DrupalCon Portland 2013: MAKING DRUPAL THE BEST REST SERVER FOR SINGLE-PAGE APPS

This talk discusses the evolution of Drupal 8 as a robust REST server, capable of organizing and delivering data for various applications. The speaker emphasizes the growing trend toward single-page applications utilizing JSON over HTTP and Web Sockets, which has prompted some users to explore alternatives like Node.js and Python's WSGI frameworks. To maintain Drupal's relevance for web application developers, the speaker advocates for further decoupling the theme layer, treating all Drupal entities as RESTful services, and adopting a document-oriented database approach. Additionally, the session suggests integrating a "single-page" theme into Drupal 8, along with necessary JavaScript libraries to enhance core functionality.