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Recap: Adam Silver and Kyle Maurer’s WordPress Experts AMA

May 9, 2016Recapdeveloper, freelancing, project management, wordpress communities, WP BusinessEmily Barney

Adam Silver and Kyle Maurer (@heyadamsilver and @MrKyleMaurer) gave a talk titled WordPress Experts AMA on Sunday, May 1 at 9:00 PM.

Note: this question and answer session was a last-minute addition when both of them volunteered to fill in an unexpected gap in our schedule. Here are the two sessions they came to give:

Breakdown of Common Beginner Struggles & Solutions – Adam Silver
Disastrous Deals to Profitable Projects: Comparing My Best and Worst Client Experiences – Kyle Maurer

Session Announcement

Hey @WordCampChicago! New to the schedule: at 9am today, @heyadamsilver and I will be doing a WP Experts #AMA in track 3. Join us! #wcchi

— Kyle Maurer (@MrKyleMaurer) May 1, 2016

Social Recap

Thanks to @heyadamsilver & @MrKyleMaurer for a very informative Q & A session! #WCChi pic.twitter.com/LyFjlQSxsQ

— Geoffrey Shilling 🌴 (@geoffreys808) May 1, 2016

Here’s our live twitter coverage that captured many of the questions at the session
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Recap: Dustin Fillippini’s Magical WP_Query Powers

May 8, 2016Recapdeveloper, Track 3, wp_queryEmily Barney

Dustin Fillippini (@dustyf) gave a talk titled Unleashing the Magical Powers of WP_Query on Sunday, May 1 at 11:00 AM.

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Unlocking the Magical Powers of WP_Query from Dustin Filippini

Recap: Jim Birch’s Intro for Command Line Beginners

May 8, 2016Recapcommand line, developer, Track 1Emily Barney

Jim Birch (@thejimbirch) gave a talk titled Command Line for the Beginner on Sunday, May 1 at 10:00 AM.

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Slides from my Command Line for the Beginner @WordCampChicago session, are online at https://t.co/Uv89eIv2T0 #wcchi pic.twitter.com/mnDenRDk1H

— Jim Birch (@thejimbirch) May 1, 2016

Social Recap

Here are some of the highlights and tips our audience shared on Twitter:
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Recap: Topher DeRosia’s talk on Increasing Quality and Security With PHPCS

May 7, 2016Recapdeveloper, Track 1Emily Barney

Topher DeRosia (@topher1kenobe) gave a talk titled Increasing Quality and Security With PHPCS on Saturday, April 30 at 3:00 PM.

What is PHPCS?

PHP Code Sniffer examines PHP code and compares it to a standards file

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Increasing Quality and Security with PHPCS from topher1kenobe

Social Recap

Here are some of the highlights and tips our audience shared on Twitter:

Be safe out there & listen about "Increasing Quality and Security With PHPCS" presented by @topher1kenobe #WCChi

— ServerPress.com (@DesktopServer) April 30, 2016

Fun to see our old friend @topher1kenobe in his element at #wcchi pic.twitter.com/bU9e4BmYCD

— Agathon (@agathongroup) April 30, 2016

Learning about PHPCS and how to be a better coder from @topher1kenobe. #WCChi pic.twitter.com/aPypDH4FDh

— Geoffrey Shilling 🌴 (@geoffreys808) April 30, 2016

Coding standards and PHPCS with @topher1kenobe. #wcchi pic.twitter.com/FlwQ4J8zhS

— mikehale.sol (@mikehale) April 30, 2016

Recap: Chris Wiegman’s Extending WP_CLI With Custom Commands Talk

May 7, 2016Recapcommand line, developer, Track 1Emily Barney

Chris Wiegman (@ChrisWiegman) gave a talk titled Make WP_CLI Work For You: Extending WP_CLI With Custom Commands on Saturday, April 30 at 2:00 PM.

Not familiar with WP-CLI? Here’s his definition:

WP-CLI is a PHP script that interacts with WordPress from the command line (Unix).
WP-CLI is not, itself, a plugin.

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https://twitter.com/ChrisWiegman/status/726480630628900868

Social Recap

Here are some of the highlights and tips our audience shared on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/alt3red/status/726488047890632705

Learning all about wp-cli with @ChrisWiegman. Great stuff! #wcchi pic.twitter.com/PBP1P45JzA

— mikehale.sol (@mikehale) April 30, 2016

Digging @ChrisWiegman talk on wp cli. Always learn something new! #wcchi

— Adam Silver (@heyadamsilver) April 30, 2016

Just learned some nifty stuff about custom WP-CLI commands from @ChrisWiegman #wcchi pic.twitter.com/iW9AOFkYLi

— Geoffrey Shilling 🌴 (@geoffreys808) April 30, 2016

If you want to see WPCLI in action with #DesktopServer after @ChrisWiegman prezo, find @heyadamsilver & he’ll show ya! #Communtity

— ServerPress.com (@DesktopServer) April 30, 2016

Recap: Boone Gorges on Backward Compatibility as a Design Principle

May 6, 2016Recapbackwards compatibility, developer, Track 1, updatesEmily Barney

Boone Gorges gave a talk titled Backward Compatibility as a Design Principle on Saturday, April 30 at 10:00 AM.

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Slides for WordCamp Chicago talk, on WP's approach to backward compatibility https://t.co/II2PB7k0Hp #wcchi

— Boone B. Gorges (@boone) April 30, 2016

Social Recap

Here are some of the highlights and tips our audience shared on Twitter:

Back that thing up…. #WordPress backwards compatibility presentation from @boone #wcchi pic.twitter.com/iRLc2ck7Qt

— Scott Winterroth (@swinterroth) April 30, 2016

WP versioning is an implicit promise that once APIs are added they won’t take them away. That’s why really old themes will still work #wcchi

— WordCamp Chicago #WCCHI (@WordCampChicago) April 30, 2016

Funny guy! #1 heartthrob 🙂 #wcchi pic.twitter.com/1AoOFvqiuX

— Kari E. McLean (@MsMcLean1) April 30, 2016

100% backward compatibility = no changes. Even a bug fix will break someone's workaround, somewhere #wcchi

— WordCamp Chicago #WCCHI (@WordCampChicago) April 30, 2016

Watching @boone talk about Backward Compatibility. And saying "do do" #WCChi pic.twitter.com/xPWZ0JlxEN

— Geoffrey Shilling 🌴 (@geoffreys808) April 30, 2016

Updates have to break something? WP contributors say Hey HEY HEEEYYY w/ copious documentation and outreach (for small % affected) #wcchi

— WordCamp Chicago #WCCHI (@WordCampChicago) April 30, 2016

@Boone WordPress "filters are promises" #WCChi

— Chris Hajer (@chrishajer) April 30, 2016

Part of reason Drupal ends up costing more #rebuild #wcchi #WCChicago @adarco pic.twitter.com/nUB8an8LBq

— Katie (@KatieM1105) April 30, 2016

"We broke [backward compatibility] and in the end we got a better product." @jjj @boone @buddypress #wcchi

— Chris Hajer (@chrishajer) April 30, 2016

Compatibility vs. Progress, balancing them to avoid breaching trust. #wcchi

— Kari E. McLean (@MsMcLean1) April 30, 2016

@boone with a great presentation on WP backward compatibility at #wcchi refreshing to hear a skilled wordsmith!

— WJD • NotWade (@_NotWade) April 30, 2016