DrupalCon Seattle 2019: Layout Builder in the Real World

This talk explores the new Layout Builder UI in Drupal 8, evaluating its effectiveness in enhancing the editor user experience. The speaker discusses their journey in redesigning Lullabot.com, focusing on empowering non-technical users like Ellie Fanning, the Head of Marketing, with complete control over the site using Layout Builder. Key topics include modifications made to core Layout Builder, such as configurable CSS and title integration for layout sections, as well as improvements to the block editor user experience. The speaker also highlights the relationship between modern CSS and Layout Builder, compares it to other UI management approaches, and examines the newly created contrib module Views Layout, which integrates Views' queries with the power of Layout Builder.