Twig is a powerful templating engine with many useful features. In the context of Drupal, especially when coming from a Drupal 7 way of doing things, it can be easy to overlook many of these features in the interest of just getting the job done quickly.  However, taking the time to learn Twig beyond just printing variables is worthwhile, because it can help you solve common problems.  

In this series, we will explore some of the tools Twig itself provides, within the context of a Drupal 8 theme to improve the quality of the code we write. Each post will identify a common problem, and provide details about Twig concepts that can be used to help solve them.