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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
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
A big thanks and shout out to Brad and Dre for having me on the Dradcast to talk about everything from JavaScript to AI. I talk a little about what I have been up to with my JavaScript for WordPress as well. It was a fun show and you should listen over here: http://dradcast.com/shows/episode-088-learn-javascript-deeply/
