Talking Drupal #416 - Single Directory Components

Talking Drupal

On today’s show we are talking about Single Directory Components in Drupal, How they differ from Web Components, and what are their benefits with guest Mateu Bosch & Mike Herchel. We’ll also cover Component Libraries: Theme Server as our module of the week.

For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/416

Topics

• What are Single Directory Components?
• Where did the idea of adding Single Directory Components to Drupal come from?
• Where does support for this stand in Drupal Core? Fully supported? Still need a contrib module?
• How do they differ from Web Components? (Mike will take this one)
• How does Single Directory Components make Drupal Theme development easier?
• What is the point of creating a schema for an SDC?
• Can modules or themes override SDCs? How?
• Can SDC be integrated into component library systems like Storybook? How?
• Any other helpful contrib modules that enhance SDCs?
• Does this at all help a headless?
• How can someone get involved or help contribute to Single Directory Components?

Resources

Single Directory Components https://www.drupal.org/project/sdc JSON Schema https://json-schema.org/ SDC Display https://www.drupal.org/project/sdc_display SDC Styleguide https://www.drupal.org/project/sdc_styleguide Cl Devel https://www.drupal.org/project/cl_devel CL Server https://www.drupal.org/project/cl_server CL Generator https://www.drupal.org/project/cl_generator SDC Documentation https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3345922 Mike’s blog https://herchel.com/ SDC Slack Channel (Components channel in Drupal Slack) #components https://drupal.slack.com/archives/C4EDNHFGS Drupal Board Elections https://www.drupal.org/association/board/elections

Guests

Mike Herchel - herchel.com @mikeherchel Mateu Bosch - mateuaguilo.com

Hosts

Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Andy Blum - andy-blum.com - andy_blum

Module of the Week

with Martin Anderson-Clutz - @mandclu

Component Libraries: Theme Server

This module lets you use component libraries, like Storybook, in your Drupal project, without Twig.js!