November 11, 2013 — This talk is a personal experience working as a developer. Discussion topics include the best practices for blending into a good workflow, how to prepare for your first developer job, and the expectation vs reality about working with a team.

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November 11, 2013 — This talk discusses how best to debug your project using tools like Debug Bar and Chrome Developer Tools.

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November 10, 2013 — This session discusses the process used to hire developers for an agency with questions asked and some right and wrong answers to these questions.

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November 10, 2013 — This session is tips and techniques to optimize your WordPress site for better performance.

November 9, 2013 — This session talks about trends, threats and defenses to your WordPress site with statistic and examples from the Sucuri security site.

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November 9, 2013 — This session is a panel discussion with audience questions about BuddyPress with Tammie Lister, John James Jacoby, Boone Gorges, Paul Gibbs and Raymond Ho.

November 8, 2013 — This session talks about why you should add source control to your code and it demonstrates getting started with Git and setting up version control.

November 8, 2013 — This session talks about the history and the future of BuddyPress and bbPress.

November 7, 2013 — The rules are the same. Treat people well. Expect great things from them. Be human. The details though, they make all the difference. Managing the nuances of engagement and productivity with a couple thousand miles between you and your team is both science and art.

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November 7, 2013 — WordPress isn’t just a blogging engine anymore, it’s an extremely capable application framework. This session demonstrates why WordPress is a great solution to handle any type of content management you can dream up.

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