Drupal 10 is targeted for release in June 2022.
Dries Buytaert the project lead and founder of the Drupal project discussed in his on Drupal 10 readiness that include Improving Drupal’s out-of-the-box user experience, adding the new Olivero front-end theme and making it the default in Drupal core, implementing automated updates and start introducing JavaScript components
With its great features and community support, Drupal is one of the leading platforms to build a CMS enabled websites. Drupal is popular for delivering frequent updates with practically advanced features. All of these goals serve to make Drupal a more user-friendly CMS, simplify the maintenance and process for developers and allow for the creation of innovative and flexible digital experiences.
Drupal 10 Features
Drupal is one of the leading open source projects. If you want a customized website with great features and seamless user experience, then Drupal is an ideal choice for you.
Vanilla JavaScript
Jquery UI has been an integral part of Drupal since 2011 and is still in use in the latest Drupal 9 version Resulting in decresed adoption of Jquery, Indubitably, jQuery UI has been an integral part of Drupal since 2011 and is still in use in the latest Drupal 9 version. Drupal contributors and experts are working on reducing the dependencies on jQuery itself by writing vanilla JavaScript.
Symphony compatibility
Drupal experts are enabling bridges and customs to become Symphony 5 compatible. The ultimate goal is to release Drupal 10 on at least Symphony 5.4, while keeping up with the latest Symphony version when needed. Symphony 5 has already been released with version 6 deprecations
New CKEditor
Drupal site owners will experience great editing experience with the all new CKEditor integration which will be part of Drupal 10 release. Drupal users have to update to CKEditor or switch to a modern editor to reap the benefits from bug fixes and new features. CKEditor 5 was released in 2018 and is rewritten from the ground up, making it an entirely new editor.
Automated updates
With the latest Drupal version, the team has taken the initiative to bring enabling automated updates into the core version. Until now, updating Drupal was a tediously, time- consuming manual task. Drupal received constant requests from its users to enable automated updates. New feature is aimed at ensuring site readiness for safe updates, verifying updates with package signing, integrating composer and safely applying updates in a way that can be rolled back in case of errors.
In Summary
While the Drupal 10 Readiness Initiative focuses on platform components and stability, Drupal 10 is likely to improve all the advances in Drupal 9 and include improvements beyond those initiatives contributed by the world-wide community. No matter if you’re currently using Drupal 7, 8 or 9, you’ll still have enough time to make the switch.
