PyConFr 2014

samedi 11:00:00–11:30:00

Wagtail - why we built another CMS

Tom Dyson

Audience level:: Intermediate

Description

Wagtail was launched as an open source project in February 2014. In this talk, Tom Dyson will explain why his agency built a new Django CMS, describe what has happened since launch, and outline the plans for Wagtail's future.

Abstract

Torchbox launched Wagtail as an open source project in February 2014. This talk covers the past, present and future of the project:

Why did we build a new Django CMS, when mature and popular tools already exist? Tom will compare Wagtail with some of the alternatives, both from within the Django world and elsewhere.
What have we learned since the initial release? We had a successful launch - a carefully-placed story on Hacker News meant Wagtail was one of Github's top trending projects for a week - but we've discovered that it's hard to maintain steady momentum on a popular open source project. In this section Tom will outline how we've prioritised features and managed development.
What's next? Wagtail has quickly become a viable option among the range of Django CMSs, but our ambition is for it to become a class-leading open source CMS. Tom will describe the general direction for Wagtail and some of the specific new features which form part of this ambition.