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I'm looking into using Drupal as the "back end (ish)" for a web site I want to build. In my research I have discovered the concept of "hybrid" Drupal, where you use Drupal to organize the site and for the navigation controls around a "frame" where you can then put regular web-based content. My question is: What can go in that frame? Can you put anything that would go on a normal, plain-vanilla web page? What about "unhosted web apps"? What about a JavaFX webstart app?

GrantRobertson
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  • Hard to know what you are trying to do, but today's browsers are pretty hostile to Java deployment. See [JavaFX - can it really be deployed in a browser?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19102000/javafx-can-it-really-be-deployed-in-a-browser). You could launch a JavaFX based webstart app through a browser, perhaps that is what you are referring to rather than an app rendered embedded in a web page. But even that isn't going to work on a variety of platforms (e.g. iOS). Currently as is, this question is probably closable as primarily opinion based, too broad or a library recommendation. – jewelsea Oct 09 '17 at 23:21
  • I don't agree with your reasons for closing. I just want to know if those things can be done within the "frame" provided by hybrid Drupal. In other words: Is there something about the hybrid Drupal environment which would preclude using those other technologies. I am not asking whether you approve of my use of those technologies. It seems your opinion about the deployability of JavaFX is clouding your opinion about the basis of my question. – GrantRobertson Oct 09 '17 at 23:52
  • Where did you learn about this "hybrid" drupal? I only know of "headless" Drupal, which is just a fancy way of saying that you use drupal as a webservice (via rest endpoints or alike). – 2pha Oct 10 '17 at 04:36
  • Here is one link: http://albatrossdigital.com/node/37 I'm on my phone so that will have to do for now. I was searching to see if I could run web apps in a Drupal page. Other sites explain that hybrid Drupal puts a "frame" within a Drupal view that allows you to put any regular JavaScript you want in that frame. However, said site did not mention if said frame was a standard HTML frame, or something different. Nor did said site say what was allowed within said frame. I have searched till I am blue in the face and I can't find much more information than this. – GrantRobertson Oct 10 '17 at 06:31

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