Performance Improvements in Drupal 8
rklawson
There are a large number of exciting performance improvements in Drupal 8, primarily centered around an upgraded caching system. This session will provide an overview of those improvements and discuss how they compare to Drupal 7. The session is intended for developers with a familiarity with caching in Drupal 7.
Topics will include:
- Why is performance important?
- Performance strategies for both the frontend and backend
- Cache API
- Cache bins
- Cache invalidation
- Cacheability metadata (cache tags, cache context, and max-age)
- Render strategies
- Dynamic page cache
- Auto placeholdering
Attendees will walk away with an understanding of strategies they can use to get the best performance possible in Drupal 8.