DrupalCon Nashville 2018: Hot JAMS(tack): Building a Music Discovery App with Drupal and React

This talk explores a developer's journey in building a music discovery app using Drupal 8 and React, highlighting key insights gained throughout the process. The speaker discusses choosing a fully decoupled architecture, selecting the appropriate API approach with Reservoir, and migrating data from a Google spreadsheet and the Spotify API into Drupal. Participants learn about foundational React concepts, project bootstrapping with Create React App, and approaches to deploying a JAMstack application. The session also addresses common pitfalls in decoupled Drupal projects and provokes discussion on the necessity of using Drupal for such applications. This presentation is ideal for those interested in decoupled Drupal, offering practical lessons from real-world implementations.