Drupal 8 is headed for its first beta. Now is the time to start upgrading contributed modules so that they're ready the day 8.0 is released.

We'll begin with a quick overview of how to start the module upgrade process, and provide some brief information about new Drupal 8 APIs, including:

• Object-oriented programming and dependency injection
• The new Drupal 8 routing system
• The configuration system
• Plugins
• The new Entity API
• and more!

This workshop is BYOM (bring your own module). Following our introduction, we'll get everyone started porting a contributed module from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8. Bring a contributed module you maintain, or one that is critical to your business. Several Drupal 8 core developers will be available to answer your questions and help you when you get stuck.

The most important thing we want you to take from this workshop is what resources are available to you as you work with Drupal 8, and how to find the answers you need.

Note: This session is intended for the two-hour-plus lab format. The second half is listed here: https://amsterdam2014.drupal.org/session/upgrade-your-module-drupal-8-co...