What is Headless Drupal?
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The Concept Why Headless Drupal? How is Headless Drupal Helpful? Total Decoupling Drupal 7 or 8 Headless Drupal Examples
The Concept Headless Drupal is very easy to understand concept. The 2 key differences of headless Drupal from Drupal are: â?– Instead of converting data to HTML, Drupal converts it into in JSON format. â?– AngularJS, EmberJS or React, kind of frontend frameworks then render the data to create a webpage.
Why Headless Drupal? â?– To attract new front-end developers to work on Drupal â?– Simplify the process of developing with Drupal and get the desired outcome
How is Headless Drupal Helpful? ❖ Any of the new frontend JS Frameworks can be used along with Drupal’s backend ❖ This feature helps you develop with the latest versions of JS Frameworks ❖ It completely shifts the responsibility from the user to the browser ❖ It builds true interactive experiences by using functional inbrowser applications, thus speeding up the site by streamlining the backend.
Total Decoupling ❖ The backend and the frontend are completely separate from each other ❖ The front-end uses the APIs that the backend is creating ❖ The backend responds to a front end query with a JSON and frontend customises same with respect to the current frontend framework ❖ This way, the frontend and the backend are completely decoupled
Drupal 7 or 8 â?– Drupal 8 comes with Rest Server included in its core. â?– Drupal 7 uses a contributed module called Services or RestWS to achieve the same functionality.
Headless Drupal Examples ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖
Weather.com used angular.js for the rebuilt process. The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon uses Node.js and backbone.js. Proofread Bot uses Wordpress. Radio France is using symphony 2.
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