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Thanks in no small part to the old boiler house as an extraordinary venue, the organizer TechDivision succeeded in putting together a conference that ultimately sold out. With a total of 14 technical presentations and 3 workshops focused on Flow and Neos, the event was aimed primarily at developers. punkt.de, as a premium sponsor and exhibitor, was also in attendance with a total of seven developers.
After Stefan Willkommer’s “Big Bang,” the framework for the content of the next two days was set. In his keynote, Robert Lemke presented the results of the recent Neos Code Sprint—which took place right before the conference. Among the most exciting news were certainly the project’s move to GitHub and the switch to the MIT License for Flow. Later, Aske Ertmann presented a variety of useful tips for working with Neos on a daily basis, and Andreas Förthner and Bastian Waidelich achieved what hardly anyone would have thought possible: they turned the topic of “security” into an entertaining—and at times even funny—talk. For some of our developers, this was the highlight of the day.
TechDivision’s talk on their PHP app server demonstrated how Java technology, in the form of application servers, can be brought into the PHP world. The fact that there’s still some work to be done here —especially on the part of PHP framework and application developers—doesn’t change the fact that, in terms of performance and scalability, a concept that has proven itself for years in other programming languages has now found its way into the PHP world, and it certainly deserves further attention.
The closing presentation of the first day by Daniel Hindering and Rasmus Skjoldan, “The Future of Content Management (According to Neos),” was certainly eagerly anticipated by many conference attendees. It outlined a possible roadmap for how and in which direction Neos might develop in the future.
Many attendees will remember the conference fondly not only for the many high-quality talks but also for the excellent catering and the numerous opportunities to connect with like-minded people. Professional exchanges continued even during the breaks. The social event—commendably held in the same building—proved that web developers cut a fine figure not only as speakers and attendees but also on the dance floor. It wasn’t just the free drinks until 9 p.m. that drew a large crowd —rumor has it that quite a few Neos Core developers and some “old hands” from the TYPO3 scene were “out in full force” late into the night and truly appreciated the work of the specially hired DJ.
Early Saturday morning, Arne Blankerts and Robert Lemke presented where content management systems might be headed in the future from a software architecture perspective. Whether the idea of separating content creation from content delivery will catch on remains to be seen—but the talk and the ideas behind it were certainly interesting.
Sebastian Kurfürst impressively demonstrated what a speaker who truly “lives” Neos and ElasticSearch can accomplish with his talk, which bore the unassuming title “Searching in Neos.” It quickly became clear that integrating ElasticSearch into Neos enables functionality that goes far beyond “simple searching” on websites, and that Neos’s concepts go hand in hand with integration into this promising search technology.
Alongside the TYPO3 Conference (t3con)—which has increasingly evolved into a business conference in recent years—and the TYPO3 Developer Days, which focus primarily on TYPO3 CMS, the Inspiring Conference has emerged to provide a platform for Neos and Flow. The fact that this concept is working is proven not only by the sold-out conference but, above all, by the positive atmosphere among the attendees. One aspect that makes the conference equally interesting for ambitious web developers is the fact that the event often encourages attendees to think outside the box and also showcases projects that are still in the beta or even alpha stage. That’s why we’ll definitely be back next year—for us, the Inspring Conference is unquestionably one of the must-attend events on our calendar when it comes to web conferences. With that in mind, a big thank you to TechDivision for the excellent organization and to all the participants with whom we had many interesting conversations before, during, and after the conference.
