good reasons to upgrade to Drupal 8 or start a new project in 8, then this series is meant

to give you a thorough but streamlined overview of the changes that have taken place and what

they mean for your workflow.

An amazing amount of work has gone into improving nearly every aspect of Drupal, and as you

start the process of learning I can almost guarantee that you'll get more and more excited.

As I prepared for this collection I found myself feeling really proud of the Drupal

community.

Drupal 8 has been in development for years and even though there have been some dramatic

changes none of them has occurred without a deep comparison of the pros and cons of

each change. From the perspective of someone who has used Drupal for nearly a decade every

change I've seen has felt both important and carefully restrained.

The things that were working in Drupal 7 were kept around and the things that weren't have

been fixed or improved. What I'd like to do for you here is offer an accelerated version

of a learning process that most of us will eventually go through as we migrate to Drupal

8.

In the first videos I'm going to highlight every change in Drupal's user interface from

7 to 8. By doing this we'll get a clear sense of what's been added, what's been removed

and what's moved or changed. Even though you would eventually discover these changes on

your own reviewing all of the changes at once in context will help you develop a growing

appreciation for the changes in Drupal 8.

It will tie the changes together in a meaningful way and it will give you a solid foundation

to build on as you dive into your first Drupal 8 projects. Once we're done reviewing the

interface we'll continue onto more developer-centric videos. Like how to migrate your data from

earlier versions of Drupal to 8, how to upgrade your theme, and how to convert custom modules.

But we're starting with the interface because regardless of your experience level and what

your role in Drupal is, you'll almost definitely be spending a fair share of your time in the

interface. And in Drupal 8 that's actually a pretty nice place to be.