March 20, 2018 — He will cover techniques on how we can create a WordPress based website and web application like Truecaller using just shortcodes with minimal efforts when running on strict deadlines.

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March 20, 2018 — Learn anything and everything you’ve ever wanted to know about caching – why you need it, how to get it, and what to watch out for when using it. We’ll start with caching 101 and then examine the different caching tools you can use to speed up your WordPress site.

March 20, 2018 — This Panel discussion will be a frank and honest discussion about, How WordPress helped the Panelist to use their Voice with WordPress.

March 19, 2018 — I was able to interview Brigit at WordCamp Lancaster after her presentation on Non Profits. She talks about how she got involved in WordPress and Gutenberg.

March 17, 2018 — The talk will shed light on few tools & libraries that can help developer effectively craft their code.

He will be covering the following tools:

Version Control
VVV / VV
Atom / Sublime
Linters
PHPCS
Gulp
WP-CLI
OhMyZsh (Linux & Mac)

March 13, 2018 — This talk will not be platform-centric nor an advertisement. Although delivered by us at Caldera Labs, we will equally and unbiasedly present all leading contact form product options in the WordPress space with a fair pros vs. cons comparison in the product section. The talk will mostly be about form best practices with only a brief overview of platform.

March 12, 2018 — This talk addresses what comes next: How do you spend your contributing time efficiently? How do you find access to developer groups? How do you make your ideas heard? Following up on your first contribution efforts is not always as straightforward as one may expect, and the goal of this talk is to prepare you for a beneficial long-term relationship as a core contributor, by presenting advanced techniques and clarifying expectations.”

March 9, 2018 — “Protecting your plugin functionality with specific capability checks using the Capabilities API should be a best practice, but it is still one of the most underused parts of WordPress core. Using the API allows for granular access management by developers using the plugin, and may even prevent security holes. This session explains how to use the API by looking at examples and diving in deeper from there, both from the view of a plugin developer as well as of an external developer who needs to tweak a third-party plugin.
As another practical example, some of the upcoming improvements to capabilities in WordPress core itself are revealed, so that you are aware of what’s on the horizon.”

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March 9, 2018 — If you have your own company, you know what I am talking about: You don’t have enough contact with your customers. And if you have contact with your costumers, the conversations are boring and there are misunderstandings. How can you make sure the conversations that you have are an added value for you and your costumers? In this talk I will learn you a couple of techniques that you can use to bring your conversations with prospects and customers to a higher level.

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March 9, 2018 — “We’ve all been there at least once: all of the sudden you get a blank page, or worse, a 500-error. In this talk we’ll go over the step anyone can take to interpret the error, find more information about it, find the culprit and get it resolved as quickly and efficiently as possible.
We’ll look into the wp_debug function, error logging on the server, php settings and of course some common errors, their causes and the necessary fixes.”