November 21, 2014 — Backbone (and Underscore!) are bundled with WordPress – explore how you can ‘grow a spine’ and leverage their power to deliver complex user experiences while keeping your code organized and maintainable. When and why should you use Backbone? How can WordPress help? Delve into a sample Backbone project and review major WordPress core components built with Backbone – including media, revisions and themes.

August 21, 2014 — WordPress revisions got a jolt of Backbone and a complete interface overhaul in WordPress 3.6 (as did media in 3.5 and themes in 3.8). Hear the revisions rewrite story and description of the effort involved, plus a code overview and ideas for leveraging Backbone (and Underscore) in your WordPress project.

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