Drupal is an open source content management system trusted by governments and organizations around the globe to run their websites. It brings with it extensive content authoring tools, reliable performance, and a proven track record of security. The community of more than 1,000,000 developers, designers, editors, and others have developed and maintain a wealth of modules, themes, and other add-ons to help you build a dynamic web experience.
Drupal 8 is the latest release of Drupal built on the Symfony2 framework. This is the largest change to the Drupal project in its history. The entire API of Drupal has been re-built using Symfony, and everything from the administrative UI to themes to custom module development has been affected.
This book will cover everything you need to plan and build a complete website using Drupal 8. It will provide a clear and concise walkthrough of the more than 200 new features and improvements introduced in Drupal core. You will learn advanced site building techniques, how to create and modify themes using Twig, create custom modules using the new Drupal API, explore the new REST and multilingual functionality, import and export Configuration, and how to migrate from the earlier versions of Drupal.
