DrupalCon Austin 2014: CREATING A BLOG IN DRUPAL 8 & CONFIGURATION API

This talk discusses the new features and improvements in Drupal 8, highlighting the potential to build fully functional websites using only Drupal core. The speaker covers various topics, including changes to fields, new HTML5 elements, enhancements in content editing, display and form mode modifications, improved mobile support, Views integration in core, and advancements in configuration management. Attendees will learn how these updates impact site builders and developers and how the Configuration API simplifies site configuration management in code. The session also demonstrates the process of importing and exporting configurations, as well as storing them in custom directories for optimized deployment workflows.