---
title: "A Front-end JavaScript Framework in Drupal Core?"
url: "/podcasts/drupalizeme-podcast/a-frontend-javascript-framework-in-drupal-core"
type: episode
date: 2016-01-14
updated: 2016-01-14
---

# A Front-end JavaScript Framework in Drupal Core?

#  A Front-end JavaScript Framework in Drupal Core? 

  

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Matt & Mike talk with Acquia's Preston So, Chapter Three's Drew Bolles, and Lullabot's own Sally Young on the possibility of a front-end JavaScript framework in Drupal core, and what that would look like.

##  Episode Guests 

###  Preston So 

 ![Thumbnail](/sites/default/files/styles/square_120x120/public/preston.jpg?itok=GeUL0hR3 "preston.jpg") 

 Development Manager at Acquia Labs, in Acquia’s the office of the CTO. Preston has contributed to Spark, a Drupal distribution for an improved authoring experience, and done work on researching front-end frameworks for Drupal core. 

###  Drew Bolles 

 ![Thumbnail](/sites/default/files/styles/square_120x120/public/drew.jpg?itok=sfQLExz2 "drew.jpg") 

 Front-end Developer at Chapter Three. Spirit Animal is a White Tiger! 

###  Sally Young 

 ![A woman wearing a green top with curly hair](/sites/default/files/styles/square_120x120/public/2024-08/Lulabot.headshots.palm_.springs.resort.monocle.project-59.jpg?itok=4EVaGAIn) 

 Sally is a former senior technical architect at Lullabot.

 [  More about Sally   ](/about/sally-young) 

##  Mentioned in this Episode 

- [  Dries' post on "Selecting a client-side framework for Drupal"   ](http://buytaert.net/selecting-a-client-side-framework-for-drupal)
- [  Drupal issue on "Select a new client-side framework for Drupal core's admin UIs"   ](https://www.drupal.org/node/2645250)
- [  Drupal issue on "Require Node.js for Drupal 9 core and rewrite some of Drupal's…   ](https://www.drupal.org/node/2645666#comment-10739852)
- [  Drew's article, "Why Progressive Decoupling Drupal's Front-End is a Bad Idea"   ](https://www.chapterthree.com/blog/why-progressive-decoupling-drupals-front-end-bad-idea)
- [  Théodore Biadala's article, "Drupal gets a feature request out of the blue"   ](http://read.theodoreb.net/2016/drupal-gets-feature-request-out-of-the-blue.html)

 Published in:

- [  Drupal Development   ](/topics/drupal-development)
- [  Front-end Development   ](/topics/frontend-development)