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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 Drupal Canvas
  • 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

Updates

2026 Keynote Announced!

The New England Drupal Camp is excited to announce Ethan Marcotte as our 2026 keynote speaker! A designer, writer, and speaker whose work has helped shape the modern web, Ethan will join us at NEDCamp this November to explore how our industry is changing and how we can play a role in shaping what comes next.

Session Submissions are Open

We invite rookies, pros and everyone in between. We will be selecting proposals based on a variety of criteria, not only experience. Under-represented groups are encouraged to submit a session.