September 30, 2023 — Transform your WordPress website with superpowered templates!

Get ready to level up your website game in our ‘Fresh Off The Block’ presentation. You’ll learn how to take your design, speed, and mobility into high performance using 3rd party templates in the block editor.

Say goodbye to boring, slow websites and hello to “hot off the press” freshly baked WordPress sites.

Join me in this session for some strategies and fun while empowering your block editor experience and website!

September 30, 2023 — Many WordPress developers still struggle to get stared developing WordPress blocks. Once of the first hurdles to overcome is installing Node.js and npm, and setting up the build steps to transpile JSX to JavaScript code that can run in the browser.

However, what many folks don’t know is that while JSX makes block development slightly easier, it’s not a requirement. It is entirely possible to develop blocks without the Node.js requirement, using plain JavaScript.

In this session you will learn how to build block without needing to install anything on your local development environment, as well as the pros and cons to both methods.

September 30, 2023 — Inviting users to read your text and actually making them read it are not easy tasks.

The web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG) are a good starting point, but the factors that condition the experience of reading texts are numerous and interconnected: from the physical mechanisms of reading to the cognitive processes involved, to the amount of attention paid.

Web typography best practices and wise font selection could help. Sometimes informed choices and just a few lines of CSS code can make a huge difference.

September 30, 2023 — When was the last time you tested code in production? Your own website doesn’t count.

WP-CLI for PHP developers is the sequel of WordPress through the Terminal talk with a focus on a set of commands and tools, useful for PHP developers.

This is not just a live demo of WP-CLI commands. This is zooming out and seeing WP-CLI in collaboration with other tools in the context of PHP developer needs and everyday tasks. We’ll probably release the Kraken as well.

September 30, 2023 — AI services like ChatGPT are coming for our jobs! Or are they?

How can we as WordPress developers leverage new AI based tools to make our lives easier.

What are these tools good at? Bad at?

And how will their use impact the WordPress ecosystem over the next year? The next five years? Lots of questions, and maybe a few good answers.

September 30, 2023 — Learn more about new features and enhancements of WordPress 6.4, which is targeted for a November 2023 release. Find out what 6.4 has to offer as Damon Cook explores the first Beta release.

September 30, 2023 — This talk explains how to make the most of the code review process.

Topics include:

– giving and receiving feedback
– focusing on the right things
– handling conflicts
– review of a real-world case study
– recommended tools and techniques

Good code reviews create a positive, collaborative culture that leads to not only better code but a happier and more productive work environment. Learn how to embrace code reviews as opportunities for improvement.

Whether you’re taking on a new project or just checking a pull request, code reviews can help with quality control, bug catching, and knowledge sharing.

September 30, 2023 — This lightning talk for WordPress developers offers an example of how the WordPress.org API was used to create a plugin comparison website.

September 30, 2023 — Have you been handed the keys to a WordPress site and don’t know where to start? Maybe you have a new job or started volunteering somewhere and now your responsibilities involve caring for the website. You have to get up to speed quick!

Learn more about key concepts and skills for taking over a WordPress site.

September 30, 2023 — Learn how WordPress works as a static site generator and which hosting options, tools, and external services are available to run your static website for free. Find out how this can happen without giving up essential features like contact forms and search.