“Developers spend time on little details and are super critical because we want the best.” @syedbalkhi #LoopConf

Encouraging people that upgrades are good and easy means not making them do any manual changes. @pippinsplugins #loopconf

People read theme/plugin change logs about as often as people read iTunes terms of service. #loopconf

Devs need to extend their own platform, so they’ll be breaking / testing their own code. @pippinsplugins #loopconf

WordPress Developers: You’ll marry your template files because they’ll be around forever. @pippinsplugins #loopconf

#1 key to backwards compatibility: Figure out the problem first, then code. Don’t start off coding immediately. @pippinsplugins #loopconf

.@pippinsplugins showing examples of how plugins broke backwards compatibility. Started w/ his own @eddwp. #loopconf

“WordPress devs need to get into the mindset that others extend your plugin or code.” @pippinsplugins #loopconf

“Avoid changing the names of functions. Create a wrapper function of the new name that calls the old function.” @pippinsplugins #loopconf

“A fundamental belief in WordPress community: our commitment to backward compatibility.” @pippinsplugins #loopconf

“We have attendees from every continent except Antarctica.” @ryandonsullivan #LoopConf

#LoopConf livestream: youtube.com/watch?t=7395&v…

Armchair WordCampers: #LoopConf starts in a few minutes w/ @ryandonsullivan starting it off. Livestream: loopconf.io/live/

Armchair WordCampers: @loopconf starts in about two hours. Monitor #loopconf and livestream on the site: loopconf.io/live/

Going to start a #loopconf “Can’t Sleep In But We Can Talk WordPress” Club. Starts at 6:00am at the Marrakesh Express.

☑ Rise ☐ Shine #LoopConf

So #LoopConf attendees have been nick naming this 32oz water bottle swag the “bladder buster”.

Intersting: My @periscopeco stream of @jacklenox #loopconf talk had over 660 live viewers. It’s fully recorded, viewable via the app.

Sadly while building themes with javascript and REST API is nice, accessibility seems to be very difficult. @jacklenox #loopconf

.@LoopConf should probably have given helmets out as swag. Because alot of minds are going to be blown in the next few days. #loopconf

The #loopconf hotel is large & in the middle of nowhere. Hard to leave. If you’ve seen the tv show The Prisoner, it’s pretty much like that.

Another experimental WordPress theme using React. github.com/alexciarlillo/… #loopconf

Tango is a React powered WordPress theme prototype. github.com/kwight/tango @jacklenox #loopconf

Still streaming @jacklenox #loopconf talk of building WordPress themes with REST API. Hands… getting… tired… pscp.tv/w/Vyu01TczNzJ8…

ServiceWorkers is javascript for dealing with offline browsers. chromium.org/blink/servicew… @jacklenox #loopconf

If you have any interest in themes or the WordPress REST API, bookmark @jacklenox @github page github.com/jacklenox #loopconf

The @nytimes uses Angular on the fronted and WordPress on the backend. @jacklenox #loopconf

If you want to know about the REST API, i’m streaming @jacklenox #loopconf talk right now: pscp.tv/w/Vyu01TczNzJ8…

WordPress theme API called “Picard”. Uses local storage, all data is cached in browser. github.com/jacklenox/pica… @jacklenox #loopconf