About this talk
This talk explores the dramatic evolution of the web alongside the rise of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, highlighting a significant shift within the web development community. The speaker, Travis Tidwell, discusses the transition towards API-first development and the growing necessity for applications to support machine-to-machine communications. He emphasizes the importance of Angular.js in developing Drupal 8 websites as web applications, showcasing how this front-end framework enables a clear separation between the front-end and service-based back-end. Through this presentation, attendees will gain insights into the evolution of the internet, understand the implications for Drupal, and receive practical guidance on building an API-first Angular.js application.