The 3 W's of the Drupal 8 Initiatives - Who, What, and Why?

Listen in as Addi talks to five Drupal 8 initiative owners about the amazing new things coming in Drupal 8, why they matter, and what you can do to start learning about them now, and give a helping hand. We are joined by Gábor Hojtsy (Gábor Hojtsy), Larry Garfield (Crell), Kris Vanderwater (EclipseGc), John Albin Wilkins (JohnAlbin), and Greg Dunlap (heyrocker), in a series of separate interviews.

Multilingual Initiative

Gábor Hojtsy
Starts at 02:59
IRC channel: #drupal-i18n
Multilingual Initiative hub page
Meeting times every week until Dec 1st
Current focus issue highlights
BADcamp Multilingual sprint (signup highly encouraged)

Web Services and Context Core Initiative (WSCCI)

Larry Garfield
Starts at 15:56
IRC channel: #drupal-wscci
Web Services Initiative landing page
Larry's WSCCI code sandbox
WSCCI issues
JSON-LD support overview
DrupalCon Munich presentation video
DrupalCon Munich slides
Symfony Live slides

Blocks and Layouts Initiative (SCOTCH)

Kris Vanderwater
Starts at 28:40
Blocks and Layouts Initiative landing page
Core group page
Drupal 8 Plugin system documentation

Mobile Initiative

John Albin Wilkins
Starts at 41:24
IRC channel: #drupal-mobile
Mobile Initiative landing page
BADcamp Mobile sprint

Configuration Management Initiative

Greg Dunlap
Starts at 53:49
IRC channel: #drupal-cmi
Configuration Management Initiative landing page
Configuration Novice issues
Configuration management API documentation