March 27, 2021 — Many developers know to never make changes directly to a live site because of the risk of breaking the website.

But what if you don’t have access to a staging or development environment? Or even if you do, what happens if you are in a situation where you do not have reliable internet access!

Local development environments to the rescue!

March 26, 2021 — The Internet has a deep-rooted trust issue. How do consumers know whether the information presented by websites can be trusted? How can website owners claim ownership of their content?

Blockchain was invented for timestamping documents. With a timestamp, you can prove that you didn’t tamper with your content. With timestamps, search engines can prove your integrity. How are WordPress and blockchain timestamps building blocks for a better internet today?

This talk explains how we can truly fix the broken web with open-source code and community.

March 25, 2021

March 25, 2021 — Learn to customize how Google Analytics tracks your traffic data by using UTM tags. With these parameters, you can tell exactly how visitors end up on your site.

March 25, 2021 — Giving time estimates for projects and features is a shared reality of many developers’ recurring tasks. Unfortunately the whole business of work estimation is inherently broken in many ways that cannot be fixed. Navigating risks, fuzzy scopes and missing specifications is less science and more of an art to be mastered.

As a senior developer, I have been a key part of creating many quotes along the years and I will share the mistakes and insights from my journey. I cannot fix the work estimation but I can help you avoid a few pitfalls and give you better tools. Estimation work has been sort of taboo in the developer community and it is time to break the silence.

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March 24, 2021

March 23, 2021 — This talk shows how to leverage WordPress as a backend system and use different technologies or platforms as the front end.

March 22, 2021 — In the session, Dhara talks about what Agile development process is, and how it differs from other processes. She will also share more information on different execution needs, reviewing restrospective work, and to keep motivation going during the agile process – especially in a scenario where employees are working remotely.

March 22, 2021 — In February 2020, Shanta was laid off from her job after almost two years. She started looking for a new job, but a couple of weeks later, the global pandemic started. Job postings started drying up, and hiring came to a halt.

The next logical thing to do – according to her, was to open her own business! In this talk, she will discuss all the motions and emotions that she went through from never wanting to have her own company to starting up her own web development business during a pandemic. She will cover some of the things she did right, where she went wrong, what (and who) helped, and what you need to consider before you do it yourself.

This talk is designed for small business owners and is for all skill levels.

March 22, 2021 — Community and Training contributors discuss how Learn WordPress can help Meetup organizers. The session also explains how Meetup and WordCamp organizers can contribute to the Learn WordPress initiative.