Limitations of the Drupal theme layer

Submitted by aaron on Tue, 2009-03-17 10:57
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Original session: Limitations of the Drupal theme layer

With the release of Drupal 6, phptemplate put a triumphant end to any alternative templating systems in Drupal. We've reached the holy grail of theming -- all that remains is to replace in-code theme() functions with preprocess hooks and churn out hundreds of template files, right?

Not so fast. In this session I will argue that the Drupal community needs to keep its eye on the ball -- true separation of data from presentation -- and argue why there is still more underlying work to be done.

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