WordPress as a Development Framework

WORDPRESS AS A DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK

JEFFIKUS

JEFFIKUSWORDPRESS DEVELOPER SINCE JANUARY 2007LEAD DEVELOPER AT WOOTHEMES.COM PREMIUM THEMES THE OCCASIONAL PLUGIN WOONAV --> WORDPRESS MENUSBACKGROUND IN BUSINESS ANALYSIS, WEB APPLICATIONDEVELOPMENT, AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ANDFRAMEWORKS

LETS TALK....

LETS TALK....DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKSWORDPRESS PLUGINS AND THEMES WHATS IN THE BOXDIRTY......CODE EXAMPLES

WHY?MOST OF US HERE ARE WORDPRESS USERS, DEVELOPERS,DESIGNERS, OR CONSULTANTSWHY JUST BUILD WEBSITES? BOOOOOOOOOOORRRRING.............USE YOUR EXISTING WORDPRESS SKILLS TO BUILD COMPLEX WEBAPPLICATIONS

DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS

DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKSMVCPHP CODEIGNITER, CAKEPHP, SYMPHONY, KOHANARUBY ON RAILS.....CUSTOM (CRINGE) LETS FACE FACTS, UNLESS YOU HAVE VC FUNDING YOU AREN’T LIKELY TO BUILD GREAT CUSTOM IP, UNLESS YOU ARE A FREAKING GENIUS

DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS

DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKSWHAT DO THEY OFFER? CONVENTIONS RAPID DEVELOPMENT....OR IS IT? FEATURE SET

WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION

WHICH BEGS THE QUESTIONISNT THAT WHAT WORDPRESS OFFERS?

WORDPRESS

WORDPRESSUSER MANAGEMENT - LOGIN, REGISTRATIONADMIN DASHBOARDTEMPLATING SYSTEMPLUGINSLOADS OF OTHER GOODNESS HOOKS, FILTERS, CACHING, XML-RPC, MULTISITE (INSTANCES) CUSTOM POST TYPES....FULLY EXTENDABLE AND OVERRIDABLE

MARK & MATT

GIVE ME A REASON!!

GIVE ME A REASON!!SO WHY USE WORDPRESS AS YOURS?

PLUGINS AND THEMESPLENTY OF REAL WORLD EXAMPLES

PLUGINS AND THEMES

LETS GET DOWN AND DIRTY

LETS GET DOWN AND DIRTYMULTISITECACHINGERROR LOGSXML-RPC AND API’SMODIFYING THE BACKEND

MULTISITE

MULTISITECAN BE USED FOR A COUPLE OF THINGS SEGMENTATION OF USER BASES BY REGION, TYPE, APPLICATION SEGMENTATION OF DATA AGGREGATE INTO MAIN SITE USING STANDARD WORDPRESS QUERY AND $BLOG_ID CAN BE USED AS AN INSTANCE CREATOR

CACHING

CACHINGCACHING IS ACTUALLY QUITE EASY TO IMPLEMENTOBSERVE....

CACHING

ERROR LOGGINGWORDPRESS HAS A STANDARD ERROR LOG THAT CAN BE ACCESSED

XML-RPC AND API’S

XML-RPC AND API’S MY PERSONAL FAVOURITE XML-RPC VS CUSTOM API I’VE DONE BOTH....

XML-RPC - ADD FILTER

XML-RPC - ADD METHODS

XML-RPC RETURN FUNCTION

XML-RPC - CLIENT INTEGRATION

MODIFYING THE BACKEND

MODIFYING THE BACKENDCSS IS THE MOST OBVIOUS ONEADDING/REMOVING MENU ITEMSCUSTOM POST TYPES AND WRITE PANELS

THE TRADEOFF

THE TRADEOFFWORDPRESS HAS ITS LIMITATIONS USER BASE LIMITATIONS (LOAD) CONFINES OF THE FRAMEWORK LOOSE STRUCTURE.....NO MVC :-(

A REAL EXAMPLE

A REAL EXAMPLE + +

A REAL EXAMPLE

A REAL EXAMPLEA SIMPLE TODO APPLICATION REGISTER LOGIN DASHBOARD PROFILE TASKS

THE APP

TRANSFORMATION

ACTIONS AND FILTERS

TEMPLATE_INCLUDE

MORE FILTERS

GLOBALS

NEW TASK

CUSTOM TAXONOMIES

THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG

THE TIP OF THE ICEBERGCUSTOM POST TYPES AND TAXONOMIESCUSTOM USER ROLES AND CAPABILITIES / MEMBERSHIP$WPDB CLASSAPI’S - TRANSIENTS, WIDGETS, SETTINGS, META, OPTIONS, UPGRADEWHITEBRANDING THE ADMINUPGRADES, CUSTOM RSS FEEDSTHE VARIOUS WP CLASSES THAT ARE CRAZY USEFUL

CONVINCED YET?

CONVINCED YET? I THOUGHT SO :-)

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WordPress as a Development Framework

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