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We’ll take a look at how to wire up WordPress to third-party APIs using the WP_Http class. The presentation will include a brief primer on HTTP communication and the popular remote interface models built on it. Then we’ll dive into … Continue reading WordPress Remote Controller →

At WordCamp Toronto 2011, Trevor Mills presented a popular session on building Sencha Touch mobile web apps using WordPress. The code he Keynoted was a hastily hacked together plugin.  Since then, he’s continued development of the plugin, and he’s back … Continue reading Mobile Apps in WordPress: Version 2 →

Git is a tool that can, and will, save you a lot of time. Combining it with the use of Capistrano, a Ruby based tool that allows you to execute local and remote commands, we can make deploying our local … Continue reading Git, Capistrano, and WordPress →

Techniques, tools, and examples on how to debug WordPress development issues.

More users are using mobile to access online content.  And with a bit of tweaking, WordPress can be the backbone to create and maintain location-aware content – useful for local searches, as the content to a mobile app, and more.

In the second installment of this talk, I’ll discuss the true power behind WordPress’ roles and capabilities system, map_meta_cap. Starting with an overview of how it relates to the system as a whole, including the functions discussed in the first … Continue reading The Power of WordPress’ Roles and Capabilities – Understanding map_meta_cap →

Simple text editors are fast and easy to use, but they don’t understand the code you’re writing. This talk will show you how Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) like NetBeans or Eclipse (both are Free Software and cross-platform), can handle the … Continue reading Code Faster and Smarter PHP with IDEs Like NetBeans →