Drupal Gold Coast Monthly Meetup
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General News
Drupal 7 core release on Wednesday, October 14
https://groups.drupal.org/node/486583
Drupal 8 RC1!
https://www.drupal.org/drupal-8.0.0-rc1
Stable base theme added as default for backwards compatibility
https://www.drupal.org/node/2580687
Has minimal markup and very few classes A theme will use stable if no base theme is set in the .info.yml file
A Tale of Two Base Themes in Drupal 8 core
https://www.lullabot.com/articles/a-tale-of-two-base-themes-in-drupal-8-core
A more in-depth article around stable and classy themes
Drupal 8's Dynamic Page Cache
http://wimleers.com/article/drupal-8-dynamic-page-cache
Drupal 8 now has a Dynamic Page Cache. The Page Cache module only works for anonymous users, the Dynamic Page Cache module takes that a step further: it works for any user.
Build a Blog in Drupal 8: Using Views
http://www.webwash.net/tutorials/build-blog-drupal-8-using-views
Adding Responsive Images to Your Drupal 8 Site
https://www.advomatic.com/blog/adding-responsive-images-to-your-drupal-8-site
A nice integration with responsive functionality through configuration files and your responsive image module (need to enable)
Drupal to Ember without Saving
http://activelamp.com/blog/drupal/drupal-to-ember/
Future Drupal
https://events.drupal.org/barcelona2015/sessions/drupal-2020
Page Manager in Drupal 8