The Evolution of Drupal (Legacy vs. Modern Architecture)

Drupal has an image problem.

Clients often arrive with stories of bloated, unmaintainable sites and assume the platform is at fault. In most cases, those failures stem from poor implementation rather than the software itself. While the market focused on other tools, the platform underwent a massive architectural shift.

Many developers have not yet discovered this modern version of Drupal.
Join us at the STAUFFER office for a candid look at where Drupal has been and where it is headed.
Scott Bell will lead a discussion on the platform's evolution, covering essential insights for anyone building on Drupal today.

### What We Will Cover

1. The State of Drupal: We will analyze the misconceptions driving client hesitation and outline the path forward for teams committed to modern practices.
2. The CMS Landscape: A comparison of Drupal against headless SaaS platforms. We will examine why Drupal’s open source model offers true ownership without the vendor lock-in of "open core" competitors.
3. A Platform Transformed: How the shift to Component Driven Development (CDD) and tools like Storybook allows teams to build and test in isolation. We will trace the path to the native adoption of Single Directory Components (SDCs).
4. Design Systems & CDD Principles: The fundamentals of thinking in components using encapsulation, reusability, and maintaining a single source of truth between design and code.
5. Building with SDCs: Practical strategies for structuring projects around Single Directory Components to reduce technical debt.
6. The New Ecosystem: A breakdown of recent innovations reshaping deployment, including Drupal CMS (formerly Starshot), Drupal Core, and Drupal Canvas.

### Who Should Attend?

• Drupal developers modernizing their approach
• Agency sales teams who need to speak confidently about the platform
• CTOs or technical directors evaluating CMS options

If you are responsible for choosing, building, or selling web solutions, this is for you.

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