diff --git a/core/includes/entity.inc b/core/includes/entity.inc
index 708706e..7294baf 100644
--- a/core/includes/entity.inc
+++ b/core/includes/entity.inc
@@ -451,7 +451,13 @@ function entity_form_state_defaults(EntityInterface $entity, $operation = 'defau
   $form_state = array();
   $controller = drupal_container()->get('plugin.manager.entity')->getFormController($entity->entityType(), $operation);
   $form_state['build_info']['callback'] = array($controller, 'build');
-  $form_state['build_info']['base_form_id'] = $entity->entityType() . '_form';
+  // Assign ENTITYTYPE_form as base form ID to invoke corresponding
+  // hook_form_alter(), #validate, #submit, and #theme callbacks, but only if it
+  // is different from the actual form_id, since callbacks would be invoked
+  // twice otherwise.
+  if ($entity->entityType() . '_form' != entity_form_id($entity, $operation)) {
+    $form_state['build_info']['base_form_id'] = $entity->entityType() . '_form';
+  }
   $form_state['build_info']['args'] = array($entity);
   return $form_state;
 }
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityListController.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityListController.php
index 354b27a..c9b4bd5 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityListController.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityListController.php
@@ -154,7 +154,9 @@ public function render() {
       '#empty' => t('There is no @label yet.', array('@label' => $this->entityInfo['label'])),
     );
     foreach ($this->load() as $entity) {
-      $build['#rows'][$entity->id()] = $this->buildRow($entity);
+      if ($row = $this->buildRow($entity)) {
+        $build['#rows'][$entity->id()] = $row;
+      }
     }
     return $build;
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/book/book.install b/core/modules/book/book.install
index 7d70a02..610808b 100644
--- a/core/modules/book/book.install
+++ b/core/modules/book/book.install
@@ -6,14 +6,6 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * Implements hook_install().
- */
-function book_install() {
-  // Add the node type.
-  _book_install_type_create();
-}
-
-/**
  * Implements hook_uninstall().
  */
 function book_uninstall() {
@@ -25,28 +17,6 @@ function book_uninstall() {
 }
 
 /**
- * Creates the book content type.
- */
-function _book_install_type_create() {
-  // Create an additional node type.
-  $book_node_type = array(
-    'type' => 'book',
-    'name' => t('Book page'),
-    'base' => 'node_content',
-    'description' => t('<em>Books</em> have a built-in hierarchical navigation. Use for handbooks or tutorials.'),
-    'custom' => 1,
-    'modified' => 1,
-    'locked' => 0,
-  );
-
-  $book_node_type = node_type_set_defaults($book_node_type);
-  node_type_save($book_node_type);
-  node_add_body_field($book_node_type);
-  // Default to not promoted.
-  variable_set('node_options_book', array('status'));
-}
-
-/**
  * Implements hook_schema().
  */
 function book_schema() {
diff --git a/core/modules/book/book.module b/core/modules/book/book.module
index 26f324e..13b6497 100644
--- a/core/modules/book/book.module
+++ b/core/modules/book/book.module
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
+use Drupal\node\Plugin\Core\Entity\NodeType;
 use Drupal\entity\Plugin\Core\Entity\EntityDisplay;
 use Drupal\Core\Template\Attribute;
 use Drupal\menu_link\Plugin\Core\Entity\MenuLink;
@@ -1239,16 +1240,16 @@ function book_type_is_allowed($type) {
  * Updates book.settings configuration object if the machine-readable name of a
  * node type is changed.
  */
-function book_node_type_update($type) {
-  if (!empty($type->old_type) && $type->old_type != $type->type) {
+function book_node_type_update(NodeType $type) {
+  if ($type->original->id() != $type->id()) {
     $config = config('book.settings');
     // Update the list of node types that are allowed to be added to books.
     $allowed_types = $config->get('allowed_types');
-    $old_key = array_search($type->old_type, $allowed_types);
-    if ($old_key !== FALSE) {
-      // Replace the old machine-readable name with the new machine-readable
-      // name.
-      $allowed_types[$old_key] = $type->type;
+    $key = array_search($type->original->id(), $allowed_types);
+
+    if ($key !== FALSE) {
+      $allowed_types[$type->id()] = $allowed_types[$key] ? $type->id() : 0;
+      unset($allowed_types[$key]);
       // Ensure that the allowed_types array is sorted consistently.
       // @see book_admin_settings_submit()
       sort($allowed_types);
@@ -1256,8 +1257,8 @@ function book_node_type_update($type) {
     }
 
     // Update the setting for the "Add child page" link.
-    if ($config->get('child_type') == $type->old_type) {
-      $config->set('child_type', $type->type);
+    if ($config->get('child_type') == $type->original->id()) {
+      $config->set('child_type', $type->id());
     }
     $config->save();
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/book/config/node.type.book.yml b/core/modules/book/config/node.type.book.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe4b939
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/book/config/node.type.book.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+type: book
+name: 'Book page'
+base: node_content
+description: '<em>Books</em> have a built-in hierarchical navigation. Use for handbooks or tutorials.'
+settings:
+  node:
+    # Not promoted to front page.
+    options:
+      - status
diff --git a/core/modules/comment/comment.module b/core/modules/comment/comment.module
index dd87b29..5e5a97b 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/comment.module
+++ b/core/modules/comment/comment.module
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  * book page, etc.
  */
 
+use Drupal\node\Plugin\Core\Entity\NodeType;
 use Drupal\entity\Plugin\Core\Entity\EntityDisplay;
 use Drupal\file\Plugin\Core\Entity\File;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
@@ -124,8 +125,8 @@ function comment_entity_bundle_info() {
         // of local tasks. Note that the paths use a different placeholder name
         // and thus a different menu loader callback, so that Field UI page
         // callbacks get a comment bundle name from the node type in the URL.
-        // See comment_node_type_load() and comment_menu_alter().
-        'path' => 'admin/structure/types/manage/%comment_node_type/comment',
+        // See comment_menu_node_type_load() and comment_menu_alter().
+        'path' => 'admin/structure/types/manage/%comment_menu_node_type/comment',
         'bundle argument' => 4,
         'real path' => 'admin/structure/types/manage/' . $type . '/comment',
       ),
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ function comment_entity_bundle_info() {
  *
  * @see comment_menu_alter()
  */
-function comment_node_type_load($name) {
+function comment_menu_node_type_load($name) {
   if ($type = node_type_load($name)) {
     return 'comment_node_' . $type->type;
   }
@@ -298,10 +299,10 @@ function comment_menu_alter(&$items) {
 
   // Adjust the Field UI tabs on admin/structure/types/manage/[node-type].
   // See comment_entity_bundle_info().
-  $items['admin/structure/types/manage/%comment_node_type/comment/fields']['title'] = 'Comment fields';
-  $items['admin/structure/types/manage/%comment_node_type/comment/fields']['weight'] = 3;
-  $items['admin/structure/types/manage/%comment_node_type/comment/display']['title'] = 'Comment display';
-  $items['admin/structure/types/manage/%comment_node_type/comment/display']['weight'] = 4;
+  $items['admin/structure/types/manage/%comment_menu_node_type/comment/fields']['title'] = 'Comment fields';
+  $items['admin/structure/types/manage/%comment_menu_node_type/comment/fields']['weight'] = 3;
+  $items['admin/structure/types/manage/%comment_menu_node_type/comment/display']['title'] = 'Comment display';
+  $items['admin/structure/types/manage/%comment_menu_node_type/comment/display']['weight'] = 4;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -330,9 +331,9 @@ function comment_node_type_insert($info) {
 /**
  * Implements hook_node_type_update().
  */
-function comment_node_type_update($info) {
-  if (!empty($info->old_type) && $info->type != $info->old_type) {
-    field_attach_rename_bundle('comment', 'comment_node_' . $info->old_type, 'comment_node_' . $info->type);
+function comment_node_type_update(NodeType $type) {
+  if ($type->original->id() != $type->id()) {
+    field_attach_rename_bundle('comment', 'comment_node_' . $type->original->id(), 'comment_node_' . $type->id());
   }
 }
 
@@ -1028,7 +1029,7 @@ function comment_form_node_type_form_alter(&$form, $form_state) {
     $form['comment']['comment'] = array(
       '#type' => 'select',
       '#title' => t('Default comment setting for new content'),
-      '#default_value' => variable_get('comment_' . $form['#node_type']->type, COMMENT_NODE_OPEN),
+      '#default_value' => variable_get('comment_' . $form_state['entity']->id(), COMMENT_NODE_OPEN),
       '#options' => array(
         COMMENT_NODE_OPEN => t('Open'),
         COMMENT_NODE_CLOSED => t('Closed'),
@@ -1038,19 +1039,19 @@ function comment_form_node_type_form_alter(&$form, $form_state) {
     $form['comment']['comment_default_mode'] = array(
       '#type' => 'checkbox',
       '#title' => t('Threading'),
-      '#default_value' => variable_get('comment_default_mode_' . $form['#node_type']->type, COMMENT_MODE_THREADED),
+      '#default_value' => variable_get('comment_default_mode_' . $form_state['entity']->id(), COMMENT_MODE_THREADED),
       '#description' => t('Show comment replies in a threaded list.'),
     );
     $form['comment']['comment_default_per_page'] = array(
       '#type' => 'select',
       '#title' => t('Comments per page'),
-      '#default_value' => variable_get('comment_default_per_page_' . $form['#node_type']->type, 50),
+      '#default_value' => variable_get('comment_default_per_page_' . $form_state['entity']->id(), 50),
       '#options' => _comment_per_page(),
     );
     $form['comment']['comment_anonymous'] = array(
       '#type' => 'select',
       '#title' => t('Anonymous commenting'),
-      '#default_value' => variable_get('comment_anonymous_' . $form['#node_type']->type, COMMENT_ANONYMOUS_MAYNOT_CONTACT),
+      '#default_value' => variable_get('comment_anonymous_' . $form_state['entity']->id(), COMMENT_ANONYMOUS_MAYNOT_CONTACT),
       '#options' => array(
         COMMENT_ANONYMOUS_MAYNOT_CONTACT => t('Anonymous posters may not enter their contact information'),
         COMMENT_ANONYMOUS_MAY_CONTACT => t('Anonymous posters may leave their contact information'),
@@ -1061,17 +1062,17 @@ function comment_form_node_type_form_alter(&$form, $form_state) {
     $form['comment']['comment_subject_field'] = array(
       '#type' => 'checkbox',
       '#title' => t('Allow comment title'),
-      '#default_value' => variable_get('comment_subject_field_' . $form['#node_type']->type, 1),
+      '#default_value' => variable_get('comment_subject_field_' . $form_state['entity']->id(), 1),
     );
     $form['comment']['comment_form_location'] = array(
       '#type' => 'checkbox',
       '#title' => t('Show reply form on the same page as comments'),
-      '#default_value' => variable_get('comment_form_location_' . $form['#node_type']->type, COMMENT_FORM_BELOW),
+      '#default_value' => variable_get('comment_form_location_' . $form_state['entity']->id(), COMMENT_FORM_BELOW),
     );
     $form['comment']['comment_preview'] = array(
       '#type' => 'radios',
       '#title' => t('Preview comment'),
-      '#default_value' => variable_get('comment_preview_' . $form['#node_type']->type, DRUPAL_OPTIONAL),
+      '#default_value' => variable_get('comment_preview_' . $form_state['entity']->id(), DRUPAL_OPTIONAL),
       '#options' => array(
         DRUPAL_DISABLED => t('Disabled'),
         DRUPAL_OPTIONAL => t('Optional'),
@@ -1082,7 +1083,7 @@ function comment_form_node_type_form_alter(&$form, $form_state) {
     if (module_exists('translation_entity')) {
       $comment_form = $form;
       $comment_form_state['translation_entity']['key'] = 'language_configuration';
-      $form['comment'] += translation_entity_enable_widget('comment', 'comment_node_' . $form['#node_type']->type, $comment_form, $comment_form_state);
+      $form['comment'] += translation_entity_enable_widget('comment', 'comment_node_' . $form_state['entity']->id(), $comment_form, $comment_form_state);
       array_unshift($form['#submit'], 'comment_translation_configuration_element_submit');
     }
   }
@@ -1104,7 +1105,7 @@ function comment_translation_configuration_element_submit($form, &$form_state) {
   $key = 'language_configuration';
   $comment_form_state = array(
     'translation_entity' => array('key' => $key),
-    'language' => array($key => array('entity_type' => 'comment', 'bundle' => 'comment_node_' . $form['#node_type']->type)),
+    'language' => array($key => array('entity_type' => 'comment', 'bundle' => 'comment_node_' . $form_state['entity']->id())),
     'values' => array($key => array('translation_entity' => $form_state['values']['translation_entity'])),
   );
   translation_entity_language_configuration_element_submit($form, $comment_form_state);
diff --git a/core/modules/field/field.attach.inc b/core/modules/field/field.attach.inc
index 69102f4..0f5c547 100644
--- a/core/modules/field/field.attach.inc
+++ b/core/modules/field/field.attach.inc
@@ -1531,8 +1531,10 @@ function field_attach_prepare_translation(EntityInterface $entity, $langcode, En
  *   The name of the newly created bundle.
  */
 function field_attach_create_bundle($entity_type, $bundle) {
-  // Clear the cache.
+  // Clear the field cache.
   field_cache_clear();
+  // Clear the entity info cache (contains bundles).
+  entity_info_cache_clear();
 
   // Let other modules act on creating the bundle.
   module_invoke_all('field_attach_create_bundle', $entity_type, $bundle);
@@ -1555,8 +1557,9 @@ function field_attach_rename_bundle($entity_type, $bundle_old, $bundle_new) {
     ->condition('bundle', $bundle_old)
     ->execute();
 
-  // Clear the cache.
+  // Clear the field cache.
   field_cache_clear();
+  // Clear the entity info cache (contains bundles).
   entity_info_cache_clear();
 
   // Update bundle settings.
@@ -1592,8 +1595,10 @@ function field_attach_delete_bundle($entity_type, $bundle) {
     field_delete_instance($instance);
   }
 
-  // Clear the cache.
+  // Clear the field cache.
   field_cache_clear();
+  // Clear the entity info cache (contains bundles).
+  entity_info_cache_clear();
 
   // Clear bundle display settings.
   variable_del('field_bundle_settings_' . $entity_type . '__' . $bundle);
diff --git a/core/modules/field_ui/field_ui.module b/core/modules/field_ui/field_ui.module
index 9f64f5f..b204f3b 100644
--- a/core/modules/field_ui/field_ui.module
+++ b/core/modules/field_ui/field_ui.module
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function field_ui_menu() {
           // Extract path information from the bundle.
           $path = $bundle_info['admin']['path'];
           // Different bundles can appear on the same path (e.g. %node_type and
-          // %comment_node_type). To allow field_ui_instance_load() to extract
+          // %comment_menu_node_type). To allow field_ui_instance_load() to extract
           // the actual bundle object from the translated menu router path
           // arguments, we need to identify the argument position of the bundle
           // name string ('bundle argument') and pass that position to the menu
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ function field_ui_instance_load($field_name, $entity_type, $bundle_name, $bundle
   // The menu router path to manage fields of an entity can be shared among
   // multiple bundles. For example:
   // - admin/structure/types/manage/%node_type/fields/%field_ui_instance
-  // - admin/structure/types/manage/%comment_node_type/fields/%field_ui_instance
+  // - admin/structure/types/manage/%comment_menu_node_type/fields/%field_ui_instance
   // The menu system will automatically load the correct bundle depending on the
   // actual path arguments, but this menu loader function only receives the node
   // type string as $bundle_name, which is not the bundle name for comments.
@@ -385,13 +385,11 @@ function field_ui_inactive_instances($entity_type, $bundle_name = NULL) {
  */
 function field_ui_form_node_type_form_alter(&$form, $form_state) {
   // We want to display the button only on add page.
-  if (empty($form['#node_type']->type)) {
-    $form['actions']['save_continue'] = array(
-      '#type' => 'submit',
-      '#value' => t('Save and manage fields'),
-      '#weight' => 45,
-    );
-    $form['#submit'][] = 'field_ui_form_node_type_form_submit';
+  if ($form_state['entity']->isNew()) {
+    $form['actions']['save_continue'] = $form['actions']['submit'];
+    $form['actions']['save_continue']['#value'] = t('Save and manage fields');
+    $form['actions']['save_continue']['#weight'] = $form['actions']['save_continue']['#weight'] + 5;
+    $form['actions']['save_continue']['#submit'][] = 'field_ui_form_node_type_form_submit';
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/forum/config/node.type.forum.yml b/core/modules/forum/config/node.type.forum.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..605c7c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/forum/config/node.type.forum.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+type: forum
+name: 'Forum topic'
+base: forum
+module: forum
+locked: '1'
+description: 'A <em>forum topic</em> starts a new discussion thread within a forum.'
+help: ''
+has_title: '1'
+title_label: Subject
+settings:
+  node:
+    # Not promoted to front page.
+    options:
+      - status
+langcode: und
diff --git a/core/modules/forum/forum.install b/core/modules/forum/forum.install
index b1e63de..224503b 100644
--- a/core/modules/forum/forum.install
+++ b/core/modules/forum/forum.install
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@
 function forum_install() {
   // Set the weight of the forum.module to 1 so it is loaded after the taxonomy.module.
   module_set_weight('forum', 1);
-  // Forum topics are published by default, but do not have any other default
-  // options set (for example, they are not promoted to the front page).
-  // @todo Convert to default module configuration, once Node module's content
-  //   types are converted.
-  variable_set('node_options_forum', array('status'));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -107,11 +102,6 @@ function forum_enable() {
       ))
       ->save();
   }
-
-  // Ensure the forum node type is available.
-  node_types_rebuild();
-  $types = node_type_get_types();
-  node_add_body_field($types['forum']);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -121,8 +111,6 @@ function forum_uninstall() {
   // Load the dependent Taxonomy module, in case it has been disabled.
   drupal_load('module', 'taxonomy');
 
-  variable_del('node_options_forum');
-
   field_delete_field('taxonomy_forums');
   // Purge field data now to allow taxonomy module to be uninstalled
   // if this is the only field remaining.
diff --git a/core/modules/forum/lib/Drupal/forum/Tests/ForumTest.php b/core/modules/forum/lib/Drupal/forum/Tests/ForumTest.php
index c08ce70..5c9d318 100644
--- a/core/modules/forum/lib/Drupal/forum/Tests/ForumTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/forum/lib/Drupal/forum/Tests/ForumTest.php
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ function testForum() {
 
     // Test loading multiple forum nodes on the front page.
     $this->drupalLogin($this->drupalCreateUser(array('administer content types', 'create forum content', 'post comments')));
-    $this->drupalPost('admin/structure/types/manage/forum', array('node_options[promote]' => 'promote'), t('Save content type'));
+    $this->drupalPost('admin/structure/types/manage/forum', array('settings[node][options][promote]' => 'promote'), t('Save content type'));
     $this->createForumTopic($this->forum, FALSE);
     $this->createForumTopic($this->forum, FALSE);
     $this->drupalGet('node');
diff --git a/core/modules/language/language.module b/core/modules/language/language.module
index 81b9715..dded3bc 100644
--- a/core/modules/language/language.module
+++ b/core/modules/language/language.module
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  * Add language handling functionality to Drupal.
  */
 
+use Drupal\node\Plugin\Core\Entity\NodeType;
+
 /**
  * Implements hook_help().
  */
@@ -333,6 +335,15 @@ function language_configuration_element_process($element, &$form_state, &$form)
     ),
   );
 
+  // Determine where to attach the language_configuration element submit handler.
+  // @todo Form API: Allow form widgets/sections to declare #submit handlers.
+  if (isset($form['actions']['submit'])) {
+    $form['actions']['submit']['#submit'][] = 'language_configuration_element_submit';
+  }
+  else {
+    $form['#submit'][] = 'language_configuration_element_submit';
+  }
+
   return $element;
 }
 
@@ -342,7 +353,10 @@ function language_configuration_element_process($element, &$form_state, &$form)
 function language_configuration_element_submit(&$form, &$form_state) {
   // Iterate through all the language_configuration elements and save their
   // values.
-  if (isset($form_state['language'])) {
+  if (isset($form_state['language']) && !isset($form_state['language_configuration_saved'])) {
+    // Prevent this from being executed twice.
+    // @todo language_configuration_element_process()
+    $form_state['language_configuration_saved'] = TRUE;
     foreach ($form_state['language'] as $element_name => $values) {
       language_save_default_configuration($values['entity_type'], $values['bundle'],  $form_state['values'][$element_name]);
     }
@@ -423,10 +437,10 @@ function language_get_default_configuration_settings_key($entity_type, $bundle)
 /**
  * Implements hook_node_type_update().
  */
-function language_node_type_update($info) {
-  if (!empty($info->old_type) && $info->old_type != $info->type) {
-    language_save_default_configuration('node', $info->type, language_get_default_configuration('node', $info->old_type));
-    language_clear_default_configuration('node', $info->old_type);
+function language_node_type_update(NodeType $type) {
+  if ($type->original->id() != $type->id()) {
+    language_save_default_configuration('node', $type->id(), language_get_default_configuration('node', $type->original->id()));
+    language_clear_default_configuration('node', $type->original->id());
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/menu/menu.module b/core/modules/menu/menu.module
index addca0f..d50958f 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu/menu.module
+++ b/core/modules/menu/menu.module
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ function menu_node_submit(EntityInterface $node, $form, $form_state) {
  */
 function menu_form_node_type_form_alter(&$form, $form_state) {
   $menu_options = menu_get_menus();
-  $type = $form['#node_type'];
+  $type = $form_state['entity'];
   $form['menu'] = array(
     '#type' => 'details',
     '#title' => t('Menu settings'),
diff --git a/core/modules/node/content_types.inc b/core/modules/node/content_types.inc
index e838460..83d34f6 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/content_types.inc
+++ b/core/modules/node/content_types.inc
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  * Content type editing user interface.
  */
 
+use Drupal\node\Plugin\Core\Entity\NodeType;
+
 /**
  * Page callback: Displays the content type admin overview page.
  *
@@ -14,114 +16,62 @@
  * @see node_menu()
  */
 function node_overview_types() {
-  $types = node_type_get_types();
-  $names = node_type_get_names();
-  $field_ui = module_exists('field_ui');
-  $header = array(t('Name'), t('Operations'));
-  $rows = array();
-
-  foreach ($names as $key => $name) {
-    $type = $types[$key];
-    if (node_hook($type->type, 'form')) {
-      $row = array(theme('node_admin_overview', array('name' => $name, 'type' => $type)));
-      $links['edit'] = array(
-        'title' => t('Edit'),
-        'href' => 'admin/structure/types/manage/' . $type->type,
-        'weight' => 0,
-      );
-
-      if ($field_ui && user_access('administer node fields')) {
-        $links['fields'] = array(
-          'title' => t('Manage fields'),
-          'href' => 'admin/structure/types/manage/' . $type->type . '/fields',
-          'weight' => 5,
-        );
-      }
-      if ($field_ui && user_access('administer node display')) {
-        $links['display'] = array(
-          'title' => t('Manage display'),
-          'href' => 'admin/structure/types/manage/' . $type->type . '/display',
-          'weight' => 10,
-        );
-      }
-
-      if ($type->custom) {
-        $links['delete'] = array(
-          'title' => t('Delete'),
-          'href' => 'admin/structure/types/manage/' . $type->type . '/delete',
-          'weight' => 15,
-        );
-      }
-
-      $row[] = array(
-        'data' => array(
-          '#type' => 'operations',
-          '#links' => $links,
-        ),
-      );
-
-      $rows[] = $row;
-    }
-  }
-
-  $build['node_table'] = array(
-    '#theme' => 'table',
-    '#header' => $header,
-    '#rows' => $rows,
-    '#empty' => t('No content types available. <a href="@link">Add content type</a>.', array('@link' => url('admin/structure/types/add'))),
-  );
+  return entity_list_controller('node_type')->render();
+}
 
-  return $build;
+/**
+ * Page callback: Presents the node type creation form.
+ *
+ * @return array
+ *   A form array as expected by drupal_render().
+ *
+ * @see node_menu()
+ */
+function node_type_add() {
+  drupal_set_title(t('Add content type'));
+  $type = entity_create('node_type', array());
+  return entity_get_form($type);
 }
 
 /**
- * Returns HTML for a node type description for the content type admin page.
+ * Page callback: Presents the node type edit form.
  *
- * @param $variables
- *   An associative array containing:
- *   - name: The human-readable name of the content type.
- *   - type: An object containing the 'type' (machine name) and 'description' of
- *     the content type.
+ * @param \Drupal\node\Plugin\Core\Entity\NodeType $type
+ *   The node type to edit.
  *
- * @return string
- *   An HTML-formatted string of the description for this node type.
+ * @return array
+ *   A form array as expected by drupal_render().
  *
- * @ingroup themeable
+ * @see node_menu()
  */
-function theme_node_admin_overview($variables) {
-  $name = $variables['name'];
-  $type = $variables['type'];
-
-  $output = check_plain($name);
-  $output .= ' <small>' . t('(Machine name: @type)', array('@type' => $type->type)) . '</small>';
-  $output .= '<div class="description">' . filter_xss_admin($type->description) . '</div>';
-  return $output;
+function node_type_edit(NodeType $type) {
+  drupal_set_title(t('Edit %label content type', array('%label' => $type->label())), PASS_THROUGH);
+  return entity_get_form($type);
 }
 
 /**
  * Form constructor for the node type editing form.
  *
- * @param $type
- *   (optional) An object representing the node type, when editing an existing
- *   node type.
+ * @param \Drupal\node\Plugin\Core\Entity\NodeType $type
+ *   A node type entity.
  *
  * @see node_type_form_validate()
  * @see node_type_form_submit()
  * @ingroup forms
  */
-function node_type_form($form, &$form_state, $type = NULL) {
-  if (!isset($type->type)) {
-    // This is a new type. Node module managed types are custom and unlocked.
-    $type = node_type_set_defaults(array('custom' => 1, 'locked' => 0));
-  }
-
-  // Make the type object available to implementations of hook_form_alter.
-  $form['#node_type'] = $type;
+function node_type_form($form, &$form_state, NodeType $type) {
+  $node_settings = $type->getNodeSettings('node');
+  // Ensure default settings.
+  $node_settings += array(
+    'options' => array('status', 'promote'),
+    'preview' => DRUPAL_OPTIONAL,
+    'submitted' => TRUE,
+  );
 
   $form['name'] = array(
     '#title' => t('Name'),
     '#type' => 'textfield',
-    '#default_value' => $type->name,
+    '#default_value' => $type->label(),
     '#description' => t('The human-readable name of this content type. This text will be displayed as part of the list on the <em>Add new content</em> page. It is recommended that this name begin with a capital letter and contain only letters, numbers, and spaces. This name must be unique.'),
     '#required' => TRUE,
     '#size' => 30,
@@ -129,7 +79,7 @@ function node_type_form($form, &$form_state, $type = NULL) {
 
   $form['type'] = array(
     '#type' => 'machine_name',
-    '#default_value' => $type->type,
+    '#default_value' => $type->id(),
     '#maxlength' => 32,
     '#disabled' => $type->locked,
     '#machine_name' => array(
@@ -173,10 +123,11 @@ function node_type_form($form, &$form_state, $type = NULL) {
     $form['submission']['title_label']['#description'] = t('This content type does not have a title field.');
     $form['submission']['title_label']['#required'] = FALSE;
   }
-  $form['submission']['node_preview'] = array(
+  $form['submission']['preview'] = array(
     '#type' => 'radios',
     '#title' => t('Preview before submitting'),
-    '#default_value' => variable_get('node_preview_' . $type->type, DRUPAL_OPTIONAL),
+    '#parents' => array('settings', 'node', 'preview'),
+    '#default_value' => $node_settings['preview'],
     '#options' => array(
       DRUPAL_DISABLED => t('Disabled'),
       DRUPAL_OPTIONAL => t('Optional'),
@@ -195,9 +146,10 @@ function node_type_form($form, &$form_state, $type = NULL) {
     '#collapsed' => TRUE,
     '#group' => 'additional_settings',
   );
-  $form['workflow']['node_options'] = array('#type' => 'checkboxes',
+  $form['workflow']['options'] = array('#type' => 'checkboxes',
     '#title' => t('Default options'),
-    '#default_value' => variable_get('node_options_' . $type->type, array('status', 'promote')),
+    '#parents' => array('settings', 'node', 'options'),
+    '#default_value' => $node_settings['options'],
     '#options' => array(
       'status' => t('Published'),
       'promote' => t('Promoted to front page'),
@@ -214,17 +166,15 @@ function node_type_form($form, &$form_state, $type = NULL) {
       '#group' => 'additional_settings',
     );
 
-    $language_configuration = language_get_default_configuration('node', $type->type);
+    $language_configuration = language_get_default_configuration('node', $type->id());
     $form['language']['language_configuration'] = array(
       '#type' => 'language_configuration',
       '#entity_information' => array(
         'entity_type' => 'node',
-        'bundle' => $type->type,
+        'bundle' => $type->id(),
       ),
       '#default_value' => $language_configuration,
     );
-
-    $form['#submit'][] = 'language_configuration_element_submit';
   }
   $form['display'] = array(
     '#type' => 'details',
@@ -232,20 +182,13 @@ function node_type_form($form, &$form_state, $type = NULL) {
     '#collapsed' => TRUE,
     '#group' => 'additional_settings',
   );
-  $form['display']['node_submitted'] = array(
+  $form['display']['submitted'] = array(
     '#type' => 'checkbox',
     '#title' => t('Display author and date information.'),
-    '#default_value' => variable_get('node_submitted_' . $type->type, TRUE),
+    '#parents' => array('settings', 'node', 'submitted'),
+    '#default_value' => $node_settings['submitted'],
     '#description' => t('Author username and publish date will be displayed.'),
   );
-  $form['old_type'] = array(
-    '#type' => 'value',
-    '#value' => $type->type,
-  );
-  $form['orig_type'] = array(
-    '#type' => 'value',
-    '#value' => isset($type->orig_type) ? $type->orig_type : '',
-  );
   $form['base'] = array(
     '#type' => 'value',
     '#value' => $type->base,
@@ -263,24 +206,6 @@ function node_type_form($form, &$form_state, $type = NULL) {
     '#value' => $type->locked,
   );
 
-  $form['actions'] = array('#type' => 'actions');
-  $form['actions']['submit'] = array(
-    '#type' => 'submit',
-    '#value' => t('Save content type'),
-    '#weight' => 40,
-  );
-
-  if ($type->custom) {
-    if (!empty($type->type)) {
-      $form['actions']['delete'] = array(
-        '#type' => 'submit',
-        '#value' => t('Delete content type'),
-        '#weight' => 45,
-      );
-    }
-  }
-  $form['#submit'][] = 'node_type_form_submit';
-
   return $form;
 }
 
@@ -303,27 +228,18 @@ function _node_characters($length) {
  * @see node_type_form_submit()
  */
 function node_type_form_validate($form, &$form_state) {
-  $type = new stdClass();
-  $type->type = $form_state['values']['type'];
-  $type->name = trim($form_state['values']['name']);
-
-  // Work out what the type was before the user submitted this form
-  $old_type = $form_state['values']['old_type'];
-
-  $types = node_type_get_names();
-
-  if (!$form_state['values']['locked']) {
-    // 'theme' conflicts with theme_node_form().
-    // '0' is invalid, since elsewhere we check it using empty().
-    if (in_array($type->type, array('0', 'theme'))) {
-      form_set_error('type', t("Invalid machine-readable name. Enter a name other than %invalid.", array('%invalid' => $type->type)));
-    }
+  $type = $form_state['entity'];
+  $id = $form_state['values']['type'];
+  $label = $form_state['values']['name'];
+  // 'theme' conflicts with theme_node_form().
+  // '0' is invalid, since elsewhere we check it using empty().
+  if (in_array(trim($id), array('0', 'theme'))) {
+    form_set_error('type', t("Invalid machine-readable name. Enter a name other than %invalid.", array('%invalid' => $id)));
   }
 
-  $names = array_flip($types);
-
-  if (isset($names[$type->name]) && $names[$type->name] != $old_type) {
-    form_set_error('name', t('The human-readable name %name is already taken.', array('%name' => $type->name)));
+  $types = node_type_get_names();
+  if ($type->isNew() && in_array($label, $types)) {
+    form_set_error('name', t('The human-readable name %name is already taken.', array('%name' => $label)));
   }
 }
 
@@ -333,121 +249,52 @@ function node_type_form_validate($form, &$form_state) {
  * @see node_type_form_validate()
  */
 function node_type_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
-  $op = isset($form_state['values']['op']) ? $form_state['values']['op'] : '';
-
-  $type = node_type_set_defaults();
-
-  $type->type = $form_state['values']['type'];
-  $type->name = trim($form_state['values']['name']);
-  $type->orig_type = trim($form_state['values']['orig_type']);
-  $type->old_type = isset($form_state['values']['old_type']) ? $form_state['values']['old_type'] : $type->type;
-
-  $type->description = $form_state['values']['description'];
-  $type->help = $form_state['values']['help'];
-  $type->title_label = $form_state['values']['title_label'];
-  // title_label is required in core; has_title will always be true, unless a
-  // module alters the title field.
-  $type->has_title = ($type->title_label != '');
-
-  $type->base = !empty($form_state['values']['base']) ? $form_state['values']['base'] : 'node_content';
-  $type->custom = $form_state['values']['custom'];
-  $type->modified = TRUE;
-  $type->locked = $form_state['values']['locked'];
-  if (isset($form['#node_type']->module)) {
-    $type->module = $form['#node_type']->module;
-  }
-
-  if ($op == t('Delete content type')) {
-    $form_state['redirect'] = 'admin/structure/types/manage/' . $type->old_type . '/delete';
-    return;
-  }
-
+  $type = $form_state['entity'];
   $variables = $form_state['values'];
 
-  // Remove everything that's been saved already - whatever's left is assumed
-  // to be a persistent variable.
-  foreach ($variables as $key => $value) {
-    if (isset($type->$key)) {
-      unset($variables[$key]);
-    }
-  }
-
-  unset($variables['form_token'], $variables['op'], $variables['submit'], $variables['delete'], $variables['reset'], $variables['form_id'], $variables['form_build_id']);
+  // @todo Fix vertical_tabs.
+  unset($variables['additional_settings__active_tab']);
 
+  // @todo Remove the entire following code after converting node settings of
+  //   Comment and Menu module.
+  // Remove all node type entity properties.
+  foreach (get_class_vars(get_class($type)) as $key => $value) {
+    unset($variables[$key]);
+  }
   // Save or reset persistent variable values.
   foreach ($variables as $key => $value) {
-    $variable_new = $key . '_' . $type->type;
-    $variable_old = $key . '_' . $type->old_type;
-
+    $variable_new = $key . '_' . $type->id();
+    $variable_old = $key . '_' . $type->getOriginalID();
     if (is_array($value)) {
       $value = array_keys(array_filter($value));
     }
     variable_set($variable_new, $value);
-
     if ($variable_new != $variable_old) {
       variable_del($variable_old);
     }
   }
-
   // Saving the content type after saving the variables allows modules to act
   // on those variables via hook_node_type_insert().
-  $status = node_type_save($type);
+  $status = $type->save();
 
-  node_types_rebuild();
-  menu_router_rebuild();
-  $t_args = array('%name' => $type->name);
+  $t_args = array('%name' => $type->label());
 
   if ($status == SAVED_UPDATED) {
     drupal_set_message(t('The content type %name has been updated.', $t_args));
   }
   elseif ($status == SAVED_NEW) {
-    node_add_body_field($type);
     drupal_set_message(t('The content type %name has been added.', $t_args));
     watchdog('node', 'Added content type %name.', $t_args, WATCHDOG_NOTICE, l(t('view'), 'admin/structure/types'));
   }
 
   $form_state['redirect'] = 'admin/structure/types';
-  return;
-}
-
-/**
- * Implements hook_node_type_update().
- */
-function node_node_type_update($info) {
-  if (!empty($info->old_type) && $info->old_type != $info->type) {
-    $update_count = node_type_update_nodes($info->old_type, $info->type);
-
-    if ($update_count) {
-      drupal_set_message(format_plural($update_count, 'Changed the content type of 1 post from %old-type to %type.', 'Changed the content type of @count posts from %old-type to %type.', array('%old-type' => $info->old_type, '%type' => $info->type)));
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * Resets relevant fields of a module-defined node type to their default values.
- *
- * @param $type
- *   The node type to reset. The node type is passed back by reference with its
- *   resetted values. If there is no module-defined info for this node type,
- *   then nothing happens.
- */
-function node_type_reset($type) {
-  $info_array = module_invoke_all('node_info');
-  if (isset($info_array[$type->orig_type])) {
-    $info_array[$type->orig_type]['type'] = $type->orig_type;
-    $info = node_type_set_defaults($info_array[$type->orig_type]);
-
-    foreach ($info as $field => $value) {
-      $type->$field = $value;
-    }
-  }
 }
 
 /**
  * Page callback: Form constructor for the content type delete form.
  *
- * @param $type
- *   Content type object.
+ * @param \Drupal\node\Plugin\Core\Entity\NodeType $type
+ *   A node type entity.
  *
  * @return
  *   Form array for delete confirmation form.
@@ -455,16 +302,16 @@ function node_type_reset($type) {
  * @see node_type_delete_confirm_submit()
  * @ingroup forms
  */
-function node_type_delete_confirm($form, &$form_state, $type) {
-  $form['type'] = array('#type' => 'value', '#value' => $type->type);
-  $form['name'] = array('#type' => 'value', '#value' => $type->name);
+function node_type_delete_confirm($form, &$form_state, NodeType $type) {
+  $form_state['entity'] = $type;
+  $form['type'] = array('#type' => 'value', '#value' => $type->id());
 
-  $message = t('Are you sure you want to delete the content type %type?', array('%type' => $type->name));
+  $message = t('Are you sure you want to delete the content type %type?', array('%type' => $type->label()));
 
-  $num_nodes = db_query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {node} WHERE type = :type", array(':type' => $type->type))->fetchField();
+  $num_nodes = db_query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {node} WHERE type = :type", array(':type' => $type->id()))->fetchField();
   if ($num_nodes) {
     drupal_set_title($message, PASS_THROUGH);
-    $caption = '<p>' . format_plural($num_nodes, '%type is used by 1 piece of content on your site. You can not remove this content type until you have removed all of the %type content.', '%type is used by @count pieces of content on your site. You may not remove %type until you have removed all of the %type content.', array('%type' => $type->name)) . '</p>';
+    $caption = '<p>' . format_plural($num_nodes, '%type is used by 1 piece of content on your site. You can not remove this content type until you have removed all of the %type content.', '%type is used by @count pieces of content on your site. You may not remove %type until you have removed all of the %type content.', array('%type' => $type->id())) . '</p>';
     $form['description'] = array('#markup' => $caption);
     return $form;
   }
@@ -478,16 +325,12 @@ function node_type_delete_confirm($form, &$form_state, $type) {
  * Form submission handler for node_type_delete_confirm().
  */
 function node_type_delete_confirm_submit($form, &$form_state) {
-  node_type_delete($form_state['values']['type']);
+  $type = $form_state['entity'];
+  $type->delete();
 
-  variable_del('node_preview_' . $form_state['values']['type']);
-  $t_args = array('%name' => $form_state['values']['name']);
+  $t_args = array('%name' => $type->label());
   drupal_set_message(t('The content type %name has been deleted.', $t_args));
   watchdog('node', 'Deleted content type %name.', $t_args, WATCHDOG_NOTICE);
 
-  node_types_rebuild();
-  menu_router_rebuild();
-
   $form_state['redirect'] = 'admin/structure/types';
-  return;
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/node/content_types.js b/core/modules/node/content_types.js
index 40d6422..f6a545b 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/content_types.js
+++ b/core/modules/node/content_types.js
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ Drupal.behaviors.contentTypes = {
     });
     $context.find('#edit-workflow').drupalSetSummary(function(context) {
       var vals = [];
-      $(context).find("input[name^='node_options']:checked").parent().each(function() {
+      $(context).find("input[name^='settings[node][options']:checked").parent().each(function() {
         vals.push(Drupal.checkPlain($(this).text()));
       });
-      if (!$(context).find('#edit-node-options-status').is(':checked')) {
+      if (!$(context).find('#edit-settings-node-options-status').is(':checked')) {
         vals.unshift(Drupal.t('Not published'));
       }
       return vals.join(', ');
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Drupal.behaviors.contentTypes = {
       $context.find('input:checked').next('label').each(function() {
         vals.push(Drupal.checkPlain($(this).text()));
       });
-      if (!$context.find('#edit-node-submitted').is(':checked')) {
+      if (!$context.find('#edit-settings-node-submitted').is(':checked')) {
         vals.unshift(Drupal.t("Don't display post information"));
       }
       return vals.join(', ');
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeFormController.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeFormController.php
index 63b4189..7e1e0c3 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeFormController.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeFormController.php
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  */
 class NodeFormController extends EntityFormController {
 
+  protected $settings;
+
   /**
    * Prepares the node object.
    *
@@ -27,13 +29,20 @@ class NodeFormController extends EntityFormController {
    */
   protected function prepareEntity(EntityInterface $node) {
     // Set up default values, if required.
-    $node_options = variable_get('node_options_' . $node->type, array('status', 'promote'));
+    $type = entity_load('node_type', $node->bundle());
+    $this->settings = $type->getNodeSettings('node');
+    $this->settings += array(
+      'options' => array('status', 'promote'),
+      'preview' => DRUPAL_OPTIONAL,
+      'submitted' => TRUE,
+    );
+
     // If this is a new node, fill in the default values.
     if (!isset($node->nid) || isset($node->is_new)) {
       foreach (array('status', 'promote', 'sticky') as $key) {
         // Multistep node forms might have filled in something already.
         if (!isset($node->$key)) {
-          $node->$key = (int) in_array($key, $node_options);
+          $node->$key = (int) in_array($key, $this->settings['options']);
         }
       }
       global $user;
@@ -46,7 +55,7 @@ protected function prepareEntity(EntityInterface $node) {
       $node->log = NULL;
     }
     // Always use the default revision setting.
-    $node->setNewRevision(in_array('revision', $node_options));
+    $node->setNewRevision(in_array('revision', $this->settings['options']));
 
     node_invoke($node, 'prepare');
     module_invoke_all('node_prepare', $node);
@@ -237,7 +246,7 @@ public function form(array $form, array &$form_state, EntityInterface $node) {
   protected function actions(array $form, array &$form_state) {
     $element = parent::actions($form, $form_state);
     $node = $this->getEntity($form_state);
-    $preview_mode = variable_get('node_preview_' . $node->type, DRUPAL_OPTIONAL);
+    $preview_mode = $this->settings['preview'];
 
     $element['submit']['#access'] = $preview_mode != DRUPAL_REQUIRED || (!form_get_errors() && isset($form_state['node_preview']));
 
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeTypeFormController.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeTypeFormController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f90c01b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeTypeFormController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains Drupal\node\NodeTypeFormController.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\node;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityFormController;
+
+/**
+ * Form controller for node type forms.
+ */
+class NodeTypeFormController extends EntityFormController {
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityFormController::form().
+   */
+  public function form(array $form, array &$form_state, EntityInterface $entity) {
+    $form = parent::form($form, $form_state, $entity);
+    // @todo Convert node_type_form().
+    $form = node_type_form($form, $form_state, $entity);
+    return $form;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityFormController::actions().
+   */
+  protected function actions(array $form, array &$form_state) {
+    $type = $this->getEntity($form_state);
+    $actions = parent::actions($form, $form_state);
+    $actions['submit']['#value'] = t('Save content type');
+    $actions['delete']['#value'] = t('Delete content type');
+    $actions['delete']['#access'] = $type->custom && $type->id();
+    return $actions;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityFormController::validate().
+   */
+  public function validate(array $form, array &$form_state) {
+    parent::validate($form, $form_state);
+    // @todo Convert node_type_form().
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityFormController::save().
+   */
+  public function save(array $form, array &$form_state) {
+    $type = $this->getEntity($form_state);
+    $type->type = trim($type->id());
+    $type->name = trim($type->label());
+
+    // title_label is required in core; has_title will always be TRUE, unless a
+    // module alters the title field.
+    $type->has_title = ($type->title_label != '');
+
+    // @todo Convert node_type_form().
+    node_type_form_submit($form, $form_state);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityFormController::delete().
+   */
+  public function delete(array $form, array &$form_state) {
+    $type = $this->getEntity($form_state);
+    $form_state['redirect'] = 'admin/structure/types/manage/' . $type->id() . '/delete';
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeTypeListController.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeTypeListController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..338501f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeTypeListController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Contains \Drupal\node\NodeTypeListController.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\node;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityListController;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Provides a listing of node types.
+ */
+class NodeTypeListController extends ConfigEntityListController {
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityListController::buildHeader().
+   */
+  public function buildHeader() {
+    $row['title'] = t('Name');
+    $row['description'] = array(
+      'data' => t('Description'),
+      'class' => array(RESPONSIVE_PRIORITY_MEDIUM),
+    );
+    $row['operations'] = t('Operations');
+    return $row;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityListController::buildRow().
+   */
+  public function buildRow(EntityInterface $entity) {
+    if (!node_hook($entity->id(), 'form')) {
+      return array();
+    }
+    $row['title'] = array(
+      'data' => check_plain($entity->label()),
+      'class' => array('menu-label'),
+    );
+    $row['description'] = filter_xss_admin($entity->description);
+    $row['operations']['data'] = $this->buildOperations($entity);
+    return $row;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityListController::getOperations();
+   */
+  public function getOperations(EntityInterface $entity) {
+    $operations = parent::getOperations($entity);
+    if (module_exists('field_ui') && user_access('administer node fields')) {
+      $uri = $entity->uri();
+      $operations['manage-fields'] = array(
+        'title' => t('Manage fields'),
+        'href' => $uri['path'] . '/fields',
+        'options' => $uri['options'],
+        'weight' => 11,
+      );
+      $operations['manage-display'] = array(
+        'title' => t('Manage display'),
+        'href' => $uri['path'] . '/display',
+        'options' => $uri['options'],
+        'weight' => 12,
+      );
+    }
+    if (!$entity->custom) {
+      unset($operations['delete']);
+    }
+    return $operations;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityListController::render();
+   */
+  public function render() {
+    $build = parent::render();
+    $build['#empty'] = t('No content types available. <a href="@link">Add content type</a>.', array(
+      '@link' => url('admin/structure/types/add'),
+    ));
+    return $build;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeTypeStorageController.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeTypeStorageController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f69a58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeTypeStorageController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains Drupal\node\NodeTypeStorageController.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\node;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigStorageController;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Controller class for node types.
+ */
+class NodeTypeStorageController extends ConfigStorageController {
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides \Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigStorageController::attachLoad().
+   */
+  protected function attachLoad(&$queried_entities, $revision_id = FALSE) {
+    // Ensure that all node types of disabled modules are marked as disabled.
+    foreach ($queried_entities as $id => $entity) {
+      $entity->disabled = !module_exists($entity->module);
+    }
+    parent::attachLoad($queried_entities, $revision_id);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides \Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigStorageController::postSave().
+   */
+  protected function postSave(EntityInterface $entity, $update) {
+    parent::postSave($entity, $update);
+
+    if (!$update) {
+      // Clear the node type cache, so the new type appears.
+      node_type_cache_reset();
+
+      field_attach_create_bundle('node_type', $entity->id());
+
+      // Unless disabled, automatically create a Body field for new node types.
+      if ($entity->get('create_body')) {
+        $label = $entity->get('create_body_label');
+        node_add_body_field($entity, $label);
+      }
+    }
+    elseif ($entity->original->id() != $entity->id()) {
+      // Clear the node type cache to reflect the rename.
+      node_type_cache_reset();
+
+      $update_count = node_type_update_nodes($entity->original->id(), $entity->id());
+      if ($update_count) {
+        drupal_set_message(format_plural($update_count,
+          'Changed the content type of 1 post from %old-type to %type.',
+          'Changed the content type of @count posts from %old-type to %type.',
+          array(
+            '%old-type' => $entity->original->id(),
+            '%type' => $entity->id(),
+        )));
+      }
+      field_attach_rename_bundle('node_type', $entity->original->id(), $entity->id());
+    }
+    else {
+      // Invalidate the cache tag of the updated node type only.
+      cache()->invalidateTags(array('node_type' => $entity->id()));
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides \Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigStorageController::postDelete().
+   */
+  protected function postDelete($entities) {
+    parent::postDelete($entities);
+
+    // Clear the node type cache to reflect the removal.
+    node_type_cache_reset();
+
+    foreach ($entities as $entity) {
+      field_attach_delete_bundle('node_type', $entity->id());
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Plugin/Core/Entity/NodeType.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Plugin/Core/Entity/NodeType.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77f37ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Plugin/Core/Entity/NodeType.php
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains Drupal\node\Plugin\Core\Entity\NodeType.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\node\Plugin\Core\Entity;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityBase;
+use Drupal\Component\Annotation\Plugin;
+use Drupal\Core\Annotation\Translation;
+
+/**
+ * Defines the Node type configuration entity.
+ *
+ * @Plugin(
+ *   id = "node_type",
+ *   label = @Translation("Content type"),
+ *   module = "node",
+ *   controller_class = "Drupal\node\NodeTypeStorageController",
+ *   form_controller_class = {
+ *     "default" = "Drupal\node\NodeTypeFormController"
+ *   },
+ *   list_controller_class = "Drupal\node\NodeTypeListController",
+ *   config_prefix = "node.type",
+ *   entity_keys = {
+ *     "id" = "type",
+ *     "label" = "name",
+ *     "uuid" = "uuid"
+ *   },
+ *   uri_callback = "node_type_uri"
+ * )
+ */
+class NodeType extends ConfigEntityBase {
+
+  /**
+   * The machine name of this node type.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   *
+   * @todo Rename to $id.
+   */
+  public $type;
+
+  /**
+   * The UUID of the node type.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  public $uuid;
+
+  /**
+   * The human-readable name of the node type.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   *
+   * @todo D8: Rename to $label.
+   */
+  public $name;
+
+  /**
+   * The base string used to construct callbacks for this node type.
+   *
+   * Indicates which module implements this node type and is used to execute
+   * node-type-specific hooks. For types defined in the user interface and
+   * managed by node.module, the base is 'node_content' (the default).
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  public $base = 'node_content';
+
+  /**
+   * The module that owns this node type.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  public $module = 'node';
+
+  /**
+   * Indicates whether the owning module is disabled.
+   *
+   * @var bool
+   */
+  public $disabled = FALSE;
+
+  /**
+   * Indicates whether the machine name cannot be changed.
+   *
+   * @var bool
+   */
+  public $locked = FALSE;
+
+  /**
+   * Indicates whether this node type has been created by a user.
+   *
+   * If FALSE, the node type cannot be deleted from the user interface.
+   *
+   * @var bool
+   */
+  public $custom = TRUE;
+
+  /**
+   * A brief description of this node type.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  public $description;
+
+  /**
+   * Help information shown to the user when creating a Node of this type.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  public $help;
+
+  /**
+   * Indicates whether this node type has been modified.
+   *
+   * @var bool
+   *
+   * @todo D8: Remove this property.
+   */
+  public $modified = TRUE;
+
+  /**
+   * Indicates whether the Node entity of this type has a title.
+   *
+   * @var bool
+   *
+   * @todo Rename to $node_has_title.
+   */
+  public $has_title = TRUE;
+
+  /**
+   * The label to use for the title of a Node of this type in the user interface.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   *
+   * @todo Rename to $node_title_label.
+   */
+  public $title_label = 'Title';
+
+  /**
+   * Indicates whether a Body field should be created for this node type.
+   *
+   * This property affects entity creation only. It allows default configuration
+   * of modules and installation profiles to specify whether a Body field should
+   * be created for this bundle.
+   *
+   * @var bool
+   *
+   * @see NodeType::$body_label
+   */
+  protected $create_body = TRUE;
+
+  /**
+   * The label to use for the Body field upon entity creation.
+   *
+   * @see NodeType::$create_body
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  protected $create_body_label = 'Body';
+
+  /**
+   * Module-specific settings for this node type, keyed by module name.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   *
+   * @todo Pluginify.
+   */
+  public $settings = array();
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides Drupal\Core\Entity\Entity::id().
+   */
+  public function id() {
+    return $this->type;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the configured Node settings of a given module, if any.
+   *
+   * @param string $module
+   *   The name of the module whose settings to return.
+   *
+   * @return array
+   *   An associative array containing the module's Node settings. Note that
+   *   this can be empty, and default values do not necessarily exist.
+   */
+  public function getNodeSettings($module) {
+    if (isset($this->settings[$module]) && is_array($this->settings[$module])) {
+      return $this->settings[$module];
+    }
+    return array();
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeCreationTest.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeCreationTest.php
index 36baad2..3dc4838 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeCreationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeCreationTest.php
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function testUnpublishedNodeCreation() {
     config('system.site')->set('page.front', 'test-page')->save();
 
     // Set "Basic page" content type to be unpublished by default.
-    variable_set('node_options_page', array());
+    config('node.type.page')->set('settings.node.options', array())->save();
 
     // Create a node.
     $edit = array();
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodePostSettingsTest.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodePostSettingsTest.php
index ce48614..e97927c 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodePostSettingsTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodePostSettingsTest.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function testPagePostInfo() {
 
     // Set "Basic page" content type to display post information.
     $edit = array();
-    $edit['node_submitted'] = TRUE;
+    $edit['settings[node][submitted]'] = TRUE;
     $this->drupalPost('admin/structure/types/manage/page', $edit, t('Save content type'));
 
     // Create a node.
@@ -48,16 +48,11 @@ function testPagePostInfo() {
     $node = $this->drupalGetNodeByTitle($edit["title"]);
     $elements = $this->xpath('//*[contains(@class,:class)]', array(':class' => 'submitted'));
     $this->assertEqual(count($elements), 1, 'Post information is displayed.');
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Confirms absence of post information on a new node.
-   */
-  function testPageNotPostInfo() {
+    $node->delete();
 
     // Set "Basic page" content type to display post information.
     $edit = array();
-    $edit['node_submitted'] = FALSE;
+    $edit['settings[node][submitted]'] = FALSE;
     $this->drupalPost('admin/structure/types/manage/page', $edit, t('Save content type'));
 
     // Create a node.
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeTypePersistenceTest.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeTypePersistenceTest.php
index d8fa419..64c74fc 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeTypePersistenceTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeTypePersistenceTest.php
@@ -22,6 +22,22 @@ public static function getInfo() {
   }
 
   /**
+   * Resets module_list() without rebuilding it.
+   *
+   * Required since this test enables Forum module via the internal browser, but
+   * subsequently loads the forum node type in the test runner process to verify
+   * the $disabled flag of the node type.
+   *
+   * @todo Use HTTP response headers during testing to communicate required
+   *   cache resets.
+   */
+  protected function resetModuleListCache() {
+    drupal_static_reset('system_list');
+    cache('bootstrap')->deleteMultiple(array('system_list'));
+    module_list_reset();
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Tests that node type customizations persist through disable and uninstall.
    */
   function testNodeTypeCustomizationPersistence() {
@@ -34,9 +50,9 @@ function testNodeTypeCustomizationPersistence() {
     // Enable forum and verify that the node type is in the DB and is not
     // disabled.
     $this->drupalPost('admin/modules', $forum_enable, t('Save configuration'));
-    $disabled = db_query('SELECT disabled FROM {node_type} WHERE type = :type', array(':type' => 'forum'))->fetchField();
-    $this->assertNotIdentical($disabled, FALSE, 'Forum node type found in the database');
-    $this->assertEqual($disabled, 0, 'Forum node type is not disabled');
+    $forum = entity_load('node_type', 'forum');
+    $this->assertTrue($forum->id(), 'Forum node type found.');
+    $this->assertFalse($forum->disabled, 'Forum node type is not disabled');
 
     // Check that forum node type (uncustomized) shows up.
     $this->drupalGet('node/add');
@@ -53,17 +69,18 @@ function testNodeTypeCustomizationPersistence() {
 
     // Disable forum and check that the node type gets disabled.
     $this->drupalPost('admin/modules', $forum_disable, t('Save configuration'));
-    $disabled = db_query('SELECT disabled FROM {node_type} WHERE type = :type', array(':type' => 'forum'))->fetchField();
-    $this->assertEqual($disabled, 1, 'Forum node type is disabled');
+    $forum = entity_load('node_type', 'forum');
+    $this->assertTrue($forum->disabled, 'Forum node type is disabled');
     $this->drupalGet('node/add');
     $this->assertNoText('forum', 'forum type is not found on node/add');
 
     // Reenable forum and check that the customization survived the module
     // disable.
     $this->drupalPost('admin/modules', $forum_enable, t('Save configuration'));
-    $disabled = db_query('SELECT disabled FROM {node_type} WHERE type = :type', array(':type' => 'forum'))->fetchField();
-    $this->assertNotIdentical($disabled, FALSE, 'Forum node type found in the database');
-    $this->assertEqual($disabled, 0, 'Forum node type is not disabled');
+    $this->resetModuleListCache();
+    $forum = entity_load('node_type', 'forum');
+    $this->assertTrue($forum->id(), 'Forum node type found.');
+    $this->assertFalse($forum->disabled, 'Forum node type is not disabled');
     $this->drupalGet('node/add');
     $this->assertText($description, 'Customized description found');
 
@@ -72,8 +89,9 @@ function testNodeTypeCustomizationPersistence() {
     $edit = array('uninstall[forum]' => 'forum');
     $this->drupalPost('admin/modules/uninstall', $edit, t('Uninstall'));
     $this->drupalPost(NULL, array(), t('Uninstall'));
-    $disabled = db_query('SELECT disabled FROM {node_type} WHERE type = :type', array(':type' => 'forum'))->fetchField();
-    $this->assertTrue($disabled, 'Forum node type is in the database and is disabled');
+    $this->resetModuleListCache();
+    $forum = entity_load('node_type', 'forum');
+    $this->assertTrue($forum->disabled, 'Forum node type is in the database and is disabled');
     $this->drupalGet('node/add');
     $this->assertNoText('forum', 'forum type is no longer found on node/add');
 
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeTypeTest.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeTypeTest.php
index 64fa105..4f2805f 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeTypeTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeTypeTest.php
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ function testNodeTypeGetFunctions() {
 
     $this->assertEqual($node_types['article'], node_type_load('article'), 'Correct node type has been returned.');
     $this->assertEqual($node_types['article']->name, node_type_get_label('article'), 'Correct node type name has been returned.');
-    $this->assertEqual($node_types['page']->base, node_type_get_base('page'), 'Correct node type base has been returned.');
   }
 
   /**
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ function testNodeTypeCreation() {
     // Create a content type programmaticaly.
     $type = $this->drupalCreateContentType();
 
-    $type_exists = db_query('SELECT 1 FROM {node_type} WHERE type = :type', array(':type' => $type->type))->fetchField();
+    $type_exists = (bool) entity_load('node_type', $type->type);
     $this->assertTrue($type_exists, 'The new content type has been created in the database.');
 
     // Login a test user.
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ function testNodeTypeCreation() {
       'type' => 'foo',
     );
     $this->drupalPost('admin/structure/types/add', $edit, t('Save content type'));
-    $type_exists = db_query('SELECT 1 FROM {node_type} WHERE type = :type', array(':type' => 'foo'))->fetchField();
+    $type_exists = (bool) entity_load('node_type', 'foo');
     $this->assertTrue($type_exists, 'The new content type has been created in the database.');
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/PagePreviewTest.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/PagePreviewTest.php
index b429e07..1cf2db9 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/PagePreviewTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/PagePreviewTest.php
@@ -52,13 +52,15 @@ function testPagePreview() {
 
   /**
    * Checks the node preview functionality, when using revisions.
+   *
+   * @todo This test passes even with revisioning disabled.
    */
   function testPagePreviewWithRevisions() {
     $langcode = LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED;
     $title_key = "title";
     $body_key = "body[$langcode][0][value]";
     // Force revision on "Basic page" content.
-    variable_set('node_options_page', array('status', 'revision'));
+    config('node.type.page')->set('settings.node.options', array('status', 'revision'))->save();
 
     // Fill in node creation form and preview node.
     $edit = array();
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.api.php b/core/modules/node/node.api.php
index d5e396c..96bdda4 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.api.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.api.php
@@ -1038,44 +1038,35 @@ function hook_ranking() {
 /**
  * Respond to node type creation.
  *
- * This hook is invoked from node_type_save() after the node type is added to
- * the database.
- *
- * @param $info
- *   The node type object that is being created.
+ * @param \Drupal\node\Plugin\Core\Entity\NodeType $type
+ *   The node type entity that was created.
  */
-function hook_node_type_insert($info) {
-  drupal_set_message(t('You have just created a content type with a machine name %type.', array('%type' => $info->type)));
+function hook_node_type_insert(\Drupal\node\Plugin\Core\Entity\NodeType $type) {
+  drupal_set_message(t('You have just created a content type with a machine name %type.', array('%type' => $type->id())));
 }
 
 /**
  * Respond to node type updates.
  *
- * This hook is invoked from node_type_save() after the node type is updated in
- * the database.
- *
- * @param $info
- *   The node type object that is being updated.
+ * @param \Drupal\node\Plugin\Core\Entity\NodeType $type
+ *   The node type entity that was updated.
  */
-function hook_node_type_update($info) {
-  if (!empty($info->old_type) && $info->old_type != $info->type) {
-    $setting = variable_get('comment_' . $info->old_type, COMMENT_NODE_OPEN);
-    variable_del('comment_' . $info->old_type);
-    variable_set('comment_' . $info->type, $setting);
+function hook_node_type_update(\Drupal\node\Plugin\Core\Entity\NodeType $type) {
+  if ($type->original->id() != $type->id()) {
+    $setting = variable_get('comment_' . $type->original->id(), COMMENT_NODE_OPEN);
+    variable_del('comment_' . $type->original->id());
+    variable_set('comment_' . $type->id(), $setting);
   }
 }
 
 /**
  * Respond to node type deletion.
  *
- * This hook is invoked from node_type_delete() after the node type is removed
- * from the database.
- *
- * @param $info
- *   The node type object that is being deleted.
+ * @param \Drupal\node\Plugin\Core\Entity\NodeType $type
+ *   The node type entity that was deleted.
  */
-function hook_node_type_delete($info) {
-  variable_del('comment_' . $info->type);
+function hook_node_type_delete(\Drupal\node\Plugin\Core\Entity\NodeType $type) {
+  variable_del('comment_' . $type->id());
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.install b/core/modules/node/node.install
index ebbce13..4faf6b6 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.install
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.install
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  * Install, update and uninstall functions for the node module.
  */
 
+use Drupal\Component\Uuid\Uuid;
+
 /**
  * Implements hook_schema().
  */
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ function node_schema() {
         'default' => NULL,
       ),
       'type' => array(
-        'description' => 'The {node_type}.type of this node.',
+        'description' => 'The type of this node.',
         'type' => 'varchar',
         'length' => 32,
         'not null' => TRUE,
@@ -281,100 +283,6 @@ function node_schema() {
     ),
   );
 
-  $schema['node_type'] = array(
-    'description' => 'Stores information about all defined {node} types.',
-    'fields' => array(
-      'type' => array(
-        'description' => 'The machine-readable name of this type.',
-        'type' => 'varchar',
-        'length' => 32,
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-      ),
-      'name' => array(
-        'description' => 'The human-readable name of this type.',
-        'type' => 'varchar',
-        'length' => 255,
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-        'default' => '',
-      ),
-      'base' => array(
-        'description' => 'The base string used to construct callbacks corresponding to this node type.',
-        'type' => 'varchar',
-        'length' => 255,
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-      ),
-      'module' => array(
-        'description' => 'The module defining this node type.',
-        'type' => 'varchar',
-        'length' => 255,
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-      ),
-      'description' => array(
-        'description' => 'A brief description of this type.',
-        'type' => 'text',
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-        'size' => 'medium',
-      ),
-      'help' => array(
-        'description' => 'Help information shown to the user when creating a {node} of this type.',
-        'type' => 'text',
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-        'size' => 'medium',
-      ),
-      'has_title' => array(
-        'description' => 'Boolean indicating whether this type uses the {node}.title field.',
-        'type' => 'int',
-        'unsigned' => TRUE,
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-        'size' => 'tiny',
-      ),
-      'title_label' => array(
-        'description' => 'The label displayed for the title field on the edit form.',
-        'type' => 'varchar',
-        'length' => 255,
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-        'default' => '',
-      ),
-      'custom' => array(
-        'description' => 'A boolean indicating whether this type is defined by a module (FALSE) or by a user via Add content type (TRUE).',
-        'type' => 'int',
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-        'default' => 0,
-        'size' => 'tiny',
-      ),
-      'modified' => array(
-        'description' => 'A boolean indicating whether this type has been modified by an administrator; currently not used in any way.',
-        'type' => 'int',
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-        'default' => 0,
-        'size' => 'tiny',
-      ),
-      'locked' => array(
-        'description' => 'A boolean indicating whether the administrator can change the machine name of this type.',
-        'type' => 'int',
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-        'default' => 0,
-        'size' => 'tiny',
-      ),
-      'disabled' => array(
-        'description' => 'A boolean indicating whether the node type is disabled.',
-        'type' => 'int',
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-        'default' => 0,
-        'size' => 'tiny'
-      ),
-      'orig_type' => array(
-        'description' => 'The original machine-readable name of this node type. This may be different from the current type name if the locked field is 0.',
-        'type' => 'varchar',
-        'length' => 255,
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-        'default' => '',
-      ),
-    ),
-    'primary key' => array('type'),
-  );
-
-
   return $schema;
 }
 
@@ -403,17 +311,9 @@ function node_install() {
  */
 function node_uninstall() {
   // Delete node type variables.
-  $types = db_query('SELECT type FROM {node_type}')->fetchCol();
-  foreach ($types as $type) {
-    db_delete('variable')
-      ->condition(db_or()
-        ->condition('name', 'node_preview_' . $type)
-        ->condition('name', 'node_options_' . $type)
-        ->condition('name', 'node_submitted_' . $type)
-        ->condition('name', 'node_permissions_' . $type)
-        ->condition('name', 'node_type_language_translation_enabled_' . $type)
-      )
-      ->execute();
+  $types = config_get_storage_names_with_prefix('node.type.');
+  foreach ($types as $config_name) {
+    $type = config($config_name)->get('type');
     config('language.settings')->clear('node. ' . $type . '.language.default_configuration')->save();
   }
 
@@ -710,6 +610,50 @@ function node_update_8014() {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Convert node types into configuration.
+ *
+ * @ingroup config_upgrade
+ */
+function node_update_8015() {
+  $uuid = new Uuid();
+  // Note: {node_type}.name was the label, .type the machine name.
+  $result = db_query('SELECT * FROM {node_type}')
+    ->fetchAllAssoc('type', PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+  foreach ($result as $id => $node_type) {
+    $config = config('node.type.' . $id);
+    // Node type.
+    $config->setData($node_type);
+    $config->set('uuid', $uuid->generate());
+    $config->set('langcode', LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED);
+
+    // Node type settings.
+    $variables = db_query('SELECT name, value FROM {variable} WHERE name IN (:names)', array(
+      ':names' => array(
+        'node_submitted_' . $id,
+        'node_preview_' . $id,
+        'node_options_' . $id,
+      ),
+    ))->fetchAllKeyed();
+    $variables = array_map('unserialize', $variables);
+    // There are not necessarily values for all settings, so pollute defaults.
+    $variables += array(
+      'node_submitted_' . $id => TRUE,
+      'node_preview_' . $id => 1, // DRUPAL_OPTIONAL
+      'node_options_' . $id => array('status', 'promote'),
+    );
+    foreach ($variables as $name => $value) {
+      // Turn e.g. 'node_submitted_ID' into 'submitted'.
+      $name = str_replace(array('node_', '_' . $id), '', $name);
+      $config->set('settings.node.' . $name, $value);
+
+      update_variable_del($name);
+    }
+    $config->save();
+    update_config_manifest_add('node.type', array($id));
+  }
+}
+
+/**
  * @} End of "addtogroup updates-7.x-to-8.x"
  * The next series of updates should start at 9000.
  */
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.module b/core/modules/node/node.module
index 0b7262c..d980c85 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.module
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.module
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Database\Query\SelectExtender;
 use Drupal\Core\Database\Query\SelectInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Datetime\DrupalDateTime;
+use Drupal\node\Plugin\Core\Entity\NodeType;
+use Drupal\file\Plugin\Core\Entity\File;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Template\Attribute;
 use Drupal\entity\Plugin\Core\Entity\EntityDisplay;
-use Drupal\file\Plugin\Core\Entity\File;
 
 /**
  * Denotes that the node is not published.
@@ -223,12 +224,12 @@ function node_entity_bundle_info() {
   // Bundles must provide a human readable name so we can create help and error
   // messages, and the path to attach Field admin pages to.
   node_type_cache_reset();
-  foreach (node_type_get_names() as $type => $name) {
-    $bundles['node'][$type] = array(
-      'label' => $name,
+  foreach (node_type_get_names() as $id => $label) {
+    $bundles['node']['bundles'][$id] = array(
+      'label' => $label,
       'admin' => array(
         'path' => 'admin/structure/types/manage/%node_type',
-        'real path' => 'admin/structure/types/manage/' . $type,
+        'real path' => 'admin/structure/types/manage/' . $id,
         'bundle argument' => 4,
       ),
     );
@@ -254,6 +255,21 @@ function node_entity_display_alter(EntityDisplay $display, $context) {
 /**
  * Entity URI callback.
  *
+ * @param \Drupal\node\Plugin\Core\Entity\NodeType $type
+ *   A node type entity.
+ *
+ * @return array
+ *   An array with 'path' as the key and the path to the entity as its value.
+ */
+function node_type_uri(NodeType $type) {
+  return array(
+    'path' => 'admin/structure/types/manage/' . $type->id(),
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Entity URI callback.
+ *
  * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $node
  *   A node entity.
  *
@@ -347,51 +363,44 @@ function node_mark($nid, $timestamp) {
  * Returns a list of all the available node types.
  *
  * This list can include types that are queued for addition or deletion.
- * See _node_types_build() for details.
  *
- * @return
- *   An array of node types, as objects, keyed by the type.
+ * @return array
+ *   An array of node type entities, keyed by ID.
  *
- * @see _node_types_build()
  * @see node_type_load()
  */
 function node_type_get_types() {
-  return _node_types_build()->types;
-}
-
-/**
- * Returns the node type base of the passed node or node type string.
- *
- * The base indicates which module implements this node type and is used to
- * execute node-type-specific hooks. For types defined in the user interface
- * and managed by node.module, the base is 'node_content'.
- *
- * @param string $type
- *   A string that indicates the node type to return.
- *
- * @return string|false
- *   The node type base or FALSE if the node type is not found.
- *
- * @see node_invoke()
- */
-function node_type_get_base($type) {
-  $types = _node_types_build()->types;
-  return isset($types[$type]) && isset($types[$type]->base) ? $types[$type]->base : FALSE;
+  return entity_load_multiple('node_type');
 }
 
 /**
  * Returns a list of available node type names.
  *
  * This list can include types that are queued for addition or deletion.
- * See _node_types_build() for details.
  *
- * @return
+ * @return array
  *   An array of node type labels, keyed by the node type name.
- *
- * @see _node_types_build()
  */
 function node_type_get_names() {
-  return _node_types_build()->names;
+  $cid = 'node_type:names:' . language(LANGUAGE_TYPE_INTERFACE)->langcode;
+  if ($cache = cache()->get($cid)) {
+    return $cache->data;
+  }
+  // Not using node_type_get_types() or entity_load_multiple() here, to allow
+  // this function being used in hook_entity_info() implementations.
+  // @todo Consider to convert this into a generic config entity helper.
+  $config_names = config_get_storage_names_with_prefix('node.type.');
+  $names = array();
+  foreach ($config_names as $config_name) {
+    $config = config($config_name);
+    $names[$config->get('type')] = $config->get('name');
+  }
+  cache()->set($cid, $names, CacheBackendInterface::CACHE_PERMANENT, array(
+    'node_type' => array_keys($names),
+    // @see node_type_cache_reset()
+    'node_types' => TRUE,
+  ));
+  return $names;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -402,9 +411,11 @@ function node_type_get_names() {
  *
  * @return string|false
  *   The node type label or FALSE if the node type is not found.
+ *
+ * @todo D8: Remove this.
  */
 function node_type_get_label($name) {
-  $types = _node_types_build()->names;
+  $types = node_type_get_names();
   return isset($types[$name]) ? $types[$name] : FALSE;
 }
 
@@ -416,50 +427,35 @@ function node_type_get_label($name) {
  *
  * @return string|false
  *   The node type label or FALSE if the node type is not found.
- */
-function node_get_type_label(EntityInterface $node) {
-  $types = _node_types_build()->names;
-  return isset($types[$node->type]) ? $types[$node->type] : FALSE;
-}
-
-/**
- * Title callback: Returns the sanitized node type name.
- *
- * @param $node_type
- *   The node type object.
  *
- * @return
- *   The node type name that is safe for printing.
+ * @todo D8: Add this as generic helper method for config entities representing
+ *   entity bundles.
  */
-function node_type_get_clean_name($node_type) {
-  return check_plain($node_type->name);
+function node_get_type_label(Entityinterface $node) {
+  $types = node_type_get_names();
+  return isset($types[$node->type]) ? $types[$node->type] : FALSE;
 }
 
 /**
  * Description callback: Returns the node type description.
  *
- * @param $node_type
+ * @param \Drupal\node\Plugin\Core\Entity\NodeType $node_type
  *   The node type object.
  *
- * @return
+ * @return string
  *   The node type description.
  */
-function node_type_get_description($node_type) {
+function node_type_get_description(NodeType $node_type) {
   return $node_type->description;
 }
 
 /**
- * Updates the database cache of node types.
- *
- * All new module-defined node types are saved to the database via a call to
- * node_type_save(), and obsolete ones are deleted via a call to
- * node_type_delete(). See _node_types_build() for an explanation of the new
- * and obsolete types.
+ * Updates the cache of node types.
  *
- * @see _node_types_build()
+ * @todo D8: Replace all instances with node_type_cache_reset().
  */
 function node_types_rebuild() {
-  _node_types_build(TRUE);
+  node_type_cache_reset();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -468,94 +464,11 @@ function node_types_rebuild() {
  * @param $name
  *   The machine name of a node type to load.
  *
- * @return
+ * @return \Drupal\node\Plugin\Core\Entity\NodeType
  *   A node type object or FALSE if $name does not exist.
  */
 function node_type_load($name) {
-  $types = _node_types_build()->types;
-  return isset($types[$name]) ? $types[$name] : FALSE;
-}
-
-/**
- * Saves a node type to the database.
- *
- * @param object $info
- *   The node type to save; an object with the following properties:
- *   - type: A string giving the machine name of the node type.
- *   - name: A string giving the human-readable name of the node type.
- *   - base: A string that indicates the base string for hook functions. For
- *     example, 'node_content' is the value used by the UI when creating a new
- *     node type.
- *   - description: A string that describes the node type.
- *   - help: A string giving the help information shown to the user when
- *     creating a node of this type.
- *   - custom: TRUE or FALSE indicating whether this type is defined by a module
- *     (FALSE) or by a user (TRUE) via Add Content Type.
- *   - modified: TRUE or FALSE indicating whether this type has been modified by
- *     an administrator. Currently not used in any way.
- *   - locked: TRUE or FALSE indicating whether the administrator can change the
- *     machine name of this type.
- *   - disabled: TRUE or FALSE indicating whether this type has been disabled.
- *   - has_title: TRUE or FALSE indicating whether this type uses the node title
- *     field.
- *   - title_label: A string containing the label for the title.
- *   - module: A string giving the module defining this type of node.
- *   - orig_type: A string giving the original machine-readable name of this
- *     node type. This may be different from the current type name if the locked
- *     field is 0.
- *
- * @return int
- *   A status flag indicating the outcome of the operation, either SAVED_NEW or
- *   SAVED_UPDATED.
- */
-function node_type_save($info) {
-  $existing_type = !empty($info->old_type) ? $info->old_type : $info->type;
-  $is_existing = (bool) db_query_range('SELECT 1 FROM {node_type} WHERE type = :type', 0, 1, array(':type' => $existing_type))->fetchField();
-  $type = node_type_set_defaults($info);
-
-  $fields = array(
-    'type' => (string) $type->type,
-    'name' => (string) $type->name,
-    'base' => (string) $type->base,
-    'has_title' => (int) $type->has_title,
-    'title_label' => (string) $type->title_label,
-    'description' => (string) $type->description,
-    'help' => (string) $type->help,
-    'custom' => (int) $type->custom,
-    'modified' => (int) $type->modified,
-    'locked' => (int) $type->locked,
-    'disabled' => (int) $type->disabled,
-    'module' => $type->module,
-  );
-
-  if ($is_existing) {
-    db_update('node_type')
-      ->fields($fields)
-      ->condition('type', $existing_type)
-      ->execute();
-
-    if (!empty($type->old_type) && $type->old_type != $type->type) {
-      field_attach_rename_bundle('node', $type->old_type, $type->type);
-    }
-    module_invoke_all('node_type_update', $type);
-    $status = SAVED_UPDATED;
-  }
-  else {
-    $fields['orig_type'] = (string) $type->orig_type;
-    db_insert('node_type')
-      ->fields($fields)
-      ->execute();
-
-    field_attach_create_bundle('node', $type->type);
-
-    module_invoke_all('node_type_insert', $type);
-    $status = SAVED_NEW;
-  }
-
-  // Clear the node type cache.
-  node_type_cache_reset();
-
-  return $status;
+  return entity_load('node_type', $name);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -569,10 +482,10 @@ function node_type_save($info) {
  * @return
  *   Body field instance.
  */
-function node_add_body_field($type, $label = 'Body') {
+function node_add_body_field(NodeType $type, $label = 'Body') {
    // Add or remove the body field, as needed.
   $field = field_info_field('body');
-  $instance = field_info_instance('node', 'body', $type->type);
+  $instance = field_info_instance('node', 'body', $type->id());
   if (empty($field)) {
     $field = array(
       'field_name' => 'body',
@@ -585,7 +498,7 @@ function node_add_body_field($type, $label = 'Body') {
     $instance = array(
       'field_name' => 'body',
       'entity_type' => 'node',
-      'bundle' => $type->type,
+      'bundle' => $type->id(),
       'label' => $label,
       'widget' => array('type' => 'text_textarea_with_summary'),
       'settings' => array('display_summary' => TRUE),
@@ -653,195 +566,32 @@ function node_field_extra_fields() {
 }
 
 /**
- * Deletes a node type from the database.
- *
- * @param $name
- *   The machine name of the node type to delete.
- */
-function node_type_delete($name) {
-  $type = node_type_load($name);
-  db_delete('node_type')
-    ->condition('type', $name)
-    ->execute();
-  field_attach_delete_bundle('node', $name);
-  module_invoke_all('node_type_delete', $type);
-
-  // Clear the node type cache.
-  node_type_cache_reset();
-}
-
-/**
  * Updates all nodes of one type to be of another type.
  *
- * @param $old_type
+ * @param $old_id
  *   The current node type of the nodes.
- * @param $type
+ * @param $new_id
  *   The new node type of the nodes.
  *
- * @return
+ * @return int
  *   The number of nodes whose node type field was modified.
  */
-function node_type_update_nodes($old_type, $type) {
+function node_type_update_nodes($old_id, $new_id) {
   return db_update('node')
-    ->fields(array('type' => $type))
-    ->condition('type', $old_type)
+    ->fields(array('type' => $new_id))
+    ->condition('type', $old_id)
     ->execute();
 }
 
 /**
- * Builds and returns the list of available node types.
- *
- * The list of types is built by invoking hook_node_info() on all modules and
- * comparing this information with the node types in the {node_type} table.
- * These two information sources are not synchronized during module installation
- * until node_types_rebuild() is called.
- *
- * @param $rebuild
- *  (optional) TRUE to rebuild node types. Equivalent to calling
- *  node_types_rebuild(). Defaults to FALSE.
- *
- * @return
- *   An object with two properties:
- *   - names: Associative array of the names of node types, keyed by the type.
- *   - types: Associative array of node type objects, keyed by the type.
- *   Both of these arrays will include new types that have been defined by
- *   hook_node_info() implementations but not yet saved in the {node_type}
- *   table. These are indicated in the type object by $type->is_new being set
- *   to the value 1. These arrays will also include obsolete types: types that
- *   were previously defined by modules that have now been disabled, or for
- *   whatever reason are no longer being defined in hook_node_info()
- *   implementations, but are still in the database. These are indicated in the
- *   type object by $type->disabled being set to TRUE.
- */
-function _node_types_build($rebuild = FALSE) {
-  $cid = 'node_types:' . language(LANGUAGE_TYPE_INTERFACE)->langcode;
-
-  if (!$rebuild) {
-    $_node_types = &drupal_static(__FUNCTION__);
-    if (isset($_node_types)) {
-      return $_node_types;
-    }
-    if ($cache = cache()->get($cid)) {
-      $_node_types = $cache->data;
-      return $_node_types;
-    }
-  }
-
-  $_node_types = (object) array('types' => array(), 'names' => array());
-
-  foreach (module_implements('node_info') as $module) {
-    $info_array = module_invoke($module, 'node_info');
-    foreach ($info_array as $type => $info) {
-      $info['type'] = $type;
-      $_node_types->types[$type] = node_type_set_defaults($info);
-      $_node_types->types[$type]->module = $module;
-      $_node_types->names[$type] = $info['name'];
-    }
-  }
-  $query = db_select('node_type', 'nt')
-    ->addTag('node_type_access')
-    ->fields('nt')
-    ->orderBy('nt.type', 'ASC');
-  if (!$rebuild) {
-    $query->condition('disabled', 0);
-  }
-  foreach ($query->execute() as $type_object) {
-    $type_db = $type_object->type;
-    // Original disabled value.
-    $disabled = $type_object->disabled;
-    // Check for node types from disabled modules and mark their types for removal.
-    // Types defined by the node module in the database (rather than by a separate
-    // module using hook_node_info) have a base value of 'node_content'. The isset()
-    // check prevents errors on old (pre-Drupal 7) databases.
-    if (isset($type_object->base) && $type_object->base != 'node_content' && empty($_node_types->types[$type_db])) {
-      $type_object->disabled = TRUE;
-    }
-    if (isset($_node_types->types[$type_db])) {
-      $type_object->disabled = FALSE;
-    }
-    if (!isset($_node_types->types[$type_db]) || $type_object->modified) {
-      $_node_types->types[$type_db] = $type_object;
-      $_node_types->names[$type_db] = $type_object->name;
-
-      if ($type_db != $type_object->orig_type) {
-        unset($_node_types->types[$type_object->orig_type]);
-        unset($_node_types->names[$type_object->orig_type]);
-      }
-    }
-    $_node_types->types[$type_db]->disabled = $type_object->disabled;
-    $_node_types->types[$type_db]->disabled_changed = $disabled != $type_object->disabled;
-  }
-
-  if ($rebuild) {
-    foreach ($_node_types->types as $type => $type_object) {
-      if (!empty($type_object->is_new) || !empty($type_object->disabled_changed)) {
-        node_type_save($type_object);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  asort($_node_types->names);
-
-  cache()->set($cid, $_node_types, CacheBackendInterface::CACHE_PERMANENT, array('node_types' => TRUE));
-
-  return $_node_types;
-}
-
-/**
  * Clears the node type cache.
  */
 function node_type_cache_reset() {
+  // @see node_type_get_names()
+  // @see NodeType::postSave()
   cache()->deleteTags(array('node_types' => TRUE));
-  drupal_static_reset('_node_types_build');
-}
-
-/**
- * Sets the default values for a node type.
- *
- * The defaults are appropriate for a type defined through hook_node_info(),
- * since 'custom' is TRUE for types defined in the user interface, and FALSE
- * for types defined by modules. (The 'custom' flag prevents types from being
- * deleted through the user interface.) Also, the default for 'locked' is TRUE,
- * which prevents users from changing the machine name of the type.
- *
- * @param $info
- *   (optional) An object or array containing values to override the defaults.
- *   See hook_node_info() for details on what the array elements mean. Defaults
- *   to an empty array.
- *
- * @return
- *   A node type object, with missing values in $info set to their defaults.
- *
- * @see hook_node_ifo()
- */
-function node_type_set_defaults($info = array()) {
-  $info = (array) $info;
-  $new_type = $info + array(
-    'type' => '',
-    'name' => '',
-    'base' => '',
-    'description' => '',
-    'help' => '',
-    'custom' => 0,
-    'modified' => 0,
-    'locked' => 1,
-    'disabled' => 0,
-    'is_new' => 1,
-    'has_title' => 1,
-    'title_label' => 'Title',
-  );
-  $new_type = (object) $new_type;
-
-  // If the type has no title, set an empty label.
-  if (!$new_type->has_title) {
-    $new_type->title_label = '';
-  }
-  if (empty($new_type->module)) {
-    $new_type->module = $new_type->base == 'node_content' ? 'node' : '';
-  }
-  $new_type->orig_type = isset($info['type']) ? $info['type'] : '';
-
-  return $new_type;
+  // @todo Possibly needless:
+  entity_get_controller('node_type')->resetCache();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -894,16 +644,23 @@ function node_rdf_mapping() {
 /**
  * Determines whether a node hook exists.
  *
- * @param string $type
- *   A string containing the node type.
+ * @param string $id
+ *   A string containing the node type ID.
  * @param $hook
  *   A string containing the name of the hook.
  *
  * @return string|false
  *   A string containing the function name or FALSE if it isn't found.
  */
-function node_hook($type, $hook) {
-  $base = node_type_get_base($type);
+function node_hook($id, $hook) {
+  // $id can be NULL for nodes that have been created without a type.
+  if (!isset($id)) {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+  if (!$type = entity_load('node_type', $id)) {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+  $base = $type->get('base');
   return module_hook($base, $hook) ? $base . '_' . $hook : FALSE;
 }
 
@@ -1178,7 +935,9 @@ function template_preprocess_node(&$variables) {
   field_attach_preprocess($node, $variables['content'], $variables);
 
   // Display post information only on certain node types.
-  if (variable_get('node_submitted_' . $node->type, TRUE)) {
+  // Avoid loading the entire node type config entity here.
+  $submitted = config('node.type.' . $node->type)->get('settings.node.submitted');
+  if (!isset($submitted) || $submitted) {
     $variables['display_submitted'] = TRUE;
     $variables['submitted'] = t('Submitted by !username on !datetime', array('!username' => $variables['name'], '!datetime' => $variables['date']));
     if (theme_get_setting('toggle_node_user_picture')) {
@@ -1688,18 +1447,17 @@ function node_menu() {
   );
   $items['admin/structure/types/add'] = array(
     'title' => 'Add content type',
-    'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form',
-    'page arguments' => array('node_type_form'),
+    'page callback' => 'node_type_add',
     'access arguments' => array('administer content types'),
     'type' => MENU_LOCAL_ACTION,
     'file' => 'content_types.inc',
   );
   $items['admin/structure/types/manage/%node_type'] = array(
     'title' => 'Edit content type',
-    'title callback' => 'node_type_page_title',
+    'title callback' => 'entity_page_label',
     'title arguments' => array(4),
-    'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form',
-    'page arguments' => array('node_type_form', 4),
+    'page callback' => 'node_type_edit',
+    'page arguments' => array(4),
     'access arguments' => array('administer content types'),
     'file' => 'content_types.inc',
   );
@@ -1709,6 +1467,7 @@ function node_menu() {
   );
   $items['admin/structure/types/manage/%node_type/delete'] = array(
     'title' => 'Delete',
+    'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form',
     'page arguments' => array('node_type_delete_confirm', 4),
     'access arguments' => array('administer content types'),
     'file' => 'content_types.inc',
@@ -1720,7 +1479,7 @@ function node_menu() {
     'file' => 'node.pages.inc',
   );
   $items['node/add/%node_type'] = array(
-    'title callback' => 'node_type_get_clean_name',
+    'title callback' => 'entity_page_label',
     'title arguments' => array(2),
     'page callback' => 'node_add',
     'page arguments' => array(2),
@@ -1818,21 +1577,6 @@ function node_menu_local_tasks(&$data, $router_item, $root_path) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Title callback: Provides the title for a node type edit form.
- *
- * @param $type
- *   The node type object.
- *
- * @return string
- *   An unsanitized string that is the title of the node type edit form.
- *
- * @see node_menu()
- */
-function node_type_page_title($type) {
-  return $type->name;
-}
-
-/**
  * Title callback: Displays the node's title.
  *
  * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $node
@@ -2012,6 +1756,27 @@ function node_form_block_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state) {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Implements hook_modules_uninstalled().
+ */
+function node_modules_uninstalled($modules) {
+  // Remove module-specific settings from all node types.
+  $config_names = config_get_storage_names_with_prefix('node.type.');
+  foreach ($config_names as $config_name) {
+    $config = config($config_name);
+    $changed = FALSE;
+    foreach ($modules as $module) {
+      if ($config->get('settings.' . $module)) {
+        $config->clear('settings.' . $module);
+        $changed = TRUE;
+      }
+    }
+    if ($changed) {
+      $config->save();
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
  * Implements hook_block_access().
  *
  * Checks the content type specific visibility settings and removes the block
@@ -2715,7 +2480,8 @@ function node_list_permissions($type) {
 function node_permissions_get_configured_types() {
   $configured_types = array();
   foreach (node_type_get_types() as $name => $type) {
-    if (variable_get('node_permissions_' . $name, 1)) {
+    $node_settings = $type->getNodeSettings('node');
+    if (!isset($node_settings['permissions']) || !empty($node_settings['permissions'])) {
       $configured_types[$name] = $type;
     }
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/rest/lib/Drupal/rest/Tests/DeleteTest.php b/core/modules/rest/lib/Drupal/rest/Tests/DeleteTest.php
index 2bed8ba..6feb8d9 100644
--- a/core/modules/rest/lib/Drupal/rest/Tests/DeleteTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/rest/lib/Drupal/rest/Tests/DeleteTest.php
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ public static function getInfo() {
     );
   }
 
+  function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+    // Create necessarily entity bundles.
+    $this->drupalCreateContentType(array('type' => 'article'));
+  }
+
   /**
    * Tests several valid and invalid delete requests on all entity types.
    */
diff --git a/core/modules/rest/lib/Drupal/rest/Tests/RESTTestBase.php b/core/modules/rest/lib/Drupal/rest/Tests/RESTTestBase.php
index 6cbfbd8..15bc5f9 100644
--- a/core/modules/rest/lib/Drupal/rest/Tests/RESTTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/rest/lib/Drupal/rest/Tests/RESTTestBase.php
@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ protected function entityValues($entity_type) {
         );
       case 'node':
         return array('title' => $this->randomString(), 'type' => $this->randomString());
+      case 'node_type':
+        return array(
+          'type' => 'article',
+          'name' => $this->randomName(),
+        );
       case 'user':
         return array('name' => $this->randomName());
       default:
diff --git a/core/modules/simpletest/lib/Drupal/simpletest/WebTestBase.php b/core/modules/simpletest/lib/Drupal/simpletest/WebTestBase.php
index 95c8254..cfc4f92 100644
--- a/core/modules/simpletest/lib/Drupal/simpletest/WebTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/simpletest/lib/Drupal/simpletest/WebTestBase.php
@@ -284,48 +284,31 @@ protected function drupalCreateNode(array $settings = array()) {
   /**
    * Creates a custom content type based on default settings.
    *
-   * @param $settings
+   * @param array $values
    *   An array of settings to change from the defaults.
    *   Example: 'type' => 'foo'.
-   * @return
+   * @return \Drupal\node\Plugin\Core\Entity\NodeType
    *   Created content type.
    */
-  protected function drupalCreateContentType($settings = array()) {
+  protected function drupalCreateContentType($values = array()) {
     // Find a non-existent random type name.
-    do {
-      $name = strtolower($this->randomName(8));
-    } while (node_type_load($name));
-
-    // Populate defaults array.
-    $defaults = array(
-      'type' => $name,
-      'name' => $name,
-      'base' => 'node_content',
-      'description' => '',
-      'help' => '',
-      'title_label' => 'Title',
-      'body_label' => 'Body',
-      'has_title' => 1,
-      'has_body' => 1,
-    );
-    // Imposed values for a custom type.
-    $forced = array(
-      'orig_type' => '',
-      'old_type' => '',
-      'module' => 'node',
-      'custom' => 1,
-      'modified' => 1,
-      'locked' => 0,
+    if (!isset($values['type'])) {
+      do {
+        $id = strtolower($this->randomName(8));
+      } while (node_type_load($id));
+    }
+    else {
+      $id = $values['type'];
+    }
+    $values += array(
+      'type' => $id,
+      'name' => $id,
     );
-    $type = $forced + $settings + $defaults;
-    $type = (object) $type;
-
-    $saved_type = node_type_save($type);
-    node_types_rebuild();
+    $type = entity_create('node_type', $values);
+    $status = $type->save();
     menu_router_rebuild();
-    node_add_body_field($type);
 
-    $this->assertEqual($saved_type, SAVED_NEW, t('Created content type %type.', array('%type' => $type->type)));
+    $this->assertEqual($status, SAVED_NEW, t('Created content type %type.', array('%type' => $type->id())));
 
     // Reset permissions so that permissions for this content type are available.
     $this->checkPermissions(array(), TRUE);
diff --git a/core/modules/system/system.api.php b/core/modules/system/system.api.php
index ac8bac3..00238cd 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/system.api.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/system.api.php
@@ -2463,7 +2463,7 @@ function hook_schema() {
         'default' => 0,
       ),
       'type' => array(
-        'description' => 'The {node_type} of this node.',
+        'description' => 'The type of this node.',
         'type' => 'varchar',
         'length' => 32,
         'not null' => TRUE,
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/Views/TaxonomyTestBase.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/Views/TaxonomyTestBase.php
index 5f98990..fa8f675 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/Views/TaxonomyTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/Views/TaxonomyTestBase.php
@@ -66,14 +66,9 @@ function setUp() {
    * @see http://drupal.org/node/1708692
    */
   protected function mockStandardInstall() {
-    $type = array(
+    $type = $this->drupalCreateContentType(array(
       'type' => 'article',
-    );
-
-    $type = node_type_set_defaults($type);
-    node_type_save($type);
-    node_add_body_field($type);
-
+    ));
     // Create the vocabulary for the tag field.
     $this->vocabulary = entity_create('taxonomy_vocabulary',  array(
       'name' => 'Views testing tags',
diff --git a/core/modules/translation/translation.module b/core/modules/translation/translation.module
index 41d8e83..e75136e 100644
--- a/core/modules/translation/translation.module
+++ b/core/modules/translation/translation.module
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ function translation_form_node_type_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state) {
   $form['language']['node_type_language_translation_enabled'] = array(
     '#type' => 'checkbox',
     '#title' => t('Enable translation'),
-    '#default_value' => variable_get('node_type_language_translation_enabled_' . $form['#node_type']->type, FALSE),
+    '#default_value' => variable_get('node_type_language_translation_enabled_' . $form_state['entity']->id(), FALSE),
     '#element_validate' => array('translation_node_type_language_translation_enabled_validate'),
     '#prefix' => "<label class='form-item-node-type-language-translation-enabled'>" . t('Translation') . "</label>",
   );
diff --git a/core/profiles/standard/config/node.type.article.yml b/core/profiles/standard/config/node.type.article.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36b80db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/profiles/standard/config/node.type.article.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+type: article
+name: Article
+description: 'Use <em>articles</em> for time-sensitive content like news, press releases or blog posts.'
+help: ''
+has_title: '1'
+title_label: Title
+settings: {  }
+langcode: und
diff --git a/core/profiles/standard/config/node.type.page.yml b/core/profiles/standard/config/node.type.page.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a30efc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/profiles/standard/config/node.type.page.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+type: page
+name: 'Basic page'
+description: 'Use <em>basic pages</em> for your static content, such as an ''About us'' page.'
+help: ''
+has_title: '1'
+title_label: Title
+settings:
+  node:
+    # Not promoted to front page.
+    options:
+      - status
+    # Hide author/submission info.
+    submitted: FALSE
+langcode: und
diff --git a/core/profiles/standard/standard.install b/core/profiles/standard/standard.install
index 13463b9..b15a93a 100644
--- a/core/profiles/standard/standard.install
+++ b/core/profiles/standard/standard.install
@@ -24,36 +24,6 @@ function standard_install() {
   // Set front page to "node".
   config('system.site')->set('page.front', 'node')->save();
 
-  // Insert default pre-defined node types into the database. For a complete
-  // list of available node type attributes, refer to the node type API
-  // documentation at: http://api.drupal.org/api/HEAD/function/hook_node_info.
-  $types = array(
-    array(
-      'type' => 'page',
-      'name' => st('Basic page'),
-      'base' => 'node_content',
-      'description' => st("Use <em>basic pages</em> for your static content, such as an 'About us' page."),
-      'custom' => 1,
-      'modified' => 1,
-      'locked' => 0,
-    ),
-    array(
-      'type' => 'article',
-      'name' => st('Article'),
-      'base' => 'node_content',
-      'description' => st('Use <em>articles</em> for time-sensitive content like news, press releases or blog posts.'),
-      'custom' => 1,
-      'modified' => 1,
-      'locked' => 0,
-    ),
-  );
-
-  foreach ($types as $type) {
-    $type = node_type_set_defaults($type);
-    node_type_save($type);
-    node_add_body_field($type);
-  }
-
   // Insert default pre-defined RDF mapping into the database.
   $rdf_mappings = array(
     array(
@@ -83,12 +53,8 @@ function standard_install() {
   }
 
   // Default "Basic page" to not be promoted and have comments disabled.
-  variable_set('node_options_page', array('status'));
   variable_set('comment_page', COMMENT_NODE_HIDDEN);
 
-  // Don't display date and author information for "Basic page" nodes by default.
-  variable_set('node_submitted_page', FALSE);
-
   // Allow visitor account creation with administrative approval.
   $user_settings = config('user.settings');
   $user_settings->set('register', USER_REGISTER_VISITORS_ADMINISTRATIVE_APPROVAL)->save();
