A Look at the Ongoing Efforts to Revitalize Drupal’s Front End

A presentation at New England Drupal Camp in in Providence, RI, USA by Brian Perry

Brian Perry
@brianperry

Many great front end experiences have been built with Drupal and undoubtably many more will be created in the future. Yet it is impossible to deny the feeling that Drupal’s Twig theme engine hasn’t been able to keep up with expectations for modern front end developer experience.

Luckily, the Drupal community is hard at work trying to change this. In true Drupal style, there are simultaneous efforts tackling this from different and sometimes conflicting angles.

We’ll dig into what’s really going on out there in the Drupal front end community. With any luck, we’ll also reach a few conclusions about how Drupal’s front end can live beyond (or possibly in harmony with) the JavaScript framework flavor of the week.

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