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to
Room:
Room 4 (Hall G2)
Tags:
development & coding, user experience, accessibility, & design
Track:
SVG
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coding & site building

The Future of Drupal Theming: AI, Experience Builder, and Beyond

The Future of Drupal Theming: AI, Experience Builder, and Beyond

Mike Herchel (mherchel)

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 Experience Builder paired with modern artificial intelligence will revolutionize how we work.

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

Outline
- 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

Learning Objectives
- 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

Experience level
Intermediate