The journey of a module from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8

The release of Drupal 8 was over 1.5 years ago, and was an exciting step in the evolution of Drupal. That was a long time ago, yet there are still a lot of Drupal 7 modules with no (or no working) version for Drupal 8.

We will look at:

Conceptual and structural differences between Drupal 7 and Drupal 8 modules
Tools to help with the migration
Things to learn before attempting a module migration
Compare the D7 and D8 code of our example module
About Me:

I have worked in higher education for over 10 years, developing websites for places like Duke University, University of Michigan and Michigan State University.

I recently started working with The Brick Factory, a digital agency based in Washington DC, where I collaborate with my fellow developers to create innovative, effective websites.

[DonRichards]

Interesting. Sadly this includes "drush dl" and is no longer supported by D8