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We are updating our documentation library to be ready for the Sector 10 release in the second half of 2023! Find out more in our Sector 10 roadmap or head straight to our collection of Sector 10 - Changes and Updates.
The differences between Drupal 7 and Drupal 8 are significant and have major dependencies on Sector D8.
Drupal 8 includes:
- 200+ new features and improvements
- A move to the PHP framework Symfony
- A new theming approach using flexible, fast, and secure template engine Twig
- A new approach and architecture to Drupal distributions
- A new way to install and maintain Drupal projects
- A move to migrate functionality previously provided by contributed modules into core (or migrate the contributed modules into the module included in core).
In many aspects, Drupal 8 is not an upgrade, but a new application. Many standard contributed modules are still catching up with the steep upgrade path, or are replaced by new native Drupal 8 modules.
What does that mean for Sector?
The major changes in Sector D8 include:
- A move from Drupal 7 Features to Drupal 8 Configuration Management
- A move from three separate install profiles to a flexible, modular Sector add-on module architecture
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A Sector D8 Starter Kit followed by continued improvements.
- A Sector D8 Media roadmap in step with the Drupal media roadmap
Read more about our Sector D8 Roadmap.