Drupal 8 migrations. Practice and strategy.

Drupal 8 is here. Contrib modules are being ported. Soon it will be time to migrate the sites to take advantage of all the improvements D8 has to offer. Will you be prepared?

Drupal 8 core has a great tool for data migration called Migrate API. “But it’s completely unusable and not user-friendly out of the box!” you say? We are going to dispel that myth!

During the session we’ll cover:

• D8 migration basics: architecture and implementation
• techniques (PHP OOP) to make your migrations robust and maintainable
• tricks to make your migrations testable and predictable
• proper debugging techniques
• tools to make the work with your migrations efficient
• real world examples for both simple and huge projects
• strategies for consistent migration plans and estimates

Who should attend? Developers (from beginners to experienced), team leads, architects and project managers will all find the session helpful. Understanding how to plan and execute successful migrations will save your team tons of time and money. We’ve prepared real world simplified examples, code snippets and case studies, including our own Drupal 8 migration experience, the problems we faced and the methods we used to succeed.