April 16, 2018 — Cosa sono le rest API? Come iniziare a utilizzarle velocemente? Come estenderne le funzionalità? Quali sono i vantaggi per design, blogger, developer? In questo talk ti fornirò tutte le risposte e ti mostrerò perchè è fondamentale conoscerle

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March 8, 2018 — Many of us work primarily in this first realm: with themes and plugins, and may not have been closely tracking all of the details of the REST API’s rollout. Other of us (me included) have found the years-long rollout to be complicated to track and summarize.

Whatever your motivation, if you seek a gently-technical intro to the REST API in about a half-hour, this session is for you. We will cover three broad areas:

– what is the REST API, and how does it work?
– what are some possible use cases for the REST API?
– how do I extend/customize/control the REST API?

This broad, quick, overview should leave you prepared and equipped to further research and experimentation with WordPress’ fancy new feature.

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February 26, 2018 — You may have heard about React.js and the WordPress API, but how do you get started using these new technologies? We’ll cover a simple, practical example of how to start using React.js with the WordPress API in a traditional PHP templated WordPress Theme.

February 20, 2018 — A friendly introduction to the WordPress REST API for both developers and non-developers. Learn what all the hype is about with the REST API, discover why you might want to use it and dig in with real-life examples and business scenarios.

Takeaways:

A better understanding of what the REST API is, what the use cases are for it and the business reasons why it makes sense.

February 15, 2018 — 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.

– cover some of the hype around the REST API
– look at what REST is
– look at APIs more generally and how they enable applications to interact with one another
– look at how the REST API will impact WordPress development. I’ll cover different ways that people are using it
– for example custom admins and as a headless CMS
– look at the impact that the REST API will have on WordPress businesses

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January 24, 2018 — The WordPress REST API has the potential to put a familiar face on the content management of a whole world of front-ends. Imagine a campus tour app that uses the same content infrastructure as the event kiosk in the student union and the .edu site. Then come see how to build it.

January 24, 2018 — In this session we cover a real world cross platform native mobile application that we created to deliver WordPress content for a private school in country NSW Australia.

We cover the reasons why a mobile app made sense and how we got the REST API to work with Ionic and Angular to make our native apps. It takes in considerations as a business to make before jumping in and some of the issues we found using emerging technology.

January 16, 2018 — We will introduce the most significant endpoints in the WordPress REST API and have a simple way for you to interact with the API of an actual WordPress website. You will come away with a clear understanding of how to interact with the WordPress REST API and will be given access to a complete mapping of all WordPress REST API endpoints for PostMan.

January 12, 2018 — A friendly introduction to the WordPress REST API for both developers and non-developers. Learn what all the hype is about with the REST API, discover why you might want to use it and dig in with real-life examples and business scenarios.

December 13, 2017 — In her talk, she will cover how the power of WordPress REST APIs can be used to create functional Single Page Applications (SPA). Also, if time permits, she would cover possibilities where else the RESTful APIs can be used.