tools

mdParser.js

Mission

Parses the README file to find archives and events. extract every events from those markdown files and saves them in a all-event.json file

Usage

node mdParser.js 

outputFile whose value is "-" are going to stdout.

Event Output format

[
	{
		"name": "DDD Europe",
		"date": [
			1612371600000,
			1612458001000
		],
		"hyperlink": "https://dddeurope.com/2021/handson-conference/",
		"location": "Online (les autres annees Amsterdam, Pays-bas)",
		"misc": "<a href=\"https://oredev.org/callforpaper\"><img alt=\"CFP Oredev malmo 2023\" src=\"https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=CFP&message=until%2031-March-2023&color=red\"></a>",
		"cfp":{
			"link":"https://oredev.org/callforpaper",
			"until":"31-March-2023",
			"untilDate":1704409200000
		},
		"status":"open"
	},
	...
]

• name: Event name
• date: Timestamp for single date, timestamp range for datespan. milliseconds since epoch (js standard)
• hyperlink: Link to event
• location: User-defined event location
• misc: Additional information (may contain HTML) - kept for retrocompatibility
• cfp: informations about the CFP, from the badge code
• status: tagged status for the event. defaults to "open"

Known Issues

• Localized symbols may interfere with parser. (e.g. JavaOne @ 2022.md)
• No : after schedule date interefere with parser. (e.g. Voxxed Melbourne @ 2019.md)

generateIcs4OpenedCfps.js

Mission

Reads the page/src/misc/all-cfps.json file and generates a developer-conference-opened-cfps.ics file. People can then subscribe to https://developers.events/developer-conference-opened-cfps.ics to know when CFPs are closing.

Note that the generated calendar only includes CFPs which are not yet closed when the script is running.

Usage

node generateIcs4OpenedCfps.js  

Output format

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:DCA
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:DevFest Jalingo 2023@dca-2023
DTSTAMP:20231019T114828
DTSTART:20231020
LOCATION:Jalingo (Nigeria)
SUMMARY:DevFest Jalingo 2023
URL:https://sessionize.com/devfest-2023-jalingo/
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR

Known Issues

Not yet 😉