Building successful, useable high-performing and beautiful websites requires you to go beyond the framework. Every time.
Having a framework to build on - no matter how flexible and powerful - is only the first step. This year's frontend track will focus on implementing established best practices in both design, workflow and code.
Together we will take your Drupal websites that important step further.
[Need to rewrite this in a positive tone: Let’s face it - Drupal’s frontend and UX is pretty far from best practice - as is probably the case for a lot of large frameworks. But that doesn’t mean we can create amazing frontends, we just need to face the need to change things ourselves and learn how.]
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Being an infinitely customizable framework means that Drupal cannot come with a polished editing experience out of the box. Putting thought and effort into the editing interface, workflow and experience is what takes your Drupal-based website from ‘complicated but usable’ to ‘a pleasure to work with’.
By september every Drupal-developer in the world will be up to speed with the new theme engine, building twiggy frontends by the dozen and ... what? No? Well, me neither. In that case we will invite some more sessions on Twig to get everyone up to speed.
Tools, techniques
###Interactive maps and visualizations
- Do X with Sass and Compass...
- Do Y, Z, W and make coffee with [insert my theme]
- Frontend developers (primary)
- Web designers (primary)
- Editors, PMs, site builders (secondary)
JK: making beautiful and functional websites with Drupal - looking more today / near future than the usual Drupal way - finding cases that stretch boundaries what can be done with Drupal