--- title: "D8 Tutorials for Beginners" date: "2019-04-30T17:43:56+00:00" summary: image: type: "article" url: "/acquia-cloud-platform/help/88736-d8-tutorials-beginners" id: "cf33287d-892b-485b-9a95-63f069d02439" --- Table of contents will be added Maybe you are already grokking Drupal 8's new configuration management system; maybe you've already absorbed D8's embrace of object-oriented code. But that doesn't mean you should scoff at easy on-ramp introductions to Drupal 8. Solid overviews of Drupal 8 can be tremendously valuable when you're working on a team that includes non-technical members. They also come in handy when you are advocating in-house for D8 adoption. Even if you can confidently riff on the benefits of Views in Core, you can probably help your case with some take-home materials. A new team member, or partner, or customer might appreciate something to print out and flip through on the plane. An entry-level D8 webinar might be just the thing to make a major migration seem a little less scary. You may even find them useful yourself, on those occasions when a project takes you to the outskirts of your Drupal expertise. So for whatever purpose you want to point them towards, here is a curated selection of the best D8 overviews and intros. The Ultimate Guide to Drupal 8 ------------------------------ Of course, we at Acquia are partial to this guide, authored by our own **Angie Byron**, with a recent Drupal 8.1 update by **Jeffrey A. "jam" McGuire**. Particular strengths include sections on the **Authoring Experience**, the **Mobile Experience**, and **Multilingual**. The guide also covers D8 from the point of view of **Site Builders**, **Front-end Developers**, and **Back-end Developers**. There's also an extensive section on **Drupal 8 Core**, and a final catch-all Q&A section. Get it here: [The Ultimate Guide to Drupal 8](https://www.acquia.com/resources/ebooks/ultimate-guide-drupal-8) ### Other Drupal 8 Introductory Resources from Acquia [Mitigate Risks with Drupal 8: Proven Strategies](https://www.acquia.com/blog/drupal-8/mitigate-risks-drupal-8-proven-strategies/16/12/2015/3290721) [10 New Features in Drupal 8 Core](https://dev.acquia.com/blog/10-new-features-in-drupal-8-core/18/05/2016/6721) [Getting Your Site Ready for Drupal 8](https://dev.acquia.com/blog/getting-your-site-ready-drupal-8) [Top Reasons Your Website Should Use Drupal 8 (a webinar)](https://www.acquia.com/resources/webinars/top-reasons-your-website-should-use-drupal-8) [Drupal 8 Every Day: An Intro to Developing With Drupal 8 (a webinar)](https://www.acquia.com/resources/webinars/drupal-8-every-day-intro-developing-drupal-8) Drupal.org ---------- Plenty of great D8 resources here, naturally, nicely organized around a scrolling [jumping-off page](https://www.drupal.org/8). OSTraining ---------- [OSTraining](https:www.ostraining.com) offers video training on all sorts of platforms, but Drupal is one of the team's strengths. They are particularly good at video series, where you can, for example, build a Drupal 8 site while you learn, over the course of dozens of short videos. A good place to start is OSTraining's free [**Drupal 8 Beginner Class**](http://www.youtube.com/user/ostrainingcom) videos on YouTube. There are 63 of these, all free, sponsored by Acquia. If you click around the [OSTraining's YouTube playlists](https://www.youtube.com/user/ostrainingcom/playlists), you can find other free Drupal 8 video courses. If you want to go deeper, much more Drupal 8 goodness is available to [subscribers](https://www.ostraining.com/classes/drupal-8/), including topics such as **Drupal 8 Theming** and **Drupal 8 Module Development.** Currently, a month-long subscription is $25. You can also take advantage of a 2-day free trial so you can try before you buy. Mediacurrent ------------ An Acquia partner (we worked with them on [Weather.com](http://weather.com)), [Mediacurrent](http://mediacurrent.com) has been steadily publishing Drupal 8 resources for years. By now, they've got Drupal 8 content in a wide variety of categories. Among them: [What's New in Drupal 8](https://www.previousnext.com.au/blog/drupal-8-ready-whats-new-developers) [How to Prepare Your Website for Drupal 8](http://www.mediacurrent.com/blog/how-prepare-your-website-drupal-8) [A Resource Guide to Drupal 8](http://www.mediacurrent.com/blog/resource-guide-drupal-8) [Drupal 8 for Marketers: SEO](http://www.mediacurrent.com/blog/drupal-8-marketers-part-1-seo) Duo --- The Chicago digital firm has published a strong intro ebook: [Drupal 8: What You Need to Know](https://info.duoconsulting.com/drupal-8-what-you-need-to-know). It has good overviews on Symfony and Object Oriented Programming. Also special sections for themers and marketers. Cocomore -------- A few good D8 launchpads from the European digital services firm: [5 Recommendations Before You Start Your First Drupal 8 Project](http://www.cocomore.com/blog/5-recommendations-starting-your-first-drupal-8-project). [5 Documentation Resources Before You Start Your First Drupal 8 Project](http://www.cocomore.com/blog/5-useful-documentation-resources-starting-your-first-drupal-8-project) Collections of Drupal 8 Links & Resources ----------------------------------------- Acquia partner, [Appnovation](http://www.appnovation.com), posted [an overview of Drupal 8 resources](https://www.appnovation.com/blog/top-resources-getting-started-drupal-8) back in February, 2016. It has sections for themers, developers, site builders, and more. [Hencho en Drupal](http://hechoendrupal.com/) pulled together a stunningly large assortment of early [Drupal 8 Links & Resources](https://github.com/hechoendrupal/drupal8-links). Did We Miss Anything? --------------------- Did we overlook an awesome D8 intro? Let us know in the comments and we'll check it out.