Recorded February 9th, 2017Theme Manager and guy who kills me in TitanFall 2 and BattleFront all the time Zack Hawkins is here to talk all things front end with Mario. As always we’ll have some news and events, we actually got email so the MailDrop makes a rare return, and as always, Ryan ignores us as he plows through the Final Bell.Episode 29 Audio Download Link Updates:Show notes and past episodes available at http://www.mediacurrent.com/dropcast.Subscribe in iTunes or Stitcher.Feed: https://www.mediacurrent.com/taxonomy/term/639/feedMediacurrent is hiring. Go to mediacurrent.com/dropcastjobsEmail your questions to: dropcast@mediacurrent.comFriday 5: http://mediacurrent.com/friday5Most if not all of our articles come from TheWeeklyDrop. The best Drupal news and links delivered to your inbox every week, which we turn around and steal.Mediacurrent Blog Mentions:Mario: Rethinking Theme Structure in Drupal 8 by Zack HawkinsBob: Just Ask: Promoting A Culture of Asking Questions by Lee NakamuraBob: If You Wanna Be My Vendor … by Nathan JamesInterview of guest Zack Hawkins on All-things-front-endTell us about yourself (where do you live, come from, family, etc.)How did you get started as a developer and with Drupal?You’re a theme manager for Mediacurrent, what does that mean?Theme generator - Will be available in github soonWhat do you think is one of the biggest trend happening now in the front-end world?What most excites you about what’s happening with Drupal 8’s front-end?Style guide & ComponentsWhat is your process for analyzing what’s happening in front-end and determine if a given tool or process should be adopted by Mediacurrent?What would you like to see Drupal 8 do that you think it’s not currently doing now?Any advice to front-end developers out there who feel overwhelmed or discouraged by the vast amounts of tools, processes or techniques when building apps?Finally, any recommendations for where to go to get the latest on front-end, drupal as far as tools, processes, resources? (*cough* DrupalTwig.slack.com).Drupal News:Drupal Core Announcements: Designer / Art Director Needed for a New Demo Included in Drupal Core2017 Community Board Election Begins 1 FebruaryMy Security Resolutions for 2017! #SecurityResolutionsPro Project Pick:Drupal Composer: Composer template for Drupal projects. Quick installation via "composer create-project drupal-composer/drupal-project"thom8/drupal8-vagrant: Installs a quick vagrant and checked out Drupal instance so you can start contributing to core.Spinning Up the Drupal Environment with Drupal VMMAIL DROPThomas Charging Hawk (@tchwk): what about your job as Drupal developers keeps you up at night?Events:SANDCamp - Feb 16 -18 in San Diego, CAFlorida DrupalCamp - Feb 17 - 19 in Orlando FLDrupal Mountain Camp  - Feb 16 -19 in Davos Switzerland.Northern Lights DrupalCamp - Feb 24th - 26th in Reykjavík, IcelandStanford Drupal Camp - March 10 -11 in Stanford CANERD Summit - March 18 -19 in Amherst MAMIDCamp - March 30 - April 1 in ChicagoDrupalCon News: Get Ready for DrupalCon BaltimoreDrupal Camp Utah - May 12th in Sandy UTThe Final Bell:Loading and Using JavaScript in Drupal 8 Todd ZebertTransitioning from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8: Programmatically Creating Blocks Blair WadmanPiskel