Chapter 11. Off the Drupalicon Island

In this chapter, we will see how to use third-party libraries, such as JavaScript, CSS, and PHP in detail:

  • Implementing and using a third-party JavaScript library
  • Implementing and using a third-party CSS library
  • Implementing and using a third-party PHP library
  • Using Composer manager

Introduction

Drupal 8 comes with a Proudly Built Elsewhere attitude. There has been an effort made to use more components created by the PHP community at large and other communities. Drupal 8 is built with Symfony. It includes Twig as its templating system, the provided WYSIWYG editor as its CKEditor, and uses PHPUnit for testing.

How does Drupal 8 promote using libraries made elsewhere? The new asset management system in Drupal 8 makes ...

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