Adam Silverstein: JavaScript in WordPress Core – Past, Present and Future

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June 16, 2017

*This is a 15-minute Lightning Talk*

Take a tour down memory lane as we explore the JavaScript files and features added to each version of WordPress: from quicktags.js in version 1.0 to wp-api.js in 4.7. We’ll look at the JavaScript/Backbone based features in today’s WordPress including media, the customizer, themes, plugins, revisions and the REST API client. Finally, we will learn about the exciting things happening now in JavaScript in WordPress core that will shape the WordPress of tomorrow.

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WordCamp Asheville 2017 32

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Adam Silverstein 19

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JavaScript 122
WordPress Core 5

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English 10531

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