{"id":4393,"date":"2020-02-13T14:41:38","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T09:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/?p=4393"},"modified":"2025-02-26T12:11:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T06:41:44","slug":"drupal-8-8-what-the-latest-version-has-to-offer-the-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/drupal-8-8-what-the-latest-version-has-to-offer-the-users","title":{"rendered":"Drupal 8.8:  What The Latest Version Has to Offer the Users"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/drupal-8-8-what-the-latest-version-has-to-offer-the-users\/#A_Look_at_Some_of_the_Drupal_88_Features\" title=\"A Look at Some of the Drupal 8.8 Features:\">A Look at Some of the Drupal 8.8 Features:<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/drupal-8-8-what-the-latest-version-has-to-offer-the-users\/#The_Drupal_WYSIWYG_Allows_Media_Embedding\" title=\"The Drupal WYSIWYG Allows Media Embedding:\">The Drupal WYSIWYG Allows Media Embedding:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/drupal-8-8-what-the-latest-version-has-to-offer-the-users\/#New_and_Modern_Administration_Theme_Claro\" title=\"New and Modern Administration Theme Claro:\">New and Modern Administration Theme Claro:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/drupal-8-8-what-the-latest-version-has-to-offer-the-users\/#JASON_API_is_Significantly_Faster_in_Drupal_88\" title=\"JASON:API is Significantly Faster in Drupal 8.8:\">JASON:API is Significantly Faster in Drupal 8.8:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/drupal-8-8-what-the-latest-version-has-to-offer-the-users\/#Configuration_Management_Improvements\" title=\"Configuration Management Improvements:\">Configuration Management Improvements:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/drupal-8-8-what-the-latest-version-has-to-offer-the-users\/#Both_the_Content_Moderation_and_Workspace_Modules_are_Now_Compatible\" title=\"Both the Content Moderation and Workspace Modules are Now Compatible:\">Both the Content Moderation and Workspace Modules are Now Compatible:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/drupal-8-8-what-the-latest-version-has-to-offer-the-users\/#Jquery_UI_is_Deplored_from_Drupal_Core\" title=\"Jquery UI is Deplored from Drupal Core:\">Jquery UI is Deplored from Drupal Core:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If you already have a Drupal 8 website and you want the best performance from your site, then upgrading it to the latest version is crucial. Drupal a popular CMS is widely used by business owners because of its rich features and scalability.\u00a0 Drupal 8.8 was launched a few months back and it has come up with features that contribute a lot in developing attractive website that are at the same time secure and smooth.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Look_at_Some_of_the_Drupal_88_Features\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">A Look at Some of the Drupal 8.8 Features:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Drupal_WYSIWYG_Allows_Media_Embedding\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">The Drupal WYSIWYG Allows Media Embedding:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This is of course a long awaited Drupal feature as media was not handled efficiently by Drupal till the latest version. With Drupal 8.8, this feature has now become a reality and the good news is that the feature comes with complete media management capabilities that makes it easier to embed media for the site builders and the content creators. With the WYSIWYG integration, it completes the final milestone.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"New_and_Modern_Administration_Theme_Claro\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">New and Modern Administration Theme Claro:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Claro is a clean, concise and responsive theme that comes with an improved look and great web accessibility. It brings a new refreshed design to Drupal and it has been long requested by the Drupal users and the theme has never looked more accessible and better.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Also Read:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"\/blog\/the-journey-of-drupal-from-1-0-to-drupal-8\">The Journey of Drupal from 1.0 To Drupal 8<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"JASON_API_is_Significantly_Faster_in_Drupal_88\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>JASON:API is Significantly Faster in Drupal 8.8:<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Drupal 8.8 version has empowered and fixed the issues<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The normalization of the resource in no more leveraged or shared<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Include paths are resolved for every resource in the resource collection<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The ResourceTypeRepository computed the ResourceType value objects on every request<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">All these changes encouraged a growing ecosystem of contributed modules and the JSON: API created faster working and communication removing the need for an ad-hoc code.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Configuration_Management_Improvements\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Configuration Management Improvements:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Drupal configuration initiative was started from the release of Drupal 8.6 and with the new release of Drupal 8.8, the configuration management saw more improvements. One of the changes that are made is that the Sync directory is defined as $settings[&#8216;config_sync_directory&#8217;] in settings.php and the ability to support multiple configuration directs in not deprecated.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Both_the_Content_Moderation_and_Workspace_Modules_are_Now_Compatible\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Both the Content Moderation and Workspace Modules are Now Compatible:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">There is an update for the two modules for content workflows:\u00a0 Content Moderation and Workspaces. Earlier these two modules created a clash in the latest revisions and displayed only the latest workspace specific revisions. But now the workspace can be published Live without any entities to reach a publishable moderation state. They both can work in sync and create a custom workflow with interesting capabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jquery_UI_is_Deplored_from_Drupal_Core\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Jquery UI is Deplored from Drupal Core:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">jQuery UI is deprecated in <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/drupal-development\/\">Drupal 8.8 development<\/a><\/span> and this front end library is used to render the user experience components like dragging and dropping, selecting and sorting etc. This was first added in the year 2009 to the Drupal core, but it was not maintained since 2017, which means that people using it were at the end of life of the project. With Drupal 8.8 jQuery UI is doing away, which will allow the developers to add experience components to the code. It will be permanently removed in the upcoming Drupal 9.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you already have a Drupal 8 website and you want the best performance from your site, then upgrading it to the latest version is crucial. 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