A debate has been ongoing for several years about how Drupal's front end can compete against the primacy of JavaScript frameworks that are rapidly gaining steam in the wider web development community. In this multi-part blog series, we review the most important concepts behind this potential future for Drupal's front end, including Web Components, virtual DOMs, and what Drupal can learn from other ecosystems. In this second installment in the series, we examine how Drupal's render tree bears striking similarities to virtual DOMs in other frameworks and what future Drupal versions could look like under the hood.

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Sun, 04/19/2020 - 21:52