November 17, 2013 — A recurring story is a client who’s already been through the gauntlet with a fellow developer, but didn’t get what they wanted, it went way over budget, or one of a million other outcomes. This talk is about some of these pitfalls, and preparation you can do to be a wise client.
November 17, 2013 — This presentation shows those who are already familiar with how to use WordPress at a basic level to try some things that go beyond the basics. Focusing on plugins, a bit of coding, premium tools and frameworks.
November 15, 2013 — This presentation is the story of how WordPress came to the rescue of a small, nonprofit graduate school, freeing it from the chains of an ancient and expensive proprietary CMS and even allowing it to go responsive without a full website redesign.
November 14, 2013 — This presentation walks new users through the difference between wordpress.com and wordpress.org. It dispels some common misconceptions about using WordPress, as well as help clarify some introductory concepts like pages, posts, categories and tags, along with other introductory level definitions and concepts.
November 13, 2013 — This presentation presents Git techniques that encourage developers to be creative with code in a responsible manner and it explains Git commands that improve a developer’s confidence in writing creative code without the consequences of breaking existing functionality.
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.
November 11, 2013 — This talk discusses how best to debug your project using tools like Debug Bar and Chrome Developer Tools.
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.
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.