What's new in Drupal 7 Alpha 1 ?

Yesterday, January 15, 2010 was a big day for Drupal. Our beloved CMS became 9 years old! And boy, did it mature well. To celebrate its birthday, Webchick (Angie Byron), Drupal 7's maintainer released the first alpha version of Drupal 7.

Since a lot of people are wondering what's new in version 7, I decided to gather a list where you can find this out.

Where to find out what's new in Drupal 7?

• The official Drupal 7.0 Alpha 1 announcement.
• The CHANGELOG.txt in the tarball.
• My presentation Drupal 7 - What's new (from an end-user perspective) ?.
• The list of fixed issues in the Drupal 7 queue.
• Webchick's presentations on Drupalcon Paris and DC.

What's new for module developers and themers?

• The list of changes for theme developers
• The list of changes for module developers
• Morten's blog post and presentation Awesomeness redefined: Drupal 7 Theming
• pingVision's blog post Drupal 7 theme changes
• Katherine Bailey's presentation "JavaScript in Drupal 7: What developers need to know".

My presentation on what's new in Drupal 7

This is a presentation I did a few months ago on a Drupal seminar of the company I work for. Some cosmethic changes have been commited since and the overlay module was added.