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Front End Intermediate Gaige Hall 204

The Future of Drupal Theming: AI, Drupal Canvas, and Beyond

The most beautiful man in the world

Mike Herchel

Founder / Dev at Dripyard

Drupal’s theming layer has grown by leaps and bounds over the past several years. We’ve seen new Twig filters, theme generation tools, and the introduction of Single Directory Components.

Those changes, however, will pale in comparison to what’s coming in the next few years. The introduction of Drupal Canvas (formerly known as Experience Builder) paired with modern artificial intelligence will revolutionize how we work.

In this presentation, I’ll walk you through

  • Developing components for Experience Builder
  • How will AI fit into your front-end workflow
  • What should be a component and what is not?
  • Best practices that will reduce code bloat
  • How to future proof the code that you’re writing now

To get the most out of this session, it’ll help to be familiar with general Drupal theming practices, gotchas, and painpoints.

Additional Details:

  • Audience level: Intermediate
  • Topic: Front End
  • Room: Gaige Hall 204

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