May 24, 2015 — This talk walks through setting up a professional, powerful, and efficient local development environment. It discusses how to get set up, why, and the different things you can do with a great set up.
June 5, 2014 — Functionality in a WordPress site usually requires a variety of plugins, all that need to work together. Sometimes, plugins need to be extended and modified. Brad went through how to build a plugin that supports extensibility and modification, without hacks. This was an interactive session, where everyone in attendance shared their tips and tricks for extending plugins.
October 14, 2013 — In this talk learn to write your CSS faster and more efficiently. CSS pre-processors like SASS and LESS let you write DRY CSS that can be modularly used to create themes and sites quite a bit faster.
August 29, 2013 — Write your CSS faster and more efficiently. CSS pre-processors like SASS and LESS let you write DRY CSS that can be modularly used to create themes and sites quite a bit faster. Starting from a beginner’s perspective, this talk allows anyone (designers & developers) to get started with SASS or LESS for their WordPress theming.
June 12, 2013 — Want to learn what Responsive Design is? Learn the history of web design, what RWD is, why you should care, how you can get started using it, and some great tips for anyone who uses WordPress.
May 7, 2013 — 320px and Up – Responsive Web Design, what is it, the benefits, a background on it, how to get started, and things to watch out for while developing sites that work on any mobile phone, tablet, desktop, and more.
February 7, 2013 — Brad Parbs talks about the WordPress File Structure, who does what, trac, Theme Structure & Template Hierarchy, FTP and MySQL.
January 31, 2013 — Attendees will learn the basic history of web design, what Responsive Design is, why you should care, how you can get started using it, and some great tips for anyone who uses WordPress. People will be inspired to make their sites responsive, as well realizing it is quite simple and easy to do so.
November 2, 2012