May 27, 2015 — This talk is about the challenges that are faced when building a platform structure in WP for enterprise. It discusses building a scalable WordPress platform offering WP as a service to the business and meeting their requirements, policies, documentation, and vulnerabilities. It looks at building WordPress on AWS, automated deployments, automated testing and WP best practices, auto-scaling.

May 27, 2015 — With new PHP versions being released more often it’s clear that things are changing rapidly. This session is all about the changes introduced in recent versions of PHP, and what that means for PHP projects everywhere – including yours. There will be practical examples of the shiny new features, advice on finding hosting and safely upgrading your existing codebases, and news about the performance improvements you can expect as you move between the versions. After this talk, you’ll know what’s been introduced in recent PHP versions and how to make sure your code will be awesome wherever it goes!

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May 27, 2015 — Open source is not only found everywhere – running the Internet, powering supercomputers, servers, desktops, mobile phones, and in embedded devices – increasingly it is becoming the dominant force in those sectors. Open source builds on the earlier achievements of free software, whose foundation is freedom itself. That freedom is particularly important in the world of online publishing, where WordPress plays a leading role. This talk will look at how the elimination of barriers to disseminating information and commentary has become a major factor in preserving free speech and freedom itself.

May 27, 2015 — Lightning Talk zum Thema soziale Medien vs. Feedreader

May 27, 2015 — Session im BarCamp-Slot beim WordCamp Hamburg 2014 über die Nutzung von WordPress

May 27, 2015 — Lightning Talk über praktische, aber eher unbekannte Funktionen, die man jedoch kennen sollte!

May 27, 2015 — Eine große IT Infrastruktur kann nur mit Automatiserungstools gestemmt werden. Als Entwickler kann man diese Tools ebenso nutzen um seine Arbeit effizienter zu gestalten.

In dieser Session werde ich erklären, wie man mit wenig Aufwand eine einheitliche WordPress Entwicklungs- und Testumgebung aufbauen kann, indem man IT Tools wie Chef und Vagrant in seinen Werkzeugkasten aufnimmt.

May 27, 2015 — Considerate design and user experience is vital to making alternatives to the current mainstream tech. We don’t want our alternatives to only be available to a geek elite. Accessibility and diversity will make us design better solutions, and help new tech spread beyond enthusiasts. Accessible sharing and education will also help us promote sustainable practices in our industries and communities.

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May 27, 2015 — We’ve all come to use JavaScript in WordPress, be it in the admin or the front end. This talk covers some common pitfalls/traps and ways you can avoid them in your code

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May 26, 2015 — This talk covers the three major conventions for organizing CSS: Object Oriented CSS (OOCS), Scalable and Modular Architecture for CSS (SMACSS) and Block Element Modifier (BEM). And discusses similarities, differences and use cases between the schools, as well as general tools that can be used to speed up and clean up the CSS development process.