DrupalCon Los Angeles 2015: Memorial Sloan Kettering: Adventures in Enterprise Drupal 8

This talk covers Memorial Sloan Kettering's innovative transition from Drupal 6 to Drupal 8, focusing on the unique challenges and benefits of this migration. Project members from MSK, Phase2, and Digitas discuss the processes involved in migrating over 25,000 pages of content while simultaneously redesigning the site. Key topics include the brute force migration process, front-end integrations using Twig, community contributions to enhance Drupal 8, and the tools and best practices employed by the development team. The session also addresses crucial questions about the learning curve of Drupal 8 and the specific contrib modules and external libraries leveraged during the project. Overall, it provides valuable insights for organizations considering a similar move to Drupal 8.