The Guelph "Sandbox"
This philosophy drives the company's work with non-profits.
What is "Amplifying Good"?
In Velocity, you use this character to start a logic directive like "if" or "set."
What is the hash/pound sign (#)?
This attribute provides text alternatives for images.
What is alt?
This object lifecycle state means the data is currently connected to an active Hibernate Session.
What is Persistent?
The hook used to perform side effects (like fetching data from the WordPress API) in a functional component.
What is useEffect?
The University where founders Devin and Mark met.
What is the University of Guelph?
In Hibernate, an object is in this state if it's connected to an active Session.
What is Persistent?
To pass WCAG AA, normal text must have this contrast ratio.
What is 4.5:1?
In Apache Velocity, this specific character is used to denote a comment that won't render in the HTML.
What is ## (Double Hash)?
To prevent cross-site scripting (XSS), React escapes content by default. To bypass this for CMS content, you use this prop.
What is dangerouslySetInnerHTML?
The proprietary Java-based CMS built by Sandbox.
What is OASIS?
This React concept solves "prop drilling" by sharing state globally.
What is the Context API?
This CSS property is often wrongly removed, making sites unusable for keyboard users.
What is outline or Focus Ring?
OASIS uses this pattern to map Java Classes to Database Tables.
What is ORM (Object-Relational Mapping)?
This API is used to avoid "prop drilling" by providing a way to pass data through the component tree without passing props manually.
What is the Context API?
A key healthcare client whose "Program Planning Database" was rebuilt in OASIS.
Who is Southwestern Public Health?
This PHP framework uses the "Active Record" pattern, unlike Hibernate's "Data Mapper."
What is Laravel?
A link that allows users to jump over navigation menus to the main text.
What is a "Skip Link"?
This exception is thrown if you try to load a proxy object (like a list of related items) after the transaction is closed.
What is a LazyInitializationException?
In a Headless setup, this format is typically how the WordPress API sends data to the React frontend.
What is JSON?
The strict Ontario accessibility law that Sandbox helps clients comply with.
What is AODA?
The migration of this specific CMS to WordPress is a major service due to its recent End-of-Life.
What is Drupal?
The specific version of WCAG Sandbox currently targets (referenced in their Accessibility Statement).
What is WCAG 2.1?
The specific file extension used for templates in the OASIS view layer.
What is .vm (Velocity Macro)?
The process of updating the "Real DOM" to match the "Virtual DOM" is technically called this.
What is Reconciliation?