February 5, 2016 — As developer we can get excited about a new project idea and immediately we start coding and hacking to get a first alpha version ready. But in most cases our initial implementation idea is by far neither the best nor the fastest to implement. In this lightning talk I want to show you one example, where I exploit another plugin to accomplish my task and it saved me a lot of time.

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February 4, 2016 — This session gives an introduction to how to test WordPress plugins with unit tests, focusing on the advantages it provides. We’ll have a look together at the main steps to set up a first test case.

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February 4, 2016 — As a plugin developer, you should write code that plays well with other plugins. When a plugin is not initialized in an optimal way, it can be hard or even impossible for other plugins, to interact with it. In this lightning talk I would like to give you some tips on how to do it right in your plugins, which can also decrease the number of service requests.

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February 3, 2016 — What would happen if schools were powered by free and open source software? What if students were trusted and given the freedom to explore and experiment with their school-issued devices?
The results may surprise you.
Free and open source software has fueled Penn Manor School District’s classrooms for over a decade. The strategy culminated in a high school 1:1 learning program, where students received 1700 school-supplied laptops exclusively loaded with Linux and open source software.
Charlie will tell the unusual story of how Penn Manor applied open source principles to better prepare students for college, careers and beyond.
Central to the program is a student apprenticeship, where high school students form the core of a sophisticated help desk team, and write code used by their peers everyday.

January 29, 2016 — The picture element and src attributes are coming to all mayor browsers so we can start using them in our code and our sites. Furthermore, responsive images support is coming to WordPress in 4.4, high time for everyone to know about this 🙂

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January 29, 2016 — This session will be about current trends in webdesign, their up- and downsides and how to make them work for you. The trends, accompanying problems and best practices are shown in a series of examples.

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January 25, 2016 — There are many ways to contribute to WordPress and many reasons why it’s important for your business.
Your company will get recognised at events and gain trust from the community and clients. You fly the flag for WordPress which is globally-recognised and when you contribute, you gain new friends, meet new people and for companies like Digital Cube. Business is not about the money, it’s about the people.
Istnieje wiele sposobów wykorzystania WordPressa i wiele powodów, dla których warto go polepszać i na nim pracować.
Dzięki WordPressowi łatwo zdobyć zaufanie społeczności i klientów, bo jest on popularny i cieszy się uznaniem w wielu kręgach. Kiedy przyczynisz się do jego rozwoju, zyskasz nowych przyjaciół, poznasz nowych ludzi i zyskasz uznanie wśród takich firm, jak np. Digital Cube.
Biznes nie opiera się na pieniądzach, ale na ludziach.

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January 25, 2016 — Kite gives an introduction of Wocker, a Docker-based WordPress development environment. In addition, he talks about how to get started with it and some best practice.

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January 25, 2016 — Even if you’re not a project manager, you can learn and incorporate some of the important tenets of project management into your projects and client relationships.

January 25, 2016 — Writing multisite compatible themes and plugins will help you becoming a better developer and reducing the amount of support. In this session I will talk about the restrictions and possibilities, what to watch out for and what we can learn from the core code.

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