DrupalCon Baltimore 2017: Mastering Drupal 8’s Libraries API

This talk explores the significant shift in asset management brought by the Libraries API in Drupal 8, moving away from the challenges of overwriting CSS files and core JavaScript libraries encountered in Drupal 7. The speaker demonstrates how developers can gain granular control over CSS and JS assets, including overwriting core libraries, adding libraries directly to templates, and specifying dependencies. Aimed at beginner to intermediate front-end developers with experience in theming, this session covers best practices for utilizing the Libraries API to support modern front-end development trends like component-based theming and atomic design. The speaker, Matt Jager, brings eight years of Drupal and front-end experience as a tech lead at Aten Design Group.