My DHd App

A personal conference companion for DHd 2026 – the annual conference of the Association for Digital Humanities in the German-speaking world, held in Vienna (23–27 February 2026).

Live at: https://mydhd.grid-creators.com

Features

• Browse the full conference programme (sessions, talks, posters, workshops)
• Filter by day and time slot
• Bookmark individual sessions, talks, and posters
• "Mein Programm" tab shows only your saved items, sorted by time
• Person index – search all speakers and chairs, jump to their sessions
• Share links to individual sessions or presentations
• Optional user account for cross-device bookmark sync
• Works offline-first: bookmarks are always saved locally in the browser

Tech stack

Layer	Technology
Frontend	Vanilla JavaScript, HTML, CSS
Backend	Python / Flask
Database	SQLite (user accounts & bookmarks)
Icons	Google Material Icons

Project structure

.
├── server.py                   # Flask backend (auth, bookmark sync API)
├── static/
│   ├── index.html              # Single-page app shell
│   ├── app.js                  # Frontend logic
│   ├── style.css               # Styles
│   ├── dhd2026_programm.json   # Conference programme data
│   └── logo.png                # App logo
├── extract_abstracts.py        # Data extraction helper
├── extract_authors.py          # Data extraction helper
└── conference.db               # SQLite database (git-ignored)

Running locally

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install flask werkzeug
python server.py

The app will be available at http://localhost:5000.

API endpoints

Method	Path	Description
POST	/api/register	Create a new account
POST	/api/login	Log in
POST	/api/logout	Log out
GET	/api/me	Get current user & bookmarks
POST	/api/save_program	Sync bookmarks to server

Credits

Developed by Tinghui Duan / Grid Creators. Conference data sourced from dhd2026.digitalhumanities.de.

Licence

MIT