This webinar is an update to Dante Taylor’s TWIG: Getting Started in Drupal 8 presentation from October 2013. The most significant change to Drupal 8 theming is the introduction of the Classy Theme, which was part of the 8.0.0-beta2 release last month. In a nutshell, Classy is a base theme for those who want to have templates with the core classes. Setting Classy as a base is simple—add the following line to the theme.info.yml file inside the theme directory:
base theme: classy
Themers who don’t want this won’t include the “base theme” key. In addition, Chris discusses the Twig debugging tools (which have been moved into the core services.yml file), Twig functions and the core Responsive Images module. While there is still no release date set for Drupal 8, this is an excellent time to get familiar with it.
Additional Resources
TWIG: Getting Started in Drupal 8 | Mediacurrent Blog Post
Preparing for Drupal 8 Development - Blocks, Forms, and Pages | Mediacurrent Blog Post
