NEOS Conference 2023
04/2023
6 Minuten reading time
Summary
The first presentation revolves around a big topic, a big number - Neos 9, which means we can look forward to a new content repository, which promises a revolution on the oversized presentation screen with the words ‘Git for Content’ - or at least an evolution. In addition to the versioning of CMS content, this also includes an improvement to the reference mechanism, which promises back-referencing between nodes, more performance and stability and, above all, should make Elastic Search redundant. The best thing is that all the new features will be rolled out in autumn 2023. If you want to update your projects to Neos 9 now, you don't have to worry that everything will go down the drain after the release of the final version - there will be no breaking changes until the release.
Over the next 48 hours, a colourful potpourri of different topics poured over us, always treading the fine line between sensory overload and the right amount of coffee. On the one hand, there were plenty of presentations about Neos itself and its possibilities, with a good balance of basics and more advanced methods. However, these were also accompanied by all kinds of topics that looked beyond Neos and made the connection to other technologies and learnings. The most important steps for an update to Neos 9 were shown using a practical example, Neos concepts were rethought, the use of TailwindCSS was discussed, UX/UI improvements were gently brought to the developers and even lessons were learnt from botched rocket missions. Among other things, a hacker then pointed out some security gaps in public institutions with fatal consequences, and we witnessed how the use of gRPC can speed up API requests enormously.
Despite the wide selection, there was nothing to miss - all presentations are available for free on YouTube in the Neos Con playlist.
Finally, Christopher Hlubek amazed the audience with his presentation of a headless Neos. He and his team succeeded in separating Neos from its actual Fusion frontend and replacing it with Next JS - while even retaining one of the essential core functions of Neos, the inline editing capability. In addition to the technically impressive solution, he pointed out a major additional factor that clearly speaks in favour of Neos: the possibilities are seemingly limitless.
The last item on the programme of the Neos Conference 2023 then underlined why these possibilities exist at all. The closing of the conference focussed largely on the community, the most important link in the development of the open source CMS, and once again appealed for contributions, whether in the form of code or donations. For this reason, in addition to our numerous supporting activities in recent years, we as Format D spontaneously decided to sponsor the Contribution Day that followed the next day with a well-deserved lunch.
This was our last act at the Neos Conference 2023. Filled with knowledge, inspiration and a thirst for action, we left the halls of the Palais KulturBrauerei - and are already looking forward to the next Neos Conference, which has already been announced for 2024.
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