I consider myself one to try to push the boundaries of WordPress now, and always building new exciting things with it.
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Speaking session
WordPress and Client Side Web Applications in the Advanced Developer track
Your Presentation
I will talk about why Client Side vs. Server Side when it comes to developing a web application. Next I will go into how I see (with WP-API) WordPress can be a faux MVC, and how the view layer can be anything you want. I will focus on showing how AngularJS can make for a great theme or view layer. I will finalize my presentation with a case study of CodingOfficeHours, a web app built with a headless WordPress.
What do you want people to learn from your presentation?
That WordPress is and will be much more then people think today. The fundamentals of how to use WordPress to build out a client-side application and as a faux MVC.
Why did you decide to speak?
I love to speak, I speak consistently at meetups and just spoke at my first WordCamp (WCLAX). I am excited to speak at more and hopefully I can get better and think of newer and awesome things to talk about!
What attracted you to WordPress in the first place?
I was just getting into web development having learned the basics. My friend showed me a link to a blog engine that I could use to build out a simple site of sorts.. that was version 0.7 or 1.
What is your favourite plugin or theme, and why?
I don’t have a favorite, as a developer I tend to stick to coding most of the code myself, however I do use ACF (Advanced Custom Fields) a lot, as well as WooCommerce. I really like W3TC for cache’ing and my CDN connection as well.
What are you most looking forward to at WordCamp Toronto?
I have been part of the Southern California community of WordPress for over a year now, and I love it. It will be nice to see what another community is like.