Here lies a collection of Drupal 8 modules worth exploraing.

Here are some of the most used packages

The goal of this project is to develop an understanding of what drupal modules are, how to install using composer, and give a basic idea of what kind of functionality these modules add to a basic drupal instance. Each module is listed with it's machine name for reference when installing via the command line (recommended)

composer require drupal/module_filter

Module Filter: quickly find the module you are looking for without having to rely on the browsers search feature... why isn't this core?

composer require drupal/webform

Webform: Webform is the module for making forms and surveys in Drupal. After a submission customizable e-mails can be sent to administrators and/or submitters. Results can be exported into Excel or other spreadsheet applications. Webform also provides some basic statistical review and has an extensive API for expanding its features.

This is a robust and actively maintained module. It's heavy and opinionated, but sometimes that's ok!

composer require drupal/honeypot

Honeypot: Honeypot form protection means that an invisible field is added to a form. If this invisible field is filled out (bots will usually put in a value), then the form will return an error. Normal users (read: human beings) won't ever see the field, so they won't fill it out. Even if they do, the field is labeled in such a way as to indicate the human shouldn't fill out the field.

composer require drupal/imce

IMCE: IMCE is an image/file uploader and browser that supports personal directories and quota.