Drupal Developers Are Eagerly Waiting For The Soon To Be Released Drupal 8... And With Good Reason!

The launch of Drupal 8, the latest version of one of the most popular open-source content management systems in the world, is just around the corner. As with prior version upgrades, this time also developer communities across the globe are eagerly waiting to experience Drupal development with this new version. Indeed, this time Drupal has packed a lot of features into the CMS that are likely to make the job of web developers much easier than before. Let’s have a sneak peek into some of the most notable features of Drupal 8, shall we?

Responsive themes are going to change the way developers build websites

Responsive design is the all new way of ensuring that websites are displayed perfectly on every kind of device, from desktop computers to tablets and smartphones. The text is automatically resized and the images and other multimedia elements are re-aligned according to the size of the screen, for the best browsing experience. Problem is, even if the cores of most content management systems are compatible with responsive design, the themes and extensions are usually not so. This often results in conflicts between the CMS and its themes, resulting in weird glitches in the way the website is displayed. Drupal 8 seeks to change the scenario completely, for the better. Every theme packed into this version of Drupal offer seamless support for responsive design, allowing developers to create the best browsing experience for visitors, every time. Plus, there will certainly be new ones available for download, in the months following the release.

Backward compatibility is going to make website migration quick and easy

Migrating websites coded in earlier versions of a CMS to the latest version is often a royal pain in the neck for web developers. There are tons of glitches to take care of during the process and even after that, there is no guarantee that every element is going to work properly. Drupal 8 changes the game by offering seamless support for migration of websites coded in Drupal 6 or later versions into Drupal 8. Every element of websites including themes and multimedia elements can be flawlessly ported to the new version, without any glitch. This functionality is likely to bring forth drastic reduction in the duration of Drupal development cycles.

Multilingual sites will be easier to develop than before

Drupal 8 will make developing multilingual websites easier than ever before. From inbuilt user interfaces in many different languages to software translation updates delivered by the active community of drupal developers around the world, Drupal 8 is going to make developing multilingual websites easier than ever before.

Drupal developers are eagerly waiting for the release of Drupal 8, and with good reason! A host of new features available in this version, such as support for responsive design, multilingual website development and backward compatibility with Drupal 6, are guaranteed to make the life of developers much easier.