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My First WCA2 When I put out the call at the beginning of 2017 that I would like to start doing more JavaScript workshops, my good friend Kyle Maurer, from WordCamp Ann Arbor, was one of the first to invite me to come do a workshop. The Workshop I have continued to refine the JavaScript for WordPress workshop … Continue reading WordCamp Ann Arbor 2017 JavaScript Workshop
¡Pura Vida! Is the best way to start my review of attending WordCamp San José (formally WordCamp Costa Rica). Organizers Roberto Remedios and Alfredo "El Puas" invited me to do a workshop at WordCamp San José 2017 earlier this year while we were all hanging out at WordCamp Miami (also a great camp to attend). What started as a JavaScript … Continue reading Teaching JavaScript Deeply at WordCamp San José 2017
This weekend I had the opportunity to attend WordCamp Denver, a great example of a well attended and run local camp. The first day included two tracks of great talks. The second day featured 13 different workshops (including one from me on JavaScript + WP REST API). Site SEO Checkup Flexbox Defining, Mapping and (Sometimes) Automating … Continue reading Workshopalooza at WordCamp Denver 2017
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
Wow #WCOC I have had the wonderful opportunity to attend a number of WordCamps, so it is always exciting when I attend a new (to me) amazing WordCamp. WordCamp Orange County 2017 was one of those Camps. https://twitter.com/zgordon/status/873568643178737667 Props to all of the organizers and attendees for representing so well the diverse and deep nature … Continue reading WordCamp Orange County 2017 JavaScript, Vue, React, Redux, GraphQL & WordPress API Workshops
In this post I talk about why I am excited that A Day of REST, the conference for JS and API driven WP Development is coming to the states!
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
When I set out to start my JavaScript for WordPress Master Course back in November, Human Made was one of the primary companies I wanted to partner with. They have Joe, Ryan, Siobhan and many other talented folks who I deeply respect and would love to work with. They are also the leading company out there promoting the WordPress … Continue reading Zac Gordon Will Be Presenting at A Week of REST with Human Made in the UK!!!
I had the pleasure this year of doing a workshop at WooConf about theme development using WooCommerce. You can find the entire talk workshop here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJUxWhWLbN4 And my slides as well: https://speakerdeck.com/zgordon/woocommerce-theme-development-workshop
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
