One of the changes, that makes my life a LOT easier, is with V8, when you create a Business Space, besides the option for the production DB to live in its own database, you also have that option for the TEST DB! This means you no longer have all of your tables prefaced with "BASTESTDOMAIN_yourAPP"
Testing my Stored Procedures, using Aware with Jasper Reports, connecting to web services, can now all be tested while Aware is in test and you have a high degree of confidence than when you finally release your production build, that those features will work the same!
Thanks
Bruce