On September 10th, after almost nine months of work, we invited the API Platform community and its ecosystem to our first international conference dedicated to <a href="https://api-platform.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">this framework used across the world</a>. This “phygital” event welcomed more than 150 people in Lille and 400 people online followed the English-speaking track which was broadcasted live from Livestorm.



The event took place in <a href="https://www.euratechnologies.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Euratechnologies</a>, the first incubator &amp; startup accelerator of France, where more than 300 tech companies are located (including our cooperative). Fifteen speakers had responded positively to our invitation to share their experiences on various subjects, all in a very warm birthday atmosphere.



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<h2>The conferences</h2>



<ul><li>The day began with the opening keynote from Kévin Dunglas, who <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://dunglas.fr/2021/09/introducing-edge-side-apis-apiplatformcon-keynote/" target="_blank">summarized</a> the history of API Platform and presented the future of APIs with the concept of Edge Side APIs. </li><li>Right after him, Antoine Bluchet stepped in to present <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1G53t3Aq4PVxkL0mVPL3T_fPLN6PdOyV-5lQLMJ88Oew/edit" target="_blank">the new features of API Platform 3</a>, as well as the work achieved to integrate all these changes.</li><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://twitter.com/mholt6/status/1438957864245088261" target="_blank">Matt Holt</a> then presented the best practices on how to use the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1BM7b7VQV8fxBKxnaBK4qMzf3MdGhhDapfxqva8s_3Do/edit" target="_blank">Caddy</a> web server (which replaced Nginx in API Platform since the 2.6 version), its advantages and its incredible simplicity.</li><li>Then, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://twitter.com/medjawii?lang=en" target="_blank">Medhi Medjaoui</a> talked about the importance of API in today’s world, and the way they govern information, facilitating communication in and in-between organizations.</li><li>On the French-speaking track, Olivier Doucet told us the story of a failed project using poorly mastered technologies, and how it was fixed up using the safe bets that are Symfony, API Platform and Mercure.</li><li>Mathias Arlaud then gave us <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://slides.com/mathiasarlaud/apip-con-a-suitable-serialization-with-api-platform-and-symfony" target="_blank">a detailed explanation</a> of the various ways to serialize our data with Symfony, when we should apply them, how to understand them, and how they’ve been integrated into API Platform.</li><li>Justine Zahiri told us how, in her curious journey from librarian to developer, she ended up contributing to open source, and proved to us it is possible to take part in the movement whatever our level is.</li><li>After the lunch break and its delicious vegetarian buffet, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.slideshare.net/ukaszChruciel1/sylius-and-api-platform-the-story-of-integration-250236018" target="_blank">Łukasz Chruściel</a>, Sylius core team, talked about how they integrated API Platform into its ecosystem and what they gained from it.</li><li>François Zaninotto then showed us the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://marmelab.com/react-admin/Admin.html" target="_blank">React Admin</a> components from Marmelab and convinced us to reuse them to build whole production-ready websites easily.</li><li>Phil Sturgeon gave us an eccentric feedback about poorly designed APIs from an unnamed coworking company, and how he resolved their problem thanks to the best practices observed by API Platform.</li><li>Robin Chalas <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.slideshare.net/RobinChalas/secure-and-practical-authentication-in-api-platform" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.slideshare.net/RobinChalas/secure-and-practical-authentication-in-api-platform" target="_blank">presented</a> the different ways available to secure our apps, with the native security component, the JWT bundle, or the OAuth2 system.</li><li>Then Marion Agé <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://github.com/K-mos/apip-conf" target="_blank">explained</a> the way she designed a system handling complex authorizations on a large-scale project with many different user types, real-time modification on the user&#8217;s view, thanks to Mercure, in Vue.js.</li><li>Helène Maître-Marchois motivated us to quit our jobs from conventional companies to join cooperative ones, where we could take advantage of our strong position, as developers, to change the world for the better!</li><li>For the last two conferences of the day, Samuel Rozé presented us the particularities of the JSON-LD format and the way any data can be standardised to easily communicate; then Nicolas Grekas presented the <a href="https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/runtime.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Runtime</a> Symfony component and its implications for functional Programming in PHP.</li></ul>



<h2>A significant challenge</h2>



The organization of this event was a real challenge for our cooperative considering the sanitary context but everything went perfectly well, thanks to the respectful audience.



We are very thrilled to have been able to reunite in person after almost 2 years of events held remotely, it felt like a family reunion! This feeling continued during the community evening held at the Mama Shelter Hotel where we celebrated our 10th anniversary with our guests. On this evening we unveiled our new visual identity, which our cooperators Laury Sorriaux and Grégory Copin will be happy to present to you in future articles.



Big thanks to Cécile Helary Hamerel for the work accomplished and all the speakers for sharing their stories! See you in 2022!

API Platform Conference 2021: a successful edition

<a href="https://api-platform.com/con/2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">API Platform Conference</a> will take place in less than two months and at Les-Tilleuls.coop, we are meticulously working on creating a good experience for our attendees! <a href="https://api-platform.com/con/2021/#schedule" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The complete conference schedule</a> has just been published, let&#8217;s see together what you should not miss on both stages:



<ul><li><a href="https://api-platform.com/con/2021/conferences/the-future-of-api-platform-architecture/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kévin Dunglas</a>, API Platform creator, will speak at the opening keynote about a new architecture for web APIs.</li><li><a href="https://api-platform.com/con/2021/conferences/symfony-runtime-wrapping-api-platform-in-a-lambda/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nicolas Grekas</a>, Symfony core team member, will talk about Symfony Runtime, a component that could soon become essential in the PHP ecosystem.</li><li><a href="https://api-platform.com/con/2021/conferences/unified-permission-management-between-api-and-client/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marion Agé</a>, co-CEO at Les-Tilleuls.coop, will share her feedback about unified permission management between API and client.</li><li><a href="https://api-platform.com/con/2021/conferences/how-to-become-a-react-admin-grandmaster/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">François Zaninotto</a>, Marmelab co-founder, will present React-Admin : a framework generating customized admins.</li><li><a href="https://api-platform.com/con/2021/conferences/better-php-sites-with-the-caddy-web-server/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matthew Holt</a>, Caddy web server creator,will show you how API Platform leverages Caddy to enhance your PHP applications.</li><li><a href="https://api-platform.com/con/2021/conferences/sylius-and-api-platform/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Łukasz Chruściel</a>, Sylius co-maintainer, will give a history of the implementation of API Platform in your favorite e-commerce framework.</li><li><a href="https://api-platform.com/con/2021/conferences/secure-and-practical-authentification-in-api-platform/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robin Chalas</a>, Symfony core team member, will show how you should secure your API depending on your application and infrastructure.</li><li><a href="https://api-platform.com/con/2021/conferences/api-horror-stories-from-an-unnamed-company/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Phil Sturgeon</a>, bike nomad but also API specialist, will share you tales about how he improved APIs through his career.</li></ul>



<a href="https://api-platform.com/con/2021/#schedule" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Discover more speakers and the conference schedule</a>!



Moreover, we would like to inform online ticket registrants that the English-speaking track will be hosted on LiveStorm, an easy-to-use video platform. Personal access to the sessions will be sent a couple of hours before the D-Day. If you are not in our time zone (Central European Time UTC+2), don’t worry: replays will be available.



Regarding onsite tickets and in order to let our attendees enjoy the conference in the safest conditions, we will follow the sanitary protocols recommended by official health organizations:



<ul><li>If you are not fully vaccinated or have been in close contact with someone with a confirmed case of COVID-19, we recommend you to quarantine and get tested.</li><li>Masks will be given out and wearing them will be mandatory </li><li>The rooms capacities will be reduced and will be naturally ventilated </li><li>Disinfectants will be provided throughout the conference spaces.</li><li>Only one in two seats will be available.</li></ul>



We are really pleased to meet you both online and in Lille for this first international conference! Not registered yet? <a href="https://api-platform.com/con/2021/#pricing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Regular tickets for the onsite event are available until August 20</a>, so join us before the price changes! Your company would like to be one of <a href="https://api-platform.com/con/2021/#partners" target="_blank" rel="noopener">our partners</a>? Some slots are still available: <a href="mailto:events@les-tilleuls.coop">contact us to get the sponsorship brochure</a>. See you soon!

API Platform Con: the conference schedule is online!

After almost a hundred contributions collected last year during <a href="https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hacktoberfest</a>, we would like to once again thank the <a href="https://api-platform.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">API Platform</a> contributors by giving them a brand new and free T-shirt. To win our t-shirt, make 3 pull requests on <a href="https://github.com/api-platform" target="_blank" rel="noopener">API Platform&#8217;s GitHub</a> repositories by October 31st, and <a href="https://cooptilleuls.typeform.com/to/SPZIqyo4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">then fill in this form</a>.&nbsp;



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Looking for some tips?&nbsp;



<ul><li style="text-align: justify;" role="presentation">Pull requests have to be approved by the API Platform Core Team. As long as they’ve been opened between October 1 and October 31, they count toward a free T-shirt.</li><li style="text-align: justify;" role="presentation">Your help will have a lasting impact on the tools you&#8217;re using&nbsp;so any contribution is welcome&nbsp;but keep in mind that quality is key.&nbsp;</li><li style="text-align: justify;" role="presentation">Looking for easy picks to earn a T-shirt? Some issues are already tagged on <a href="https://github.com/api-platform/core/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3AHacktoberfest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">API Platform core (PHP)</a>, <a href="https://github.com/api-platform/client-generator/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3AHacktoberfest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Client Generator</a>, <a href="https://github.com/api-platform/docs/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3AHacktoberfest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Docs</a> or in the <a href="https://github.com/api-platform/api-platform/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3AHacktoberfest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Distribution</a>!</li></ul>



About Hacktoberfest: Hacktoberfest is a month-long celebration organized by DigitalOcean (in partnership this year with Intel and Dev) that promotes collaboration and contributions to open source software. Last year, 151 countries took part in the initiative and hundreds of thousands of pull requests were made.