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After experimenting with Pattern Lab and Drupal 8 theme development for a while I am starting to see a whole new role for Pattern Lab StarterKits.
StarterKits can contain the source files and master copies of all resources that need to be shared between Pattern Lab and a Drupal theme. With these removed from a Drupal theme all that is left, basically, are the PHP code parts.
StarterKits can be used to separate concerns in a well defined way and to provide a project that can be shared by people and teams with different skill sets and roles.
StarterKits for Drupal themes can be used and developed in Pattern Lab with no Drupal installation required. Even in cases where the same people are responsible for both the PHP and Twig/CSS parts of a Drupal theme, this separation helps to improve the design and implementation of both parts.
Shila theme and Shila theme StarterKit have now been refactored accordingly, which means that the StarterKit is now required for developing Shila theme.
About Drupal Sun
Drupal Sun is an Evolving Web project. It allows you to:
- Do full-text search on all the articles in Drupal Planet (thanks to Apache Solr)
- Facet based on tags, author, or feed
- Flip through articles quickly (with j/k or arrow keys) to find what you're interested in
- View the entire article text inline, or in the context of the site where it was created
See the blog post at Evolving Web
