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Drupal allows you to override all of the templates that are used to produce HTML markup so that you can fully control the markup that is
Twig Template naming conventions
Drupal loads templates based on certain naming conventions. This allows you to override templates by adding them to your theme and giving
Comparison of PHPTemplate and Twig theming paradigms
This page compares PHPTemplate to Twig.
Discovering and Inspecting Variables in Twig Templates
When working with a Twig template file most variables are documented in the comments for the template file. However, when they are not, or
Debugging Twig templates
How to use Twig debug mode, Xdebug, and other utilities.
Debugging compiled Twig templates
The Twig engine provides options for configuring debugging, automatic reloading (recompiling) of templates, and caching compiled templates
Locating Template Files with Debugging
To know which template is generating the markup for a particular element, you can use Twig's built in debug option. This option
Filters - Modifying Variables In Twig Templates
Filters in Twig can be used to modify variables. Filters are separated from the variable by a pipe symbol. They may have optional arguments
Functions in Twig templates
Twig provides a number of handy functions that can be used directly within templates.
Macros in Twig Templates
From the official Twig documentation: "Macros are comparable with functions in regular programming languages. They are useful to put often
Twig best practices - preprocess functions and templates
Follow these best practices to improve Drupal 8 theming performance, convert Drupal 7 theme calls, & allow more Twig template customization
Create custom twig templates for custom module
The general idea in Drupal 8 is that you want to avoid creating html directly in the PHP code of your custom module. You want this to go
Extending templates
Twig templates can be extended, retaining the original template but adding more to it.
Profiling a Twig template
How to test the speed of a Twig template using XHProf
