“For Drupal to succeed, we need books like this.” –Dries Buytaert, Drupal founder and project lead “Drupal faces a common problem on the Web–the relative lack of new, high quality themes. Front End Drupal tackles this problem directly and is designed to help both experienced designers and rank novices get an understanding of how Drupal theming works. In fact, I’ll be the first to admit I learned a lot from this book.” – Dries Buytaert, Drupal founder and project lead The Practical, Complete Guide to Customizing Drupal Sites with Behaviors, Themes, and Templates Drupal is now the world’s #1 open source content management system: Thousands of individuals and organizations are using it to build and update Web sites of virtually every kind. As Web designers and developers adopt Drupal, they need ways to quickly customize the visuals and interactivity of their sites. Drupal offers powerful tools for doing so, but little guidance on using them effectively. Front End Drupal is the solution. In this book, two expert Drupal developers cover everything you need to know to create great visual designs and state-of-the-art interactivity with Drupal’s behaviors, themes, and templates. Front End Drupal is 100% focused on issues of site design, behavior, usability, and management. The authors show how to style Drupal sites, make the most of Drupal’s powerful templating system, build sophisticated community sites, streamline site management, and build more portable, flexible themes. You’ll also gain hands-on experience through several case studies that walk you through the customization of everything from page templates to Web site forums. Prepare and organize content so it’s easier to integrate into Drupal Web sites Structure Drupal page templates that are easy to work with Configure Drupal with the modules and browser tools you need to customize your site Utilize Drupal’s Starter Themes and themes converted from WordPress, Joomla!TM, and Drupal 5.x Maximize the power and usability of Drupal’s content editing forms Build usable community sites with user profiles, comments, and user-generated content Use JavaScriptTM to make your themes interactive and to enhance usability Create powerful animations and AJAX callbacks with jQuery, Drupal’s JavaScript library About the Web Site The accompanying site, frontenddrupal.com, contains all sample code and themes presented in this book.

EARN more money by cracking the frontend junior & senior interviews. Build scalable and performant frontends using the concepts. Below are the topics covered in this book - 570+ Interview Questions & 55+ Chapters 1. Client-server architecture and communication protocols (e.g., HTTP, WebSocket) 2. Scalability and load balancing in frontend systems 3. Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) for efficient content distribution 4. Caching mechanisms and strategies (e.g., browser caching, CDN caching) 5. Single-page applications (SPAs) vs. multi-page applications (MPAs) 6. Frontend performance optimization techniques (e.g., minification, bundling) 7. State management in frontend applications (e.g., Redux, MobX) 8. API design and integration with frontend applications 9. Authentication and authorization mechanisms in frontend systems (e.g., JWT, OAuth) 10. Web security best practices (e.g., XSS prevention, CSRF protection) 11. Error handling and logging strategies in frontend systems 12. Real-time data synchronization and messaging protocols (e.g., WebSockets, MQTT) 13. Micro frontend architecture and modularization of frontend code 14. Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) and security considerations 15. Progressive Web Apps (PWA) and offline capabilities 16. Responsive design and adaptive layouts for different devices 17. Internationalization and localization in frontend systems 18. Performance monitoring and profiling tools for frontend applications 19. Server-side rendering (SSR) vs. client-side rendering (CSR) 20. SEO considerations in frontend systems (e.g., meta tags, structured data) 21. Web accessibility guidelines and practices in frontend design 22. Application state synchronization in distributed systems 23. Asynchronous programming and event-driven architectures 24. Design patterns and architectural principles in frontend systems (e.g., MVC, MVVM) 25. Integration with third-party APIs and services 26. Frontend build and deployment strategies (e.g., continuous integration, CI/CD) 27. Data fetching strategies and caching in frontend applications 28. Error handling and fault tolerance in distributed systems 29. Browser storage mechanisms (e.g., localStorage, IndexedDB) 30. Version control and code collaboration in frontend development 31. Performance testing and benchmarking of frontend systems 32. Event-driven architecture and event sourcing in frontend systems 33. API rate limiting and throttling strategies 34. Cross-platform development considerations (e.g., mobile, desktop) 35. Authentication flows and user session management in frontend applications 36. Real-time analytics and monitoring in frontend systems 37. Component-based architecture and reusable UI components 38. Data synchronization and conflict resolution in distributed systems 39. Data validation and sanitization in frontend forms 40. A/B testing and feature flagging techniques 41. Data encryption and secure transmission in frontend systems 42. Service-oriented architecture (SOA) and frontend integration with microservices 43. Continuous monitoring and observability in frontend applications 44. Progressive enhancement and graceful degradation strategies 45. GraphQL and its usage in frontend systems 46. API versioning and backward compatibility considerations 47. Serverless architectures and frontend integration with cloud services 48. Performance optimization techniques for mobile devices 49. Real-time collaboration and synchronization in collaborative applications 50. Multi-browser testing and cross-browser compatibility 51. Content management systems (CMS) and frontend integration 52. User experience (UX) design principles in frontend systems 53. Database design and integration with frontend systems 54. Containerization and orchestration of frontend applications 55. Containerization and orchestration of frontend applications 56. Websockets and server-sent events for real-time communication 57. Error monitoring and exception handling in frontend systems 58. API gateway and API management for frontend systems 59. Sample Case study - Netflix 60. Sample Case study - Twitter 61. Sample Case study - Airbnb 62. Sample Case study - Spotify 63. Sample Case study - LinkedIn Sounds intriguing? Buy it now!

Gain a clear understanding of the most important concepts in the decoupled CMS landscape. You will learn how to architect and implement decoupled Drupal architectures across the stack—from building the back end and designing APIs to integrating with front-end technologies. You'll also review presenting data through consumer applications in widely adopted technologies such as Angular, Ember, React, and Vue.js. Featuring a foreword by Drupal founder and project lead Dries Buytaert, the first part of this book chronicles the history of the CMS and the server–client divide, analyzes the risks and rewards of decoupled CMS architectures, and presents architectural patterns. From there, the book explores the core and contributed landscape for decoupled Drupal, authentication mechanisms, and the surrounding tooling ecosystem before delving into consumer implementations in a variety of technologies. Finally, a series of chapters on advanced topics feature the Drupal REST plugin system, schemas and generated documentation, and caching. Several projects point to a decoupled future for Drupal, including the Contenta CMS and work to modernize Drupal's JavaScript using React. Begin learning about these and other exciting developments with Decoupled Drupal today. What You’ll Learn Evaluate the risks and rewards of decoupled Drupal and classify its architectures Authenticate requests to Drupal using OAuth, JWT, and Basic Authentication Consume and manipulate Drupal content via API through HTTP requests Integrate with other consumer applications for native mobile and desktop as well as set-top boxes (Roku, Apple TV, Samsung TV) Add new resources to Drupal's REST API using the REST plugin system Generate API documentation that complies with the OpenAPI (Swagger) standard Who This Book Is For Those with some exposure to CMSes like WordPress and Drupal and those who wish to follow along with JavaScript application development will benefit. A familiarity with API-first or services-oriented architectures is helpful but not presumed.

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 Drupal’s APIs Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book DescriptionWorking 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 10’s theme layer in depth. With a fully implemented Drupal website on the one hand and a set of Storybook components on the other, you’ll begin by learning to create a theme from scratch to match the desired final layout. Once you’ve set up a local environment, you’ll get familiarized with design systems and learn how to map them to the structures of a Drupal website. Next, you’ll bootstrap your new theme and optimize Drupal’s productivity using tools such as webpack, Tailwind CSS, and Browsersync. As you advance, you’ll 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. You’ll 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, you’ll find out how to build a fully decoupled website using json:api and Next.js. By the end of this book, you’ll 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 forIf 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.

The Building and Theming Drupal Collection includes two popular eBooks: Front End Drupal: Designing, Theming, Scripting, by Emma Jane Hogbin and Konstantin Käfer Drupal's Building Blocks, by Earl Miles and Lynette Miles This eBook collection is the definitive, in-depth guide to customizing Drupal 6 Web sites with front end tips and tricks and detailed information about the most powerful site building modules: CCK, Views, and Panels. This eBook collection includes several step-by-step case studies showing how to build and customize sites from scratch. Topics include Building and theming your own custom content types Creating custom themes Optimizing database query performance In-depth explanations of advanced topics such as filters, arguments, and relationships in panels and views From the guts of Drupal's most powerful modules, to point-and-click configuration of your Drupal site, this eBook collection teaches you what you need to know.

Implement a headless/decoupled Drupal design to build easily maintainable web applications. This book begins by showing you CMS workflows and best practices to give you the basics you need for working with decoupled Drupal. As part of this process, Decoupling Drupal reveals the advantages of using content management systems and explains that decoupled Drupal is the answer to various problems faced in creating and maintaining enterprise applications. Decoupling Drupal will show you how administering Drupal monolithically to design web applications can be a challenge. You’ll see how the maintainability of your application reduces exponentially over the years. In contrast, a decoupled design enables an easy handshake between the front-end and back-end applications, meaning you can implement services in a short amount of time and scale them quickly. The final part of the book covers the impact of decoupling on functional and non-functional requirements and the use of Drupal 8 modules to address the requirements of decoupling. This involves solving the problems that occur at different stages of CMS evolution in an organization. What You Will Learn Discover the principles of headless/decoupled design Implement Drupal in a real-time environment Work with the Drupal modules normally used in a decoupled design Use Drupal to complete back-end tasks Integrate a Pantheon cloud-solution for headless Drupal Acknowledge the use of CMS in your day-to-day IT life Who This Book Is For Web application designers, developers, and Drupal enthusiasts.

Guidance for administrators, content managers and web publishers on using Drupal for content management Start building and managing web sites with the open-source content management system Drupal 7 and this in-depth guide. Whether you're new to Drupal or migrating from another system, you'll find the tips and techniques you need to understand Drupal, create a new web site, or manage an existing one. Learn how to create, modify, and delete items-and much more-with the detailed tutorials in this step-by-step guide. Teaches you how to use a Drupal site, as well as how to set up, configure, and customize a new site, including obtaining code and deploying it to a server Covers advanced topics like multilingual content management, publishing workflows, or Views and Panels Shows you how to work with Drupal 7's new fields and custom content types Get on the Drupal bandwagon with this complete guide.

The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7 is the most comprehensive book for getting sites done using the powerful and extensible Drupal content management system. Written by a panel of expert authors, the book covers every aspect of Drupal, from planning a successful project all the way up to making a living from designing Drupal sites and to contributing to the Drupal community yourself. With this book you will: Follow practical approaches to solving many online communication needs with Drupal with real examples. Learn how to keep learning about Drupal: administration, development, theming, design, and architecture. Go beyond the code to engage with the Drupal community as a contributing member and to do Drupal sustainably as a business. The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7 was written by the following team of expert Drupal authors: Benjamin Melançon, Jacine Luisi, Károly Négyesi, Greg Anderson, Bojhan Somers, Stéphane Corlosquet, Stefan Freudenberg, Michelle Lauer, Ed Carlevale, Florian Lorétan, Dani Nordin, Ryan Szrama, Susan Stewart, Jake Strawn, Brian Travis, Dan Hakimzadeh, Amye Scavarda, Albert Albala, Allie Micka, Robert Douglass, Robin Monks, Roy Scholten, Peter Wolanin, Kay VanValkenburgh, Greg Stout, Kasey Qynn Dolin, Mike Gifford, Claudina Sarahe, Sam Boyer, and Forest Mars, with contributions from George Cassie, Mike Ryan, Nathaniel Catchpole, and Dmitri Gaskin. For more information, check out the Drupaleasy podcast #63, in which author Benjamin Melançon discusses The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7 in great detail: http://drupaleasy.com/podcast/2011/08/drupaleasy-podcast-63-epic

Drupal is a content management framework that powers web sites from simple online brochures to more advanced sites including social networking sites, blogs, e-commerce sites, business portals, and more. It is free, open source software that allows anyone to quickly and easily build web sites. Its full range of modules—including user permissions, security mechanisms, JavaScript menus, image uploaders, WYSIWYG editors, and more— helps you easily create the foundation for a powerful web site. With its templating system (and a few tips and tricks), any graphic design file can be used to create a Drupal web site. Foundation Drupal 7 covers all the topics necessary to quickly build Drupal-powered web sites, explaining in simple terms how Drupal works and providing you with concepts, tips, and code snippets for every step of the development process. From setting up a Drupal-ready web host and installing Drupal to using the administrative interface and configuring a site from start to finish, there is something here for everyone. In addition to thoroughly discussing all of Drupal’s core modules, this book reviews more than 50 contributed modules, including WYSIWYG HTML editors, JavaScript drop-down menus, web forms, and even the powerful Views module. Stephanie Pakrul, creator and maintainer of the Fusion theme, coauthors a chapter on how to lay out and add graphics to a site through Drupal’s administrative section. After reading this book, you will walk away with everything you need to know to quickly and successfully build a Drupal-powered web site. Whether you’re an experienced Drupal site builder looking to expand your skills, a web developer or designer interested in learning Drupal, or a weekend hobbyist looking to build your first site, Foundation Drupal 7 will give you the knowledge and inspiration you need to bring your ideas to life.

This book takes a step-by-step approach to building a complete business website using Drupal and enhancing it to include modern technology used by cutting-edge companies. All instructions are written in such a way that they make sense to readers of any technical level. This book is for anyone who wants to learn how to set up a website quickly for their business using the super powerful Drupal open source content management software.