June 2, 2023 — Writing code, especially in a collaborative environment like open source, requires all participants to follow specific standards. Coding standards help avoid common coding errors, improve the readability of code, and simplify modification. In this workshop, you’ll learn about the WordPress Coding Standards, where to find information about them, as well as how to automate the process of formatting your code to meet the coding standards.

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May 31, 2023

May 31, 2023 — In this tutorial, you’ll be guided through managing a multisite network, including an overview of the Network Admin dashboard, the Network Settings page, and the process of creating and Managing Sub-sites.

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May 30, 2023 — Join us for a look behind some of Mel Choyce-Dwan’s block art and perhaps you’ll be inspired to create your own!

In this session, we introduce you to the Museum of Block Art (MOBA), where Mel and other block artists showcase their creations. Mel then demonstrates some of her block art creations. We also walk you through how to contribute your own creations to the MOBA!

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May 30, 2023 — The WordPress community has driven the software for 20 years. It has grown and shaped itself as each year has passed. But how do each of us view the community today? What has changed and what has stayed the same?

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May 30, 2023 — This talk aims to inspire and empower young professionals, including engineers, designers, and anyone else, to take control of their careers and achieve their full potential.

I will share strategies for building self-esteem and self-worth to help you navigate the job search challenges. By the end of this talk, you will feel more confident and motivated to pursue your career goals.

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May 29, 2023 — Do you want to learn more about using the block editor and nesting blocks? In this session, we will take a closer look at grouping blocks into a container block and explore creating more advanced block layouts.

May 26, 2023 — May is European Diversity Month 2023, and we want to harness the opportunity to push the conversation on diversity – and hence on inclusivity – with a panel that will focus on the value of “stepping up” and shining!

The panelists will share their experiences, insights, and best practices to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the professional world, with a special focus on encouraging women and minorities to participate more actively in public speaking at conferences.

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May 26, 2023 — As designers, we have a fundamental role in giving shape to the world that surround us and in defining how we interact with it, and yet the design practice is still perceived as – and often confined to – marginal roles, generally aesthetic, superficial and hardly relevant.

As we know, though, “design is how it works”. Which is why it is growingly important to reiterate, promote, support, and reiterate again how fundamental is to cultivate and promote the value of the culture of the design practice.
Just as it’s important that young designers be aware that this job is more like a mission: a lifetime journey, where, along with talent, one must bring – and cultivate – competences, knowledge, professionalism, ethics, values, and value.

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May 26, 2023 — We were told to learn Javascript, deeply… But if you are anything like me, still more comfortable in the backend, here are some tips on surviving in this strange new block-based word.

Good people who learnt JS deeply before us have created some nice tools that we can use from the comfort of our PHP, without venturing (much) into the realm of package managers, build processes, compilers, frontend frameworks and other newfangled creatures. And still create beautiful and functional things.

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