HAX: Ending the unequal web Drupal and WordPress perpetuate
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WordPress and Drupal were built 20 years ago, under the concepts of 20 years ago. But the web has leaned forward, way forward since then. What if we rebuilt CMS structures on the approaches we now have; what might that look like? Introducing HAX. A platform and approach that takes a radically different stance on the web and how we’re empowering others to be creative.
HAX is built on the W3C standard known as “Web Components” (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_components). Web components allow developers to define new HTML tags that are valid and powered by JavaScript Object classes. Through a unique relationship at Penn State, I’ve gone from making it easier to design buttons, to making tags that understand other tags and can modify them (think gutenberg for any HTML input field, that writes things that are sustainable) or tags that are full blown CMS structures with authoring tools that unveil themselves based on JSON web tokens being validated.
Things written in HAX work anywhere on the web because of the web component standard. As we see our communities go all in on “headless” and hybrid headless efforts, come learn how Penn State is changing the game when it comes to content authoring on the web, starting with 100s of online courses and a radical information transparency activist (*cough*... me) leading the technical charge for social change.
In this talk you’ll learn about:
- Lit / OpenWC and the Web component standard, useful in ANY web project
- The HAX community’s development methodology
- Life off the CMS island, when you used to be a long time resident
- Activism when it comes to technical implementation and architectural design decisions
