In the last part of our series, we stepped through building the basics of our app using Facebook’s React, and put together a simple solution where users could serve up nuggets of timeless wisdom on demand. This time around, we’ll concentrate on two main areas: adding a custom endpoint back in our WordPress site to make life a little easier when we’re delivering large amounts of quotations, and adding some small extra touches on the front end back in React. As a quick reminder of the overall setup, so far we’ve got a local WordPress install running at http://walden.dev/ and […]
REST API Will Not Be Included WordPress 4.6
This morning, the REST API 2.0 beta 13 was announced. It can be downloaded now from the plugin repository, or GitHub. Some of the biggest changes include that the Content-Disposition header parsing is fixed, and you can use compact links for embedded responses. The full list of changes can be found here. At the bottom of the post, the REST API team wrote a letter addressing the future of the REST API, which has been uncertain since the announcement that the REST API will not be merged with 4.5. The letter begins by saying 2.0 will be released in the […]
REST API Phase 2, Content Endpoints, Proposed For Inclusion In WordPress 4.7
Over the weekend, REST API project co-lead Ryan McCue, announced a proposal to merge the REST API with WordPress 4.7. This proposal wants to add the Content API, a selection of endpoints, to the REST API infrastructure that was included in 4.4. Endpoints Back in February, the team planned to merge the endpoints in 4.5, but a few core contributors including Matt Mullenweg raised concerns about the readiness of the REST API. However, core changes have been made to those endpoints and the team believes the project is now ready to be merged. McCue’s announcement listed the proposed endpoints that include […]
How Creating Apps With WordPress Changes Perspective And Standards In WordPress Development
In my last article for Torque on thinking like an app I intentionally did not address how mobilization of WordPress changes the way we approach development in terms of deciding what to build. In this post I will discuss my thoughts on the technical changes that occur when we are doing the actual development. Keep in mind that, for now, when we are talking about developing WordPress apps, we are actually talking about building a specific app for a specific purpose, not building a reusable app to be repurposed by others, similar to the way we write plugins and themes. Reusable […]
Crowdsourcing Project Seeks Stats On The REST API In Production
Human Made co-founder Joe Hoyle is crowdsourcing stats on the REST API in an effort to bring more awareness and to better understand the different developers and sites leveraging it. “A somewhat unknown amount of developers and sites use the REST API, but are often not vocal about it,” Hoyle told Torque. “We often hear a lot about what plugins and products make use of the REST API, but not so much about what production sites are running it.” The crowdsourcing effort comes right before the REST API meeting happening later today. These stats will provide a better understanding of […]
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