April 28, 2016 — Five years ago, WordPress powered 13% of the web and struggled to be considered as anything more than a “blogging platform.” Today, as the de facto content management tool that powers a quarter of the internet, WordPress is at a crucial pivoting point of determining how to get *off* of the web. A CMS can no longer merely exist as a website entity available when summoned from the browser. Now, a “website” must extend into the peripherals our users are accustomed to and become an active participant in the dissemination of content. There must be, “an app for that.”

Luckily, with the recent hotness of JavaScript-based front end frameworks, we can use the same skills, tools, and experiences learned from making websites and apply them to developing apps that run not only on iOS and Android phones, but across many platforms. This presentation will explore how WordPress’ capabilities position it as the perfect engine to power hybrid applications. Be warned: There will be code.

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April 28, 2016 — For years Jennifer has juggled several competing requests on her time. She’s a full time business owner, entrepreneur, wife, mom, writer and more. Yet, she’s also had time for family vacation, business travel and more – which raises a question. Is she cloned, or does she know something about how to manage the challenges of this thing we call a “work/life balance”?

April 28, 2016 — Tony Perez will be opening up the business track by tackling the first of our core questions on Sunday. Sure, sometimes it’s hard to ask for advice. But what do you do when you get it? How do you determine what to do with it? Should you listen to it all? Ok, maybe that’s more than one question. But we’re confident Tony will have some great advice for us.

April 28, 2016 — In this topic, we show beginning designers and developers how to use the CLI to speed development and design. Topics include automating common tasks with WP-CLI, simple phpunit testing to ensure plugin/theme mods haven’t broken anything in core, and using a CSS preprocessor.

April 28, 2016 — Steve’s been running Zeek for years. So it only makes sense that we’d hear how he’s done it. And hear the challenges he’s faced as he’s shifted the business from Flash banner ad games to WordPress sites and mobile applications. If you want to hear about the hustle, there’s no one better to hear it from than Steve.

April 28, 2016 — For years Carrie has been a consistent and valued blogger which helped her freelance business. Now she’s going to tell you her secrets – the things to do and not to do – so that you can enjoy some of the same benefits she’s realized over years.

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April 28, 2016 — Chris Ford has recently tackled a transition she never expected to make – a career change. Yet every person thinking of going out on their own, or making the call to stop working for themselves and join a larger agency has struggled with this kind of transition. Come hear her thoughts.

April 26, 2016 — Shiny Updates is an effort to make the user experience around managing plugins and themes smoother and more pleasant. It has also shown to be a feature that is subject to all the challenges that software projects face around the world, and as such make for a great case study to review the current approach to WordPress Core development.

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April 26, 2016 — Although many times an afterthought, security should be built into a website from the beginning of the development process. From Binod and Logan’s research, a comprehensive discussion will be had about how to protect a website from its inception. Binod and Logan will take attendees through best practices of secure product development, including how to incorporate White box testing to ensure code security and real-life examples will be presented. Finally, Binod and Logan will share insight on post-deployment and how to monitor and patch websites—mitigating future attacks.

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April 26, 2016 — This talk will explain core concepts in preparing plugins and themes for translation, why it’s important, and explain some of the tips, tricks, and tools to help you get the job done. It is primarily targeted towards plugin and theme writers.

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