This weekend we had the first ever WordCamp DC. I have been part of the DC WordPress Community since it's early days so it felt wonderful to have such a great 3 Day ~500 People Inaugural Event. On the third day of the event we had 6 workshops running concurrently with Contributor Day: Beginning WordPress Beginning … Continue reading WordPress DC 2017 – HTML, CSS and JavaScript Workshops
Today I had the chance to speak at WordCamp Baltimore 2016 about my last year of learning and teaching JavaScript Deeply. I had a great time preparing the slides and getting everything ready and hopefully it all went well 🙂 I'll add up the video once its on WordPress.tv https://speakerdeck.com/zgordon/a-year-of-learning-and-teaching-javascript-deeply
"If you're looking to setup an online course just grab this podcast!" I love hanging and chatting Joe Casabona. Naturally, I was excited when I found out he wanted to chat with me on his How I Built it Podcast about how I built my JavaScript for WordPress Master Course. A lot of folks have asked me content related questions about … Continue reading Learn How I Built the JavaScript for WordPress Master Course and Teaching Site on the “How I Built It Podcast”
I love Wistia, the professional video hosting company with amazing stats. I have used them since early on and host all the JavaScript for WordPress videos with them. They have had an API for a while that lets you control player speed. Recently, they updated their player and added speed control right into the controls. However, there is no caching mechanism for … Continue reading How to Save Wistia Video Player Speed in Local Storage with JavaScript, the Wistia API (and WordPress)
Since the beginning of 2016 I have been working on my JavaScript for WordPress Master Course. In the first part of this course I have a section on JavaScript Development Tools. For the past few moons I have been trying to figure out exactly what JavaScript Development Tools to include in this section and in what order to cover … Continue reading Deciding What Development Tools to Teach in my JavaScript for WordPress Master Course
Educator Zac Gordon 