TYPO3 Developer Days 23: Impressions & Learnings from webit!
TYPO3 Developer Days 2023
TYPO3 has been one of the flagship products at webit! for more than ten years. That's why we, as a TYPO3 Agency, wouldn't miss the TYPO3 Developer Days 2023. Our TYPO3 developer Annett was there in Karlsruhe and also had the opportunity to give a talk herself. Find out what it was about and which topics were featured on the screens at this special event in our recap.
TYPO3 turns 25!
The TYPO3 Developer Days are three intense days full of exciting input from early morning until late at night every time. This includes discussions, workshops, and sometimes even a yoga session in between. The heart of the event are, of course, the talks on various topics from the TYPO3 universe, especially for its 25th anniversary. Three of these talks were particularly interesting and left Annett not only smarter, but also filled with determination and joy for the future.
One more patch before going to bed.
After the opening keynote by Benjamin Mack and Daniel Fau, Thursday started with a talk by Michael Stein on how to close the gap between frontend development and integration. In the afternoon, Helmut Hummel presented his new extension Topwire. It enables dynamic loading of server-rendered HTML parts. This allows interactive elements to be implemented on a website that can be dynamically reloaded without the need to reload the entire page.
The Coding Night until midnight is a fixed program at all TYPO3 Developer Days and was once again focused on patches. Specifically, how to set up a system to be able to write TYPO3 patches oneself and how to test them. Annett also provided assistance to other developers regarding UX/UI for their extensions. For example, it was about how to adapt the presentation of the Linkvalidator module, which lists non-functioning links, to existing UI and how to improve the internal filtering function.
The future: new possibilities, more security
After shaking off the long night before, it was time in the afternoon for Annett's talk, which she held together with TYPO3 UX Team Lead Rachel Foucard. Together, the two informed the audience about progress in the areas of accessibility, backend user interface, and user experience. They also discussed the application possibilities of Jobs to be done in the field of UX. This method, developed by Harvard professor Clayton Christensen, focuses on improving products by understanding exactly what goals customers want to achieve with them. Applied to UX, this question is asked with regard to users of TYPO3.
Oliver Hader's evening talk then focused entirely on the complex topic of Content Security Policy. According to Oliver, setting rules for which scripts are loaded from which sources on a website and what they are allowed to do is particularly important and worth intensive engagement. With the new Backend Reports module introduced this year, it is now possible to monitor scripts executed in both the backend and frontend. This allows for faster detection of injected malware and enhances the security of a website.
Accessibility - a matter of A11yship
On Saturday, the attendees were taken on a journey into the frontend jungle and were invited to a discussion with familiar faces from the TYPO3 world. One talk that stood out was by Franziska Sgoff on the topic of A11y. She has been blind since birth and vividly explained to her audience how a person with a disability navigates the internet and the barriers they encounter. An impressive example of why developers should work to eliminate these barriers.
The community creates TYPO3.
The location in Karlsruhe was an ideal choice for the home of TYPO3 Developer Days 23. It offers enough space for presentations and necessary relaxation in between. With all the great input in a place like this, one almost doesn't want to leave the building. And the community is, of course, not innocent in this regard. The many opportunities to talk with over 350 like-minded people about their own projects or stumbling blocks in TYPO3 make the DevDays always something special. webit! is already looking forward to 2024!
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