August 7, 2019 — Gutenberg is more than just the new block editing experience in WordPress. With it came an array of tools that will enrich your interfaces and make your life as a front-end developer simpler. Learn how to make use of what’s newly “in the box” to think outside the block.

Takeaways:

UI components & internationalization
state management & networking
front-end actions & filters

June 17, 2017 — Have you wanted to play with React, but didn’t know how to get started on a “real” project?
Do you want to add some flair and interactivity to your site, but love your theme and don’t want to start over from scratch?
Are you curious what all the fuss is about the WordPress REST API?

Tool up to create some custom pages! Whet your whistle for modern front-end development & get a taste for WordPress as an “App Platform.”

Takeaways:

How to build a single-page application on top of your existing WordPress
How to start hacking on React / JSX components and figure out what to do with component state and properties
How to interact with some standard REST API endpoints from your application, and add some new ones!

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September 10, 2015 — Panel members discuss ways to connect WordPress to other systems (and vise versa) using APIs. They also cover a bit of the wp-api project – and share some experience working with WordPress, APIs, and front-end tools that use them.

September 7, 2015 — Each time someone clicks onto your site, their actions tell a story. When you listen to these stories, patterns often emerge.

Your data pipeline (collection, processing, analysis, etc.) is critical to understanding how real users find and use your site and enables you to rely on more than intuition that you’re improving their experience when iterating on a design.

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October 7, 2013 — Learn how to leverage the JavaScript libraries and APIs included in WordPress core to build rich, interactive user experiences on your sites.