Hotglue on Dat workshop for kids / non-techies
Hotglue on Dat workshop for kids / non-techies
Format: Artwork
Name: Gottfried Haider
Location: Los Angeles
Email: gottfried.haider@gmail.com
Twitter: @mrgohai
Repo: https://github.com/gohai
Url(s): https://gottfriedhaider.com/
Consent to being photographed and on the livestream?: Yes
Speaker Bio and Profile Picture
Gottfried is an artist, educator and software tool-maker. He currently lives in Los Angeles.
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Description
Building decentralized websites using Beaker and Dat is fun - and a great, hands-on way to learn about the otherwise hidden structures and exchanges that power the web. But to do so, one - more so than ever - needs proficiency in the language of the web (HTML, CSS and JavaScript) in order to participate.
In a workshop specifically for children and other "outsiders", a modified version of "Hotglue" is used to build decentralized sites together and interlink them.
Hotglue is a FOSS "What you see is what you get" editor for the web. Created in 2010, it currently uses files on the server it is installed to hold the users' data. A to-be-created modified branch of "Hotglue" would instead work on top of the Dat ecosystem - forgoing the need to be running a server altogether.
Length: 2-3h
Workshop technical requirements and materials list (if applicable)
Equipment/technical requirements: Projector, WiFi
Maximum number of attendees: 12
Full list of materials needed for attendees: Laptops
Additional Info / Links / References
Hotglue website: https://hotglue.me/