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A Conversation About the WordPress JSON REST API
The document discusses the impact of the WordPress JSON REST API, highlighting its potential to revolutionize WordPress by offering a standardized interface that enhances its functionality and accessibility. It presents the shift from PHP to JavaScript as a dominant technology and emphasizes the REST architecture as essential for modern applications. Custom dashboards and front-end editors enabled by the REST API pave the way for broader integration and innovation within WordPress, benefiting JavaScript developers and app creators while challenging traditional PHP programmers.
A Conversation About the WordPress JSON REST API
- 1. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com AConversation About the WordPress JSON REST API Nick Batik @nick_batik
- 2. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com Presenter NickBatik Started in web development in 1994 and have been a WordPress consultant, and web developer since 2007. A WordPress evangelist, I’ve served as Austin WordPress Meetup co-organizer since 2010. With my partner, co-founded Pleiades Publishing Services in 1992 and Hands-On WordPress Training in 2010. Follow me @nick_batik / @WPATX Contact me at: handsonwp.com
- 3. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com WordPressJSON REST API (and How It Could Change WordPress Forever)
- 4. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com WhatWe Will Cover • Why Change? • From What? To What? • What is REST? • What does that mean to me?
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- 6. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com MattMullenweg talked about Disruptive Technology and WordPress
- 7. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com DisruptiveTechnology a product or service that takes root initially at the bottom of a market and then relentlessly moves up market, eventually displacing established competitors.
- 8. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com InnovateTo What? Innovate From What?
- 9. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com Popularand polarizing technologies Likes vs. Dislikes of 25 most mentioned technologies .5 means it is disliked as often as liked Source: Stack Overflow 2015 Developer Survey
- 10. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com MostDreaded Technology • Salesforce - 73.2% • Visual Basic - 72.0% • WordPress - 68.2% Source: Stack Overflow 2015 Developer Survey
- 11. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com Mostpopular programming languages • Javascript - 54.4% • PHP - 29.7% Source: Stack Overflow 2015 Developer Survey
- 12. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com Compensation •PHP - $77,322 • Javascript - $90,259 • Node.js - $96,534 Source: Stack Overflow 2015 Developer Survey
- 13. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com TopTools For Student Programmers (Devpost survey of student hack-athons) 1. HTML/CSS 2. Javascript Source: http://studenthackers.devpost.com/
- 14. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com TopTools For Student Programmers JavaScript Is Eating The World - Kevin Lacker, co- founder and chief technology officer of Parse. • Javascript on the browser • Javascript on the server ( Node.JS ) • Javascript on the App ( ReactJS / React Native ) Source: http://arc.applause.com/2015/11/06/javascript-is-eating-the- world/
- 15. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com Summary •Javascript is gaining popularity • PHP is loosing popularity
- 16. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com Thisis “Evolutionary” Innovation. Where is the “Disruptive” Innovation?
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- 19. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com Theweb is built on an architectural style called REST Roy Fielding
- 20. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com EveryDatabase Management System in the world performs some variation of 4 basic functions summarized as CRUD
- 21. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com Thosesame functions are baked into the HTTP Protocol - GET, PUT, POST, & DELETE
- 22. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com TheInternet is the worlds largest single DBMS. It just hasn’t been fully implemented.
- 23. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com EnterWordPress REST API It implements the missing DBMS functions for the rest of the web.
- 24. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com WhatDoes This Mean to Me?
- 25. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com WordPressbecomes a fully-featured application platform. By providing an agreed, standardized programmatic interface between WordPress and the outside world, the software opens itself up to every other application and development environment on earth.
- 26. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com Cuttingthe Cord with PHP The REST API gives every language instant access to the full range of WordPress’ native functionality.
- 27. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com CustomDashboards The REST API separates the dashboard from the WordPress mechanics, allowing a custom theme to be created for the authenticated side of WordPress as well. This means you can create custom dashboards for targeted niches.
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- 30. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com CustomDashboards It also means you can create dashboards that look like Ghost, Joomla, Wix, Weebly, Squarespace, or whatever.
- 31. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com Front-End Editors Whenany web page could potentially be a “dashboard” then any web page could also be an editor. We are seeing a rapid growth in this area, with examples such as: • Frontkit • medium.js • Dante • medium-editor • grande.js • ZenPen • Pen
- 32. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com Winner •Javascript programmers • App developers • Plugin developers • MySQL database programmers Losers • PHP programmers Undecided • Dashboard customizers • Theme developers
- 33. HandsOnWP.com @nick_batik nbatik@handsonwordpress.com Watchthe Austin WordPress Meetup video