I’m excited to share that I’ll be teaming up with Lullabot’s Andy Blum to deliver an in-depth front-end theming training at DrupalCon Chicago 2026.
This training is especially meaningful to me because it brings together a large part of the work I’ve been doing at Dripyard over the past few years. Teaching and sharing hard-earned lessons is one of my favorite parts of being involved in the Drupal community.
What the training is about
The session, titled “Future-Proof Theming: Best Practices for Drupal’s New Era,” is built around real-world lessons Andy and I have learned while working on modern Drupal front ends. These are lessons that often only surface after shipping production sites and maintaining them over time.
Rather than focusing on theory alone, we will dive into practical, durable approaches to theming that align with where Drupal is headed.
Topics we’ll cover
During the training, we will explore:
- Building robust, reusable components for Canvas
- CSS variable architecture and scalable styling strategies
- Integrating Storybook into a modern Drupal workflow
- Accessibility best practices that are baked into theming from day one
- Tooling and processes that support long-term maintainability
The goal is to help attendees walk away with patterns and techniques they can immediately apply, not just for their next project but for the next several years of Drupal development.
Join us in Chicago
If you are interested in modern front-end Drupal, component-driven development, and future-proofing your theming work, I would love for you to join us.
You can find full details and register for the training here:
👉 https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/future-proof-theming-best-practices-drupals-new-era
Looking forward to seeing many of you in Chicago and digging deep into the future of Drupal theming together.
