GitHub - openstate/dataexpedities: Website dataexpedities.nl - journalistieke hackathons met CBS data

data/expedities

Journalistieke hackathons met CBS data. Een initiatief van Stichting Momus, Open State Foundation en het CBS.

Project overview

Two hackathons bringing together 35 journalists, developers and CBS experts to find stories in public data. This website provides event information, registration, and programme details.

Stack: Jekyll (static site generation) + Express.js (form API with NocoDB) + Tailwind CSS (CDN)

Structure

_config.yml              # Jekyll configuration
_layouts/                # Page templates (default, page, hackathon, form)
_includes/               # Reusable components (header, footer, event-bar, etc.)
_data/                   # Event details (events.yml) and navigation (navigation.yml)
api/                     # Express server + NocoDB registration endpoint
assets/                  # SVG logos and illustrations

Pages

Page	Layout	Description
`index.html`	default	Homepage with event previews
`workshop.html`	page	Workshop programme details
`hackathon-wonen.html`	hackathon	Hackathon #1: Wonen (two-column with data sidebar)
`hackathon-energie.html`	hackathon	Hackathon #2: Energie (two-column with data sidebar)
`overons.html`	page	About the project and partners
`aanmeldformulier.html`	form	Registration form

Local development

Prerequisites

Ruby 3.0+ with Bundler
Node.js 18+

Setup

# Install Jekyll
bundle install

# Build the site
bundle exec jekyll build

# Install API dependencies
cd api && npm install && cd ..

# Start the server
PORT=3000 node api/server.js

The site will be available at http://localhost:3000.

For live-reload during development, run bundle exec jekyll build --watch in a separate terminal.

Environment variables

Copy .env.example to .env and fill in:

Variable	Description
`NOCODB_API_TOKEN`	NocoDB API token for registration storage
`NOCODB_BASE_URL`	NocoDB instance URL (required)
`NOCODB_TABLE_ID`	NocoDB table ID for registrations (required)
`PORT`	Server port (default: 3000)
`SHOW_LAUNCH_PAGE`	Set to `ON` to show splash page with OG image only

Docker deployment

docker compose up --build

The multi-stage Dockerfile builds the Jekyll site with Ruby, then serves it with Node.js. Configure environment variables in docker-compose.yml or via your deployment platform (e.g. Coolify).

Editing content

Event details (dates, locations, registration status): edit _data/events.yml
Navigation: edit _data/navigation.yml
Page content: edit the corresponding .html file directly
Sidebar datasets/research: edit the sidebar section in _data/events.yml