Drupal Unhitched: The CMS in Decoupled Architectures

Decoupling your CMS isn’t just a technology question — it’s a different way of approaching the architecture of your data and its use. This session will look at popular scenarios for decoupled architectures, including:

•     Drupal CMS + React frontend + touchscreen interactive
•     Drupal CMS + Website + Digital Signage
•     Drupal CMS + Static publishing using React and GatsbyJS
•     Drupal CMS + Native apps + Website + Touchscreen interactive + Touch wall interactive
•     Drupal CMS + Website + React components

We’ll cover reasons for/against decoupling your architecture, and look at ways to quickly serve data, including Views, custom controllers, JSON API, and GraphQL. We’ll also look at the different ways to achieve realtime communication between your CMS and frontend application(s), including JavaScript Service Workers.