Published: May 11, 2021
LocalGov Drupal: Refactoring Code - Video Paragraph Type
Here's an example of where "less is more" sometimes. I reckon we can make the video paragraph type in LocalGov Drupal simpler by just removing the template.
When looking recently at the template for the video paragraph type in LocalGov Drupal, I thought, "hang on, is this necessary?". As it turns out, we have a template for it, but I'm not sure it's needed.
One of the reasons is must be there however is because we have set a template suggestion for it in the localgov_subsites_paragraphs.module file, so if it's removed we will get a Twig error about an undefined template.
Let's go through this template implementation step-by-step to show how sometimes less is more.
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