Drupal's got a superpower - Drupal Camp Paris 2019

One of the most important changes in Drupal 8 is using Symfony components. So, what's the deal with Drupal 9? Seamless code migrations and the ability to escape from old code! Let's review in depth how Symfony and Drupal have got this superpower: continually dropping code!

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1. Got a superpower
2. Got a superpower
3. @nicolasgrekas SensioLabs
4. github.com/ symfony/symfony + 50 standalone packages =
5. Feature full polyfill-mbstring - console - event-dispatcher - debug - finder - yaml - process - translation - http-foundation - http-kernel - css-selector - routing - var-dumper - filesystem - dom-crawler - polyfill-util - polyfill- php56 - config - polyfill-php70 - symfony - monolog-bundle - dependency-injection - swiftmailer-bundle - browser-kit - polyfill-ctype - polyfill-intl-icu - class-loader - polyfill-apcu - assetic-bundle - stopwatch - polyfill-php72 - options-resolver - polyfill-php55 - validator - polyfill-php54 - phpunit-bridge - serializer - security-acl - property- access - security-core - psr-http-message-bridge - cache - twig-bridge - expression-language - intl - inflector - framework-bundle - form - security - polyfill-iconv - icu - monolog-bridge - asset - doctrine-bridge - contracts - templating - dotenv - twig-bundle - web-profiler-bundle - flex - security- bundle - security-csrf - thanks - property-info - orm-pack - lts - profiler-pack - debug-bundle - maker-bundle - polyfill-xml - web-server-bundle - proxy-manager-bridge - framework-standard-edition - debug-pack - serializer-pack - web-link - webpack-encore-pack - var-exporter - test-pack - locale - workflow - lock - security-http - apache-pack - panther - security-guard - polyfill - skeleton - website- skeleton - ldap - messenger - requirements-checker - webpack-encore-bundle - swiftmailer-bridge - propel1-bridge - polyfill-php71 - polyfill- intl-normalizer - polyfill-intl-grapheme - acl-bundle - polyfill-php73 - symfony-demo - annotations-pack - force-lowest - amqp-pack - polyfill- intl-idn - mercure - mercure-bundle - mime - panthere - polyfill-intl-messageformatter - standard-profile - polyfill-mbstring - console - event- dispatcher - debug - finder - yaml - process - translation - http-foundation - http-kernel - css-selector - routing - var-dumper - filesystem - dom-crawler - polyfill-util - polyfill- php56 - config - polyfill-php70 - symfony - monolog-bundle - dependency-injection - swiftmailer-bundle - browser-kit - polyfill-ctype - polyfill-intl-icu - class-loader - polyfill-apcu - assetic-bundle - stopwatch - polyfill-php72 - options-resolver - polyfill-php55 - validator - polyfill-php54 - phpunit-bridge - serializer - security-acl - property-access - security-core - psr-http-message- bridge - cache - twig-bridge - expression-language - intl - inflector - framework-bundle - form - security - polyfill-iconv - icu - monolog-bridge - asset - doctrine-bridge - contracts - templating - dotenv - twig-bundle - web-profiler-bundle - flex - security- bundle - security-csrf - thanks - property-info - orm-pack - lts - profiler-pack - debug-bundle - maker-bundle - polyfill-xml - web-server-bundle - proxy-manager-bridge - framework-standard-edition - debug-pack - serializer-pack - web-link - webpack-encore-pack - var-exporter - test-pack - locale - workflow - lock - security-http - apache-pack - panther - security-guard - polyfill - skeleton - website-skeleton - ldap - messenger - requirements- checker - webpack-encore-bundle - swiftmailer-bridge - propel1-bridge - polyfill-php71 - polyfill-intl-normalizer - polyfill-intl-grapheme - acl- bundle - polyfill-php73 - symfony-demo - annotations-pack - force-lowest - amqp-pack - polyfill-intl-idn - mercure - mercure-bundle - mime - panthere - polyfill-intl-messageformatter - standard-profile
6. Foundational
7. The best design around
8. Enterprise-grade quality • 10 years of continuous innovation • Standards first – HTTP of course, etc. • Decoupled – interoperable • Automate all the things • Professionals all around
9. A vibrant community! • 20 people in the Core Team • +2000 contributors • Support • Coopetition • CARE
10. How permanent is that picture? @nicolasgrekas
11. Predictability is king
12. @nicolasgrekas • o • o • o Semantic Versioning http://symfony.com/bc
13. @nicolasgrekas • • • • • • Designed for seamless upgrades
14. Continuous Upgrade Path
15. How should you know?
17. https://dri.es/
18. https://dri.es/
19. https://dri.es/
20. https://dri.es/
21. @nicolasgrekas So what is the big deal about Drupal 9, then? The big deal about Drupal 9 is … that it should not be a big deal. https://dri.es/
22. Gábor Hojtsy
23. Gábor Hojtsy
24. How should you know?
26. Symfony has processes to DROP code!!! @nicolasgrekas
27. Symfony can constantly reinvent itself!!! @nicolasgrekas
28. We can constantly reinvent Symfony!!! @nicolasgrekas
32. Strategic initiatives Admin UI and JavaScript Modernisation API-First – Auto Updates – Composer support in Core – Config management – Doc – Layout Media – Migrate – Out-of-the-Box – Workflow Decoupled Drupal
33. Challenges for Drupal https://dri.es/
34. Escape stagnation
35. Keep the competition at a distance • Technical debt? • Discount rate? • Be the inflation!
36. Undergo change or be the change • Grow your roots and standardize • Embrace deprecations • Never stop being creative • And delete code!
37. My wish as a Symfony Community Leader? composer require drupal i.e. drupal in vendor + flex automation FTW! @nicolasgrekas
38. php/php-src composer/composer symfony/symfony drupal/drupal