$100 Off My WooCommerce Development Workshop at WooConf 2016

I'm super excited to head out to Austin on April 6-8 this year for my 2nd WooConf.  This year I will be doing a workshop based on a WooCommerce Theme Development Course I did at Treehouse. Thanks to the folks at WooCommerce, I have an unlimited coupon code "WOOCONFZAC" for $100 off for anyone who wants to attend the conference … Continue reading $100 Off My WooCommerce Development Workshop at WooConf 2016

Comparing JavaScript Library and Frameworks for WordPress – WordCamp Miami

A super big thanks to all the folks at WordCamp Miami for putting on a Learning JavaScript Deeply Track. Here are my slide notes from the talk as well as some helpful links: https://speakerdeck.com/zgordon/js-libraries-and-frameworks-for-wordpress   jQuery Underscore Lodash Backbone Marionette Angular React Redux Please also check out my course, JavaScript for WordPress, which will cover all … Continue reading Comparing JavaScript Library and Frameworks for WordPress – WordCamp Miami

Submit Your Questions for a Day of REST Conference

Thanks to my JavaScript for WordPress Master Course partners at Human Made, I will be flying out London next week to attend the A Day of REST Conference.  I'm also offering a 20% discount on my course to anyone who attends the conference. I view attending this conference and speaking with the presenters as an important part of … Continue reading Submit Your Questions for a Day of REST Conference

Guest on WPwatercooler – Beyond Learning JavaScript Deeply

Thanks to George Sephanis for inviting me on the WPwatercooler show this week to discuss what else is worth learning deeply in 2016 besides JavaScript. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ-fzGM669M Of course, several of the folks on the show, including myself, are still focused on learning JavaScript in 2016, However, a number of other good areas came up as well: Ways of Building with … Continue reading Guest on WPwatercooler – Beyond Learning JavaScript Deeply

How and Where I’ve Been (Re)Learning JavaScript

As I speed down the path to launch for my JavaScript for WordPress Master Course, I have been busily learning and relearning JavaScript anew. Actually, I have worked with JS for a long time now and even taught college and high school JavaScript courses well before Treehouse.  However, JavaScript has come a long way in the last few … Continue reading How and Where I’ve Been (Re)Learning JavaScript

The Sustaining Heart of the WordPress Community

This last week has been quite a week for me.  Treehouse, The online learning company where I have been teaching WordPress for the last 3+ years told me that they had decided to stop teaching WordPress and that I had been fired.  That was Monday. On Friday the same week, WordCamp US started.  Between Monday and … Continue reading The Sustaining Heart of the WordPress Community

New WordPress Basics Course at Treehouse

For the last several months I have been rewriting all of the Beginners WordPress content at Treehouse.  Excited to announce today that WordPress Basics, the third of seven or so beginners courses in our Learn WordPress track has been released. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b-L5gyGZUo This course covers how to manage content in WordPress, how to work with different types of … Continue reading New WordPress Basics Course at Treehouse