MAKERS & BUILDERS - A Drupal-Inspired Render API for Cloud and Edge Computing

Explore a Drupal-inspired Render API for cloud and edge computing in this 27-minute conference talk from DrupalCon Lille 2023. Dive into the world of design systems and their cost-effective nature, learning how they facilitate collaboration between designers and developers while enabling design reuse across multiple web applications. Discover how packaging design systems as WebAssembly microservices solves the challenge of making them universally accessible across different technical stacks. Examine the process of developing an API data format for rendering services, drawing inspiration from Drupal's time-tested Render API. Gain insights into the adaptations made to create a more compact, consistent, and predictable data structure, potentially influencing future Drupal Core developments. Learn about innovative approaches to managing nesting, aggregation, preprocessing, data bubbling, and caching in this cutting-edge exploration of render APIs for modern computing environments.