Drupal 8.0.0.0 Release Announcement

Drupal 8.0.0 has been released today (November 19, 2015). To date this release is the largest update of the content management software. Here is a short summary of the new features (per the release announcement on the Drupal.org site) that can be found in Drupal 8.0.0:

In-context, what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) editing and previews
Comprehensive content modeling out of the box with entities, fields, and views
Customization of content pages and even forms and administrative pages via the administrative interface
Full translatability and localization out of the box
Reliable configuration management for safe and straightforward deployment of changes between environments
Mobile-first, responsive, HTML5 output
REST-first native web services
Enhanced accessibility and WAI-ARIA compliance
Modern PHP standards and practices, with integration of popular libraries such as Composer, Symfony2, Guzzle, and Twig
Significantly improved front-end performance out of the box
Enhanced caching and best-of-class integration with CDNs and reverse proxies
Full compatibility with PHP7, and the PostgreSQL and SQLite databases

There are many more added features. You can learn more by going to the Drupal 8 website. Click here to download the update.

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