Block themes represent an existing shift in how WordPress themes are developed. It's now possible to create an entirely new WordPress theme in the Site Editor and export it to be used wherever you need it.
In this session, we'll be looking at a new WordPress plugin called Create Block Theme, that allows to you export your newly designed theme over your existing theme, as a new custom theme, or even as a child theme.
Being able to edit a theme in the Site Editor is handy, especially if you're using it as the base for a new theme. But where do those changes get saved? What happens when you make changes to Global Styles, Block styles, Theme template files, and template parts? What happens when you make changes to the theme files, and changes to the Site Editor; which take precedence? In this session, we'll be answering these questions.
One of the more exciting additions to WordPress theme development that block themes make possible is the inclusion of the theme.json file. This file allows the theme developer to enable and configure everything from CSS presets to custom fonts, and more.
In this session, we'll be taking a dive into the theme.json file for the new twentytwentythree default WordPress theme, to understand how it works, and what's possible.
In this session we will look at the different types of block patterns that can be created, the various ways that block patterns can be registered for a theme, and then create a few block pattern examples for some common theme requirements.
Let's code! Creating your Primary Templates in the Editor.pptxJonathan Bossenger
WordPress theme development follows the WordPress template hierarchy, which determines which templates are used depending on the content being rendered.
Fortunately for the new block theme developer, the Site Editor allows you to create all the primary templates you might need, right from your WordPress install.
In this session, we'll start with a quick review of the WordPress template hierarchy. Then we'll create a blank block theme, using the Create Block Theme plugin, apply some ready-made default styles via theme.json, and create all the primary templates a WordPress theme would need.
One of the great benefits of the Global Styles system in WordPress block themes is the ability to create multiple variations that users can choose from. With variations, theme developers can create multiple different websites using the same base theme code, providing a wider range of options to their users. In this session, we'll be taking a block theme, and creating a new Global Style variation for it, to ship with the theme.
In this session, you'll learn how to create your first custom block, by adding block support to an existing shortcode plugin.
You'll learn how to set up the plugin to support block development, and use the scaffolded code created using create-block and the existing shortcode to create a new custom block.
The WordPress Create Block command line tool allows you to quickly scaffold a new block plugin. In this workshop, you will learn what you need to get started with Create Block, how to use it, and dive into the code it generates.
In order to extend WordPress, a developer needs to have a foundational understanding of the WordPress database as well as knowledge of how to interact with and manipulate the data stored there. In this session, we'll take a high-level overview of the WordPress database, review the default ways to interact with the core schema and data.
Being able to edit a theme in the Site Editor is handy, especially if you're using it as the base for a new theme. But where do those changes get saved? What happens when you make changes to Global Styles, Block styles, Theme template files, and template parts? What happens when you make changes to the theme files, and changes to the Site Editor; which take precedence? In this session, we'll be answering these questions.
One of the more exciting additions to WordPress theme development that block themes make possible is the inclusion of the theme.json file. This file allows the theme developer to enable and configure everything from CSS presets to custom fonts, and more.
In this session, we'll be taking a dive into the theme.json file for the new twentytwentythree default WordPress theme, to understand how it works, and what's possible.
In this session we will look at the different types of block patterns that can be created, the various ways that block patterns can be registered for a theme, and then create a few block pattern examples for some common theme requirements.
Let's code! Creating your Primary Templates in the Editor.pptxJonathan Bossenger
WordPress theme development follows the WordPress template hierarchy, which determines which templates are used depending on the content being rendered.
Fortunately for the new block theme developer, the Site Editor allows you to create all the primary templates you might need, right from your WordPress install.
In this session, we'll start with a quick review of the WordPress template hierarchy. Then we'll create a blank block theme, using the Create Block Theme plugin, apply some ready-made default styles via theme.json, and create all the primary templates a WordPress theme would need.
One of the great benefits of the Global Styles system in WordPress block themes is the ability to create multiple variations that users can choose from. With variations, theme developers can create multiple different websites using the same base theme code, providing a wider range of options to their users. In this session, we'll be taking a block theme, and creating a new Global Style variation for it, to ship with the theme.
In this session, you'll learn how to create your first custom block, by adding block support to an existing shortcode plugin.
You'll learn how to set up the plugin to support block development, and use the scaffolded code created using create-block and the existing shortcode to create a new custom block.
The WordPress Create Block command line tool allows you to quickly scaffold a new block plugin. In this workshop, you will learn what you need to get started with Create Block, how to use it, and dive into the code it generates.
In order to extend WordPress, a developer needs to have a foundational understanding of the WordPress database as well as knowledge of how to interact with and manipulate the data stored there. In this session, we'll take a high-level overview of the WordPress database, review the default ways to interact with the core schema and data.
While the default WordPress database schema is perfect for most content related data types, there may be instances where you need to create custom tables in a WordPress database. One example of this is when a plugin has a specific use case that extends beyond what the custom post type functionality of WordPress offers.
In this session, we will look at what you need to know to create and manage custom WordPress database tables, how to create and interact with these tables, and some maintenance considerations.
WordPress 6.1 will include ways to create custom templates and template parts for your block theme from the Site Editor. These custom templates and template parts are useful when you need to display specific posts or pages using templates that don't form part of the template hierarchy.
In this session, we'll look at both how you can register and create custom templates and template parts from the editor, as well as how to register them in your theme.json file when distributing your new block theme.
JSX is the React extension to JavaScript that allows you to create components using a syntax similar to HTML. While most block editor tools and tutorials on the web provide JSX examples for creating blocks, not many folks know that it is not required. You can use plain JavaScript. In fact, the initial block editor documentation for building a basic block contains both JSX and Plain JavaScript examples, as does the Gutenberg Examples repository. This series of workshops intends to cover what this might look like.
In this session, we will take a brief look at what Internationalisation (or i18n) in themes means, as well as cover the common Internationalisation functions available in WordPress, and how to use them. We'll then create a blank block theme, and then take a look at the strings that we might need to make translation ready, as well as how to achieve this.
With WordPress 6.3 due on August 8, 2023, now would be a great time to help test the release candidate, as well as confirm that your plugins and themes are ready for the 6.3 release. In this session we'll be installing the WordPress Beta Tester plugin, convert a local install to WordPress 6.3 for testing, test it against a theme that is in active development, and then revert it back to WordPress 6.2.
Let's code! Creating your first WordPress Child Theme.pdfJonathan Bossenger
When you need to apply some customisations to your WordPress site, the best place to put them is in a child theme.
A child theme allows you to change small aspects of your site’s appearance yet still preserve your theme’s look and functionality.
Join us to learn how child themes work, the relationship between parent and child themes, and how to create your first child theme.
A multisite network can be very similar to your own personal version of WordPress.com. End users of your network can create their own sites on demand, or you can create a multisite network in which only you, the administrator, can add new sites. In this session, you'll learn about creating a multisite network, as well as walk through the steps to setting one up.
So far, we've built a WordPress block using plain JavaScript which supports custom styles via a stylesheet, which uses block attributes and the RichText component to allow the user to edit the block content, and uses a custom toolbar control to allow the user to align the RichText content.
Next, we will look at adding additional support for managing the block styles, via the Block Supports API.
WordPress 6.2 is scheduled to be released on March 28, 2023, with the first Release Candidate (RC) to be available to test on March 7, 2023. Testing an upcoming release is a great way to make sure your themes and plugins will work with the newest release, while also making sure you keep up to date with upcoming features. In this session, you'll learn how to use the WordPress Beta Tester plugin to test a new WordPress release, and where to find information to test the new features. We'll also cover how to log an issue in the WordPress release ticketing system, should you come across a bug.
WordPress contains an extensive list of APIs for performing common tasks across a WordPress site. From interacting with the database to creating responsive images, there's an API for practically everything. This session will focus on the Responsive Images API, including a brief history of responsive images in WordPress, how the API works, and how it's used for theme development.
The WordPress User Roles and Capabilities system provides a robust way to control user access to sensitive data on your WordPress site. It's not only possible to create custom roles and assign capabilities to those roles, but it's also possible to assign content type capabilities to your custom post types. This adds another layer of control over your site content, especially if you require different levels of access. In this session, we'll be taking a look at the specific functionality that exists in the register_post_type function that pertains to post type capabilities, learn how this works, and how to best make use of it.
When developing WordPress plugins or themes, it's a good idea to have tools in place to help improve your code quality and debug your code in the case of errors. Enabling error logs, inspecting the values of variables during code execution, and looking at the database queries being run are all tools that developers can use to find and fix problems. In this workshop, we'll dive into some of the options built into WordPress that you have at your disposal, learn about various debugging plugins and their uses, as well as look at one or two third-party tools to consider.
With all versions of PHP 7 now officially EOL (end of life) any plugins you develop, or have developed, must support PHP 8. While WordPress does run on PHP 8, many plugins still do not support it fully. In this workshop, we'll look at how to can test your plugins for PHP compatibility, in order to get them updated.
The first time you learn about a WordPress multisite network, you might find you have a bunch of questions. Things like, "Can I point top-level domains to subdomain sites?", "Can I convert a multisite back to a single site?", "Can I extract a subsite out of the network?", "If you have an existing site, can you create a multisite main site above it to keep the first site as a subsite?" and many more. In this session, we'll look at some of the things that are possible with a multisite network, and hopefully answer all these questions.
Global variables are a concept in PHP that allow you to access these variables from any scope during a page request. WordPress ships with a specific set of global variables, and it's useful to know what they are, and how to use them correctly. In this session you'll learn how global variables work, the list of global variables available in a typical WordPress request, and now to correctly use and interact with them.
Let's code: developing WordPress User Roles and CapabilitiesJonathan Bossenger
The WordPress User Roles and Capabilities system provides a robust way to control user access to sensitive data on your WordPress site.
While the predefined roles and capabilities should suffice for most requirements, it is also possible to add new user roles, and define capabilities for that role.
In this session, you'll learn about the default WordPress roles and capabilities, how they are set up and stored in the WordPress database, and how you can create custom roles and assign capabilities.
The HTML API is a new set of HTML Tag Processing functionality that was added in WordPress 6.2. The initial addition included a specific core set of functionality, with new functions and features being added in later WordPress releases. In this session, we will learn about this new API, what it does, and why it might be a useful addition to your WordPress toolbox.
The Options API is a simple and standardized way of storing general data about a WordPress site in the database. The API makes it easy to create, access, update, and delete options. In this session, we will look at what types of data you would store using this API, how and where the options are stored, and how to use to API to create, access, update and delete options.
Added to WordPress in version 2.7, The Settings API allows developers to develop admin pages containing settings forms to be managed semi-automatically. It lets you define settings pages, sections within those pages, and fields within the sections. In this session, you'll learn how to use the Settings API to create settings pages for your plugins or themes.
So far, we've built a WordPress block using plain JavaScript which supports custom styles via a stylesheet, and which uses block attributes and the RichText component to allow the user to edit the block content. Next, we will add a block control and an additional attribute to allow the user to edit the block alignment.
The main goal of the Interactivity API is to provide a standard and simple way to handle the frontend interactivity of Gutenberg blocks. This standard would make it easier for developers to create rich, interactive user experiences, from simple cases like counters or popups to more complex features like instant search, or carts and checkouts. In this session, you will learn more about this new developer API, through a live coding example.
The WordPress HTTP Request API allows you to make requests to external services to fetch and send data between a WordPress site and the external service. This is very useful if you need to interact with external APIs. In this session, we'll look at the helper functions that the HTTP Request API provides, and how to use them.
While the default WordPress database schema is perfect for most content related data types, there may be instances where you need to create custom tables in a WordPress database. One example of this is when a plugin has a specific use case that extends beyond what the custom post type functionality of WordPress offers.
In this session, we will look at what you need to know to create and manage custom WordPress database tables, how to create and interact with these tables, and some maintenance considerations.
WordPress 6.1 will include ways to create custom templates and template parts for your block theme from the Site Editor. These custom templates and template parts are useful when you need to display specific posts or pages using templates that don't form part of the template hierarchy.
In this session, we'll look at both how you can register and create custom templates and template parts from the editor, as well as how to register them in your theme.json file when distributing your new block theme.
JSX is the React extension to JavaScript that allows you to create components using a syntax similar to HTML. While most block editor tools and tutorials on the web provide JSX examples for creating blocks, not many folks know that it is not required. You can use plain JavaScript. In fact, the initial block editor documentation for building a basic block contains both JSX and Plain JavaScript examples, as does the Gutenberg Examples repository. This series of workshops intends to cover what this might look like.
In this session, we will take a brief look at what Internationalisation (or i18n) in themes means, as well as cover the common Internationalisation functions available in WordPress, and how to use them. We'll then create a blank block theme, and then take a look at the strings that we might need to make translation ready, as well as how to achieve this.
With WordPress 6.3 due on August 8, 2023, now would be a great time to help test the release candidate, as well as confirm that your plugins and themes are ready for the 6.3 release. In this session we'll be installing the WordPress Beta Tester plugin, convert a local install to WordPress 6.3 for testing, test it against a theme that is in active development, and then revert it back to WordPress 6.2.
Let's code! Creating your first WordPress Child Theme.pdfJonathan Bossenger
When you need to apply some customisations to your WordPress site, the best place to put them is in a child theme.
A child theme allows you to change small aspects of your site’s appearance yet still preserve your theme’s look and functionality.
Join us to learn how child themes work, the relationship between parent and child themes, and how to create your first child theme.
A multisite network can be very similar to your own personal version of WordPress.com. End users of your network can create their own sites on demand, or you can create a multisite network in which only you, the administrator, can add new sites. In this session, you'll learn about creating a multisite network, as well as walk through the steps to setting one up.
So far, we've built a WordPress block using plain JavaScript which supports custom styles via a stylesheet, which uses block attributes and the RichText component to allow the user to edit the block content, and uses a custom toolbar control to allow the user to align the RichText content.
Next, we will look at adding additional support for managing the block styles, via the Block Supports API.
WordPress 6.2 is scheduled to be released on March 28, 2023, with the first Release Candidate (RC) to be available to test on March 7, 2023. Testing an upcoming release is a great way to make sure your themes and plugins will work with the newest release, while also making sure you keep up to date with upcoming features. In this session, you'll learn how to use the WordPress Beta Tester plugin to test a new WordPress release, and where to find information to test the new features. We'll also cover how to log an issue in the WordPress release ticketing system, should you come across a bug.
WordPress contains an extensive list of APIs for performing common tasks across a WordPress site. From interacting with the database to creating responsive images, there's an API for practically everything. This session will focus on the Responsive Images API, including a brief history of responsive images in WordPress, how the API works, and how it's used for theme development.
The WordPress User Roles and Capabilities system provides a robust way to control user access to sensitive data on your WordPress site. It's not only possible to create custom roles and assign capabilities to those roles, but it's also possible to assign content type capabilities to your custom post types. This adds another layer of control over your site content, especially if you require different levels of access. In this session, we'll be taking a look at the specific functionality that exists in the register_post_type function that pertains to post type capabilities, learn how this works, and how to best make use of it.
When developing WordPress plugins or themes, it's a good idea to have tools in place to help improve your code quality and debug your code in the case of errors. Enabling error logs, inspecting the values of variables during code execution, and looking at the database queries being run are all tools that developers can use to find and fix problems. In this workshop, we'll dive into some of the options built into WordPress that you have at your disposal, learn about various debugging plugins and their uses, as well as look at one or two third-party tools to consider.
With all versions of PHP 7 now officially EOL (end of life) any plugins you develop, or have developed, must support PHP 8. While WordPress does run on PHP 8, many plugins still do not support it fully. In this workshop, we'll look at how to can test your plugins for PHP compatibility, in order to get them updated.
The first time you learn about a WordPress multisite network, you might find you have a bunch of questions. Things like, "Can I point top-level domains to subdomain sites?", "Can I convert a multisite back to a single site?", "Can I extract a subsite out of the network?", "If you have an existing site, can you create a multisite main site above it to keep the first site as a subsite?" and many more. In this session, we'll look at some of the things that are possible with a multisite network, and hopefully answer all these questions.
Global variables are a concept in PHP that allow you to access these variables from any scope during a page request. WordPress ships with a specific set of global variables, and it's useful to know what they are, and how to use them correctly. In this session you'll learn how global variables work, the list of global variables available in a typical WordPress request, and now to correctly use and interact with them.
Let's code: developing WordPress User Roles and CapabilitiesJonathan Bossenger
The WordPress User Roles and Capabilities system provides a robust way to control user access to sensitive data on your WordPress site.
While the predefined roles and capabilities should suffice for most requirements, it is also possible to add new user roles, and define capabilities for that role.
In this session, you'll learn about the default WordPress roles and capabilities, how they are set up and stored in the WordPress database, and how you can create custom roles and assign capabilities.
The HTML API is a new set of HTML Tag Processing functionality that was added in WordPress 6.2. The initial addition included a specific core set of functionality, with new functions and features being added in later WordPress releases. In this session, we will learn about this new API, what it does, and why it might be a useful addition to your WordPress toolbox.
The Options API is a simple and standardized way of storing general data about a WordPress site in the database. The API makes it easy to create, access, update, and delete options. In this session, we will look at what types of data you would store using this API, how and where the options are stored, and how to use to API to create, access, update and delete options.
Added to WordPress in version 2.7, The Settings API allows developers to develop admin pages containing settings forms to be managed semi-automatically. It lets you define settings pages, sections within those pages, and fields within the sections. In this session, you'll learn how to use the Settings API to create settings pages for your plugins or themes.
So far, we've built a WordPress block using plain JavaScript which supports custom styles via a stylesheet, and which uses block attributes and the RichText component to allow the user to edit the block content. Next, we will add a block control and an additional attribute to allow the user to edit the block alignment.
The main goal of the Interactivity API is to provide a standard and simple way to handle the frontend interactivity of Gutenberg blocks. This standard would make it easier for developers to create rich, interactive user experiences, from simple cases like counters or popups to more complex features like instant search, or carts and checkouts. In this session, you will learn more about this new developer API, through a live coding example.
The WordPress HTTP Request API allows you to make requests to external services to fetch and send data between a WordPress site and the external service. This is very useful if you need to interact with external APIs. In this session, we'll look at the helper functions that the HTTP Request API provides, and how to use them.
One of the things that makes WordPress so extendable is its support for metadata on its core data object types (posts, comments, users, terms). The Metadata API and associated functions create a standardized way for retrieving and manipulating metadata for these object types. In this session, we will look at how metadata is stored, and which functions can be used to store and retrieve metadata.
In this session, we'll be reviewing some of the features included WordPress for developers, with a specific focus on plugin and theme developer additions.
With all versions of PHP 7 now officially EOL (end of life) any plugins you develop, or have developed, must support PHP 8. While WordPress does run on PHP 8, many plugins still do not support it fully. In this workshop, we'll look at how to can test your plugins for PHP compatibility, in order to get them updated.
Internationalization is the process of developing your application in a way it can easily be translated into other languages. WordPress is used all over the world, by people who speak many different languages. If you're building a plugin or theme, you need add any text strings in your code in such a way that they can be easily translated into other languages. The process of translating those strings is known as localization. In this session, we will define what Internationalization and localization is, why it's important, and show you examples of how to implement this in your code.
WordPress contains an extensive list of APIs for performing common tasks across a WordPress site. From interacting with the database to creating responsive images, there's an API for practically everything. This session will be the first in a series of an introduction to the common WordPress APIs, starting with the Dashboard Widgets API.
Writing code, especially in a collaborative environment like open source, requires all participants to follow specific standards. Coding standards help avoid common coding errors, improve the readability of code, and simplify modification. In this workshop, you'll learn about the WordPress Coding Standards, where to find information about them, as well as how to automate the process of formatting your code to meet the coding standards.
In this tutorial, you'll be guided through managing a multisite network, including an overview of the Network Admin dashboard, the Network Settings page, and the process of creating and Managing Sub-sites.
With all versions of PHP 7 now officially EOL (end of life) any plugins you develop, or have developed, must support PHP 8. While WordPress does run on PHP 8, many plugins do still not support it fully. In this workshop, we'll look at how to can test your plugins for PHP compatibility, in order to get them updated.
A multisite network is a collection of sites that all run off the same WordPress installation. In this tutorial, you’ll learn what a multisite network is, why you might consider using a multisite network, and walk through the steps to set one up.
When developing plugins or themes there are certain considerations one needs to make if you want to make sure your plugin or theme supports multsite. In this session, we'll cover those considerations, look at some specific multisite APIs, and convert an existing plugin to support multsite.
In the Developing WordPress User Roles and Capabilities tutorial, you learned how to create and apply user roles, how to add/remove capabilities from a user role, and how to check user capabilities. In this tutorial, you will learn about the built-in support for capabilities when you register a custom post type, and how you can refine these capabilities to suit your specific requirements.
A primer on how to develop with the built-in WordPress Roles and Capabilities system to manage user access across a WordPress site. How to create and apply user roles, how to add/remove capabilities from a user role, and how to check user capabilities.
In the plugin security best practices tutorial we covered the 5 top ways you can ensure your plugin is developed securely. However, it's important to understand why you need to follow these principles.
In this tutorial, we will cover the top 3 Common Vulnerabilities that are found in plugins, and how to use the practices taught in the previous tutorial to combat them.
The WordPress REST API is more than just a set of default routes. It is also a tool for creating custom routes and endpoints. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create custom routes and endpoints, and test them using Postman.
The WordPress REST API provides an interface for applications to interact with your WordPress site by sending and receiving data as JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) objects. By default, it provides REST endpoints (URLs) representing the posts, pages, taxonomies, and other built-in WordPress data types. Your application can send and receive JSON data to these endpoints to query, modify and create content on your site. However, it is also possible to extend the WP REST API, in order to perform specific actions that are outside of the scope of the default routes and endpoints. In this session, you will learn about one of the ways you can extend the WP REST API, by modifying REST responses.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
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5. Learning Outcomes
○ A quick intro to block themes for beginners
• Install an existing block theme - Blockbase
○ Comparison of a block theme to a classic theme
○ Making changes to a block theme in the Site Editor
• Style changes
• Changing a template or template part
○ How to export the changes from the Site Editor
○ Installing the Create Block Theme plugin
○ Exporting the edited theme to a child theme or a new theme
○ Reviewing the exported child theme or new theme content