A Week of REST organizers are offering two full-ride tickets to the event for students and underrepresented groups in the tech industry. The conference is a week-long ‘boot camp’ dedicated to helping teach developers how to use the REST API, which be held at Darwin Lake, Matlock in the UK from Sept. 5-9 in the United Kingdom. People should apply by July 29 on the website. The list of eligible applicants includes those who are unemployed, underemployed, students, and under-represented groups in tech such as women, transgender, and BAME applicants. Winners will receive access to all workshops and training, accommodation, meals, and transportation. […]
Everything You Need To Know About JavaScript And WordPress
JavaScript has been on everyone’s minds since The State of the Word last year. Matt Mullenweg’s quote has been repeated and parodied more than Kanye West. Though the request sounds easy, there is a lot that goes into learning JavaScript deeply. This guide will start you on your way to an understanding of JavaScript for WordPress. 28 High-Quality Tools For Leaning JavaScript This article is the perfect place to start. A brief description of JavaScript followed by some recommendations for great tools to make your understanding easier. The list is made up of online resources, videos, and books depending on your […]
What’s New In WordPress: 7/18/2016
Everything you need to know about WordPress news this week. WordPress In Action: Newark NJ Schools: A look at how companies around the web are using WordPress starting with the Newark School District. Review Of First WPCampus: Couldn’t make it to WPCampus? See what attendee David Bissett thought. Everything You Need To Know About Information Architecture: Thinking of using Information Architecture? Read through this easy tutorial first. Getting Over Your Fear Of Commitment With WordPress Plugins: It can be hard to decide which plugins to get and how many for that matter. It’s time to take a leap of faith and […]
Doc Pop’s WordPress News Drop: Torque Turns Three
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Developing a REST API App – Part 4: Creating Our React-Powered WordPress Site
In the last installment of our REST API App series, we started looking at the front end part of the puzzle and selected React as the solution we’d be running with. The reasons why were simple: it’s speedy, well-documented, and enjoys the support of one of the largest players in the business, Facebook. In order to check that we could get WordPress and React talking to each other, we downloaded the React Starter Kit locally and cobbled together a quick API call to display some arbitrary data from our local WordPress install. Though our test worked, we didn’t exactly go to […]

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