July 19, 2016 — There are very exciting opportunities that are made available by the development of single page applications with JavaScript, and the now partially merged WordPress REST API. Jack has been experimenting with using WordPress REST APIs for a number of years. This talk will include the good, the bad, and the ugly of this emerging area of web development, with a hopefully pragmatic and optimistic conclusion!

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June 30, 2016 — n this talk we’ll discover the breadth of new WordPress interfaces enabled by leveraging the WordPress REST API, such as visualizations and new editor experiences. How can our API client libraries and the applications that use them be designed for maximum flexibility? The future of WordPress is not one interface, but many.

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June 30, 2016 — Come on a journey through all things WordPress REST API, we don’t have much time so strap yourselves in!

From the basics of REST to advanced customer endpoints, auth, JavaScript usage and WordPress to WordPress communication, Joe attempts to provide a quick-fire look at many areas of the REST API and application development.

Expect many code examples, case studies, visualisations and metaphors; if you do get lost, be consoled by the fact that Joe is almost certainly lost too!

June 5, 2016 — Damian will be talking about the way WordPress is shaping towards stronger/more frequent use as a fully fledged CMS platform with a strong focus on frontend content delivery using JavaScript technologies.

Some of the key areas they’d like to highlight during their talk are the RESTful API integrations with WordPress, whenever it’s exposing WordPress functionality through use of WordPress REST API 2.0 Plugin, or integration with external services and how this can be done with technologies such as AngularJS.

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June 3, 2016 — There is a hype surrounding the WordPress REST API these days. People focus on how it will change the future of WordPress, allow developers to expand the range of projects they can build, make WordPress popular outside its own bubble. What we rarely talk about are the challenges presented by the REST API. This talk focuses on the challenges. It’s a short guide to the WordPress REST API from a non-developer perspective – what is it, how it will change WordPress development, combined with some thoughts on the impact it will have on projects created with WordPress and the people creating them.

We Need to Talk about the REST API: the non-developer guide to the future of WordPress by Petya Raykovska.

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May 12, 2016 — Practical tips on how to work with the REST API that currently exists in the core WordPress.

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April 21, 2016 — If JavaScript and API driven interface are the future of the web, why should your plugin or theme admin interfaces be any different? With a highly-extensible tool for creating REST APIs included in WordPress, using JavaScript MVC frameworks to create great interfaces for your plugins, themes, apps and services is easier than ever.

In this hands-on talk Josh and Roy will share their experience creating an Angular App, powered by custom REST API endpoints for their A/B testing plugin Ingot. They will address API creation, using Angular, and ensuring that the final product is extensible and accessible as a WordPress admin interface should be.

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April 21, 2016 — WordPress ein Blog? Schon längst nicht mehr! Wie wir WordPress als App-Framework nutzen können, möchte Birgit uns anhand unterschiedlicher Ansätze zeigen. Eine zentrale Rolle spielt hierbei die WordPress REST API. In ihrem Vortrag möchte sie zeigen, was notwendig ist, Plattform unabhängige Apps mit WordPress zu entwickeln und welche Voraussetzungen erfüllt sein müssen. Es werden Plugins, Onlinedienste (SaaS) und mobile App Frameworks vorgestellt. Die Inhalte des Vortrags richten sich an Fortgeschrittene WordPress Anwender sowie Entwickler, die sich einen Überblick über die Möglichkeiten verschaffen wollen.

March 28, 2016 — Pulling from my experiences developing leenk.me and iThemes Sync, I will discuss the most important aspects of integrating a SAAS app with WordPress. We will cover the basic ways of communicating data to and from WordPress, including creating a basic REST API in WordPress and using the WP-API. I will also briefly discuss the benefits of using WordPress as your SAAS framework.

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February 19, 2016 — The WordPress REST API is one of the most exciting new features of WordPress, but it is more than just the default routes and endpoints that it adds automatically to your site. It is also an awesome tool for creating your own RESTful API. We will look at how powerful this tool is, look at some practical examples of extending the REST API and learn how to create custom routes and endpoints. When you leave this talk, you’ll be prepared to create your own custom APIs, the WordPress way.

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