November 16, 2016 — Everyone’s taking about the WordPress REST API. Everyone says that it’s going to transform WordPress. But what actually is it? This talk is aimed at non-developers; it will introduce you to the concepts behind REST and APIs, look specifically at the WordPress REST API and the potential impact it could have on WordPress development, and talk about the implications it could have on your business.

November 16, 2016 — Blogging for your business

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November 16, 2016 — Tools for speeding up custom theme development

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November 16, 2016 — In this talk, Robert will show you some best practices for creating a successful WooCommerce webshop based on the experiences of the Joolz webshop. Joolz makes pushchairs and sells them all over the world in psychical stores, but also online. Throughout the years, Robert and his team at Van Ons have helped Joolz to optimise the WooCommerce store and he will share some of the most interesting tips and tricks for building a killer WooCommerce webshop.

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November 15, 2016 — Streamlining WordPress Theme Development With A Custom Starter Theme

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November 15, 2016 — Lessons from daily blogging for over 600 days & still counting

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November 15, 2016 — Creating SOLID (not STUPID) Plugins and Themes

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November 15, 2016 — As a philosopher, programming can become quite the Platonic experience. The process of architecting software reminds a lot of what Plato describes as maieutikê; the Socratic process of questioning that eventually leads to anamnesis. Clueless about what these concepts are? Then this talk is for you! I will explain why, as a programmer, understanding these philosophical concepts can be very beneficial in learning programming and building new software. I will give a basic overview of a few key epistemological principles in Plato’s thinking and will explain how they relate to programming. If you are a developer, attending this talk might inspire you to add some philosophy to your development resources. If you are not a developer, this talk could help you have a better understanding of what it is that a developer does all day!

November 15, 2016 — In the November edition we go over the latest news about WooCommerce, then Emanuel Costa does a presentation on “Before The Sale”, where he goes over the discovery process he uses with potential clients before they have an online store. Then Michael Cremean does show how to configure and use a recurring billing plugin for WooCommerce.

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November 15, 2016 — This episode I cover updates from the CoreTeam concerning WordPress 4.7 Beta and the upcoming Release Candidate.

The recent Global WordPress Translation Day event and petty Tweeted the stats.

The Accessibility Team explains that there are 112 a11y ready themes in the repository and 80 still needing to be updated.

Finally I discuss a solution for my issues with timezones.