9781803249025_

A comprehensive guide to creating Drupal themes from scratch, from design to fully styled websites with custom Twig templates and headless architecture

Key Features

Explore real-world examples with proven methodologies to gain a deeper insight into the Drupal theme layer
Learn how to translate a graphic design into a maintainable and robust Drupal theme
Improve performance and accessibility with a decoupled frontend to consume data exposed by Drupals APIs
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Book Description

Working with themes in Drupal can be challenging, given the number of layers and APIs involved. Modernizing Drupal 10 Theme Development helps you explore the new Drupal 10s theme layer in depth. With a fully implemented Drupal website on the one hand and a set of Storybook components on the other, youll begin by learning to create a theme from scratch to match the desired final layout. Once youve set up a local environment, youll get familiarized with design systems and learn how to map them to the structures of a Drupal website. Next, youll bootstrap your new theme and optimize Drupals productivity using tools such as webpack, Tailwind CSS, and Browsersync. As you advance, youll delve into all the theme layers in a step-by-step way, starting from how Drupal builds an HTML page to where the template files are and how to add custom CSS and JavaScript. Youll also discover how to leverage all the Drupal APIs to implement robust and maintainable themes without reinventing the wheel, but by following best practices and methodologies. Toward the end, youll find out how to build a fully decoupled website using json:api and Next.js. By the end of this book, youll be able to confidently build custom Drupal themes to deliver state-of-the-art websites and keep ahead of the competition in the modern frontend world.

What you will learn

Map design systems made by Storybook components to Drupal structures
Understand and use render arrays and Twig templates
Get familiarized with the new Single Directory Component feature introduced in Drupal 10.1
Define, import, and use CSS and JavaScript libraries
Discover how to style content created with fields and paragraphs
Define, place, customize, and style blocks
Explore advanced topics like extending Twig, making a theme configurable, and boosting performance and accessibility
Find out how to build a decoupled website using json:api and Next.js

Who this book is for

If you are a Drupal backend developer or frontend developer who wants to create Drupal themes that follow industry best practices and are fast and maintainable, this book is for you. Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and working knowledge of a CMS are needed to grasp the concepts present in this book.

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Modernizing Drupal 10 Theme Development

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