PL Conferences

A web application that tracks programming language conferences and workshops.

Adding Conferences

You can add conference information in two ways:

Via the web form

Visit the website and click "Submit Event" to use the form interface.

Via YAML files

1. Navigate to the appropriate year directory under data/ (e.g., data/2025/)
2. Create or edit a YAML file named after the conference abbreviation (e.g., icfp.yaml)
3. Use the following structure:

name: Full Conference Name
abbreviation: CONF
type: conference # or workshop
location: City, Country
date:
  start: 2025-01-15
  end: 2025-01-20
url: https://conference-website.com
importantDateUrl: https://conference-website.com/dates
importantDates:
  abstract: 2024-09-01
  paper: 2024-09-15
  # Optional dates:
  conditional-acceptance: 2024-10-10
  rebuttal: 2024-10-15
  notification: 2024-11-01
  camera-ready: 2024-12-01
  revisions: 2024-10-19

Dates can be set to "TBD" if not yet announced. The lastUpdated field is automatically managed by the system based on git history.

Data Updates

Conference data is checked daily by an automated process that:

1. Fetches the latest information from conference websites
2. Compares with existing data
3. Sends email notifications to me (cjohnson19) about any changes

Changes are reviewed manually, and I hope to update the pages quickly. I am thinking about sending out emails if people want to subscribe to certain events, but I don't want to do this too quickly. I would feel very bad if I filled up someone's inbox too much.

Development

This project uses a monorepo structure:

• app/ - Next.js frontend application
• packages/core/ - Shared Zod schemas and utilities
• packages/functions/ - Lambda functions for form submission, drift detection, and iCal file creating
• data/ - YAML files containing conference information
• generated/ - Auto-generated event data (do not edit directly)
• scripts/ - Build and deployment scripts

Prerequisites

• Node.js 22+
• pnpm

Running locally

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Build the core package
pnpm --filter @pl-conf/core run build

# Start the development server
pnpm run dev

The development server will start at http://localhost:3000.

Project structure

Event data is stored in YAML files under data/{year}/. When you run pnpm run dev or pnpm run build, the scripts/generate-events.ts script automatically:

1. Reads all YAML files from data/
2. Validates them against the Zod schema in packages/core
3. Generates generated/events.ts and generated/events.json

Available scripts

• pnpm run dev - Start Next.js development server
• pnpm run build - Build the Next.js static site
• pnpm run generate - Regenerate event data from YAML files
• pnpm run lint - Run ESLint

License

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.