Duration
40 min
Speaker(s)
Full name
Wolfgang Ziegler
Gender Pronouns
He/Him
Company
drunomics,
Drupal name link
LinkedIn url
Session track
Drupal CMS
Experience level
Beginner
Drupal CMS 2.0 empowers marketers with Canvas's intuitive visual editing. When combined with Lupus Decoupled, developers benefit from modern frontends with full JavaScript tooling, component libraries, SSR, and AI-friendly workflows.
Prerequisite
No special expertise is required, simply be comfortable with Drupal basics and foundational frontend concepts.
No JavaScript black belt required, just come ready to explore a new way to build sites, but faster!
Outline
The session is going to cover the following topics:
- Modern JavaScript frontends and Drupal Canvas: Navigating Code Components, External JavaScript Components, and Lupus Decoupled.
- Lupus Decoupled fundamentals: The Inertia.js-inspired approach: modern frontend freedom while keeping Drupal's routing, authentication, caching and previews.
- Example: Rapid integration of a component library: From zero to a working decoupled site, learn how to add new components quickly.
- AI-friendly workflows: How coding agents can accelerate Drupal site development with modern frontends
- Packing it all up: How to create Drupal CMS site templates with a JavaScript frontend
- The bigger picture: Drupal is the more powerful, open-source alternative to Headless CMS solutions like Storyblok and Contentful
Learning Objectives
- Know how to choose between Canvas Code Components, Custom External JavaScript Components, and Lupus Decoupled
- Set up a decoupled Drupal CMS 2.0 site with Lupus Decoupled
- Integrate JavaScript component libraries quickly
- Accelerate development with AI coding agents
- Package your setup as a reusable Drupal CMS site template
