Cheppers Bridges Canvas and SDC for a More Visual, Modern Drupal Editing Experience

Canvas, formerly called Experience Builder, introduces a visual interface where editors can move, resize, and compose layouts without touching code. SDC, meanwhile, restructures Drupal’s front-end development model by grouping each component’s templates, styles, and scripts into a single folder — making codebases cleaner and more predictable. Together, they balance creative freedom for editors and stability for developers, but Cheppers notes that integration between the two requires a carefully planned component system.

To solve that, Cheppers built a production-ready SDC library that works natively with Canvas. The library includes accessible, responsive components — banners, cards, grids, and testimonials — that editors can drop directly into pages and customise visually. For developers, the shared structure keeps branding consistent across multi-site ecosystems while remaining extensible for future design systems. This approach, Pekker writes, brings measurable benefits across sectors: faster content workflows, better accessibility, and stronger brand alignment. It signals Drupal’s next chapter — a platform that’s as modern and intuitive for editors as it is powerful for developers.