I love the hallway track at in-person conferences. Sure, the official sessions will show you the polished version of how web development should be done. But I want to talk to people about how it is really done.

Pantheon’s platform has always been shaped by its users. Now, we’re taking that commitment even further by launching our first-ever external product roadmap—a clear, evolving view of what we’re building, what’s coming next, and what we’re considering for the future.

Earlier this month the 1.0 version of Drupal CMS was released. It enhances Drupal core with essential features that experienced developers would typically add if they had unlimited time. Providing this functionality out of the box makes Drupal more accessible to new users.

Drupal CMS dropped earlier this month to quite a bit of fanfare and discussion. I was surprised at how many eyes from the WordPress ecosystem have turned to Drupal for the first time in a long time. I took this as an opportunity to dig into Drupal CMS and was pleasantly surprised. Here’s what I learned.