Open edX Conference Developer’s Workshops
We’re pleased to announce the Developer’s Workshops that will be held on Tuesday, May 19th, at the 2026 Open edX Conference! Our team has been busy crafting these hands-on workshops, where participants will explore how to extend the Open edX platform. Bring a laptop and a willingness to learn! 🔌 One Plugin to Rule Them […]
Engineering Post: XBlock Field Data Complexity
Dave Ormsbee, one of our most longest-lived engineers at edX, wrote up a highly opinionated post about XBlock Fields, the good and the bad (XBlocks are how you can implement custom content types in Open edX courses). In it, Dave argues that we over-engineered them in an attempt to hide complexity from the end user/developer, […]