We admit no boundaries
We level the playing field

140. More than 1,600
people contributed to Drupal 8

141. Number of core contributors

142. 0
425
850
1275
1700
ABOUTTOdouble!
Drupal 7.0
Drupal 8-alpha3
Number of core contributors

143. 0
425
850
1275
1700
New
Recurring
Number of core contributors
Drupal 7.0
Drupal 8-alpha3

144. 0
425
850
1275
1700
New
Recurring
Number of core contributors
More RECURRING
contributors
More NEW
contributors
Drupal 7.0
Drupal 8-alpha3

146. Cathy
Theys
d.o username:
YesCT
joined:
5.5 years ago
location:
United States
contribution:
Sprints

147. Alex
Pott
d.o username:
alexpott
joined:
6 years ago
location:
United Kingdom
contribution:
Core Maintainer

148. Alex
Pott
d.o username:
alexpott
joined:
6 years ago
location:
United Kingdom
contribution:
Core Maintainer
Alex
Pott
d.o username:
alexpott
joined:
6 years ago
location:
United Kingdom
contribution:
Core co-maintainer

150. Jesse
beach
d.o username:
jessebeach
joined:
3.5 years ago
location:
United States
contribution:
Accessibility/Front-end

152. jeremy
thorson
d.o username:
jthorson
joined:
6 years ago
location:
Canada
contribution:
Quality assurance

154. Shannon
vettes
d.o username:
svettes
joined:
2.5 years ago
location:
France
contribution:
Project management

156. scott
reeves
d.o username:
Cottser
joined:
2.5 years ago
location:
Canada
contribution:
Themer/Mentor

158. tim
plunkett
d.o username:
tim.plunkett
joined:
5.5 years ago
location:
United States
contribution:
Core generalist

160. Vijay
Mani
d.o username:
vijaycs85
joined:
7 years ago
location:
India
contribution:
Low-Hanging Fruit

162. Sascha
grossenbacher
d.o username:
Berdir
joined:
5.5 years ago
location:
Switzerland
contribution:
Entities and Fields

164. Daniel
Wehner
d.o username:
dawehner
joined:
6.5 years ago
location:
Germany
contribution:
Views in Core

166. Klaus
purer
d.o username:
klausi
joined:
5.5 years ago
location:
Austria
contribution:
REST/Project Reviews

168. alex
bronstein
d.o username:
effulgentsia
joined:
7 years ago
location:
United States
contribution:
Diplomat/Momentum Engineer

170. ryan
frederick
d.o username:
ry5n
joined:
1.5 years ago
location:
Canada
contribution:
Designer

172. lee
rowlands
d.o username:
larowlan
joined:
5 years ago
location:
Australia
contribution:
UX Patterns

174. virtual high five

175. place
hand
here( )

176. Thank
you!
Q&A
Contact:
h*p://buytaert.net/contact
Twi*er:
@Dries
#DriesNote
Blog:
h*p://buytaert.net

177. The Big Group Photo
will take place outside
Entrance 5 immediately
after the keynote

178. 1.Exit First Floor Exit Doors on your right
2.Go down stair case to Ground Floor
3.Go out Door 5
4.Turn Left and go out to the plaza
1.
3. Exit 5
4. Plaza
Big Group Photo