June 17, 2014 — If you are just learning how to code, or are a seasoned developer, there are some important habits that will serve you well during your WordPress development career. Beyond the high-level approach of Stephen Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, this presentation walks you through 7 practical things you can do to become a better and more effective WordPress developer. The concepts presented are accompanied with action steps and follow up resources so you can start becoming a better developer right away.

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December 23, 2013 — This talk explores myths & preconceptions about roles.. And how when we push these boundaries, we can achieve greater things.

October 15, 2013 — Designers and Developers get together to discuss workflow, frustrations, best practices, and things they wish the other side knew about what it is they do!

July 15, 2013 — Learn the “right way” to include javascripts in your theme or plugin and how to pass variables and translated strings to your scripts.

July 14, 2013 — Techniques, tools, and examples on how to debug WordPress development issues.

July 7, 2013 — This presentation discusses the true power behind WordPress’ roles and capabilities system, map_meta_cap. Starting with an overview of how it relates to the system as a whole, then some real-world examples to demonstrate how the map_meta_cap function and filter can be properly used to fully leverage WordPress’ capabilities system.

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November 14, 2012 — Renowned developers, including Bill Gates and WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, discuss the allure and benefits of taking up development at this year’s Build Conference.

August 21, 2012

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August 20, 2012