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Greenfield front-end development with the REST API… what tool would you use?

Brian Krogsgard

June 2, 2015

I recently submitted an audio question to my favorite web podcast, the Shoptalk Show. Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert are mega smart and I wanted to know what front-end development methods they'd want to explore for a greenfield project based…

Solving plugin dependency

Brian Krogsgard

May 26, 2015

Ryan McCue and Gary Pendergast have differing viewpoints on plugin dependency and how to solve it (or whether to solve it at all). Watching them debate is music to my ears. From Ryan: Software is invariably never built in isolation (“no…

A creative approach for scalable API endpoints

Brian Krogsgard

February 20, 2015

This is definitely on the more technical side, but Thomas Griffin shares his approach to creating a more scalable approach for creating custom endpoints for consumable web APIs. As WordPress continues to evolve into an application platform, it is being…

The WordPress REST API

Brian Krogsgard

February 11, 2015

DevelopmentMake WordPress

The WordPress REST API is a huge initiative and feature plugin being developed for the core WordPress project. But it can be a bit confusing if you don't know much about it yet. Let's discuss what this project is, why it's important, and how to get involved.

Listen & Watch

Brian Krogsgard

January 30, 2015

Ah, Friday. If you're slacking a bit, or just looking for some good stuff to listen to or watch this weekend, let me help. Here are some of the best things I've seen this week: A look at WordPress performance…

The ABCs of the web

Brian Krogsgard

January 7, 2015

DevelopmentPlanet

We like to say it's easy to build a website, and to build it on top of WordPress. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. But for just about anyone, it can be intimidating when you're just digging in. You've got to learn your ABCs before you can tell a great story. On the web -- especially as it gets more complicated -- there's a lot to learn to build and maintain a modern website.

Matt Mullenweg’s 2014 State of the Word

Brian Krogsgard

October 26, 2014

PlanetWordPress News

"Oh, my name is Matt Mullenweg by the way. Nice to meet you." After the WordPress co-founder welcomed the largest WordCamp San Francisco audience ever, he introduced himself and began this year's State of the Word -- the annual talk where…

Week in review: Beta 2, refinement, transparency, Do Action, apps, and more

Brian Krogsgard

July 21, 2014

PlanetSecurity

Welcome to the fourth “Week in Review” on Post Status, where I hope to offer up some of the things you may have missed in the last week or so. There are a lot of great reads to catch up on…

The Stream plugin lets you track all WordPress user activity

Brian Krogsgard

April 29, 2014

BusinessWordPress News

Stream is a WordPress plugin by X-Team that allows site owners to track all activity on their website. The free version of the plugin was released in December of 2013, and this last weekend they announced their first commercial extensions.…

Schedule photos in bulk with Postbot, but why stop there?

Brian Krogsgard

April 22, 2014

WordPress News

Automattic has released an interesting new tool, called Postbot. Postbot is a webapp, at Postbot.co, which allows WordPress.com authenticated users to upload photos in bulk and schedule them as posts. There is, of course, a fun little gif. Once I…

Battling round numbers with WordPress 4.0

Brian Krogsgard

February 10, 2014

Make WordPressWordPress News

WordPress 3.9 hasn't quite reached beta, but many of us are already looking ahead to WordPress 4.0. I know, I know: 4.0 is no more significant than 3.9 or any other major release. It just so happens that WordPress' twenty-third major…

A Backbone.js powered starter WordPress theme

Brian Krogsgard

September 23, 2013

WordPress News

Tareq Hasan has begun development on a Backbone powered single page application starter theme for WordPress. It uses the JSON REST API plugin as backend. A number of features are left to integrate, but if you're interested in learning more…

Creating a JSON REST API for WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

September 13, 2013

WordPress News

Sarah Gooding talked with Ryan McCue on WP Tavern about his Google Summer of Code project to build a JSON REST API for WordPress. This is a great project, and Ryan is the perfect person to lead it, in my…

Dave Pell on building the NextDraft platform

Brian Krogsgard

September 6, 2013

WordPress News

If you don't already follow NextDraft, then this is your lucky day. NextDraft is a newsletter -- or a column really -- from Dave Pell that contains "the day's most fascinating news." And it is great. NextDraft is the only…

The Theme Foundry releases a Backbone powered theme

Brian Krogsgard

August 6, 2013

DesignWordPress News

The folks from The Theme Foundry have released a new theme called Collections, which is a post formats centric, Backbone powered WordPress theme. They emailed me to let me know they were wrapping up a Backbone powered theme, and I…