The document summarizes options for turning WordPress sites into mobile apps, including using the official WordPress mobile apps for content editing, automated app builders that generate apps from WordPress sites, and building custom apps using WordPress' REST API. It then discusses specific frameworks and starter themes for building REST API-powered single page apps and non-WordPress frontends, and concludes by taking questions from the audience.

1. http://jpwp.me/2-
Tallahassee WordPress Meetup:
Turning WordPress Sites Into Web & Mobile Apps
Mobile WordPress
Josh Pollock -- JoshPress.net -- @Josh412

2. But First:
Thanks to Domi
Ventures For Hosting
Tonight's Event!

3. Me!
● WordPress Developer, Blogger and Core
Contributor
● Community manager & contributing
developer for the Pods Framework
○ A free WordPress development framework
● Founder & Lead Developer HoloTree
○ A team decision making system

4. Do You Even Need A
Mobile App?
Is Mobile-Friendly Enough?

5. What about the
official WordPress
mobile apps?
Official WordPress Mobile
Apps
https://wordpress.org/mobile/

6. WordPress Mobile Apps
● For editing content
● But could be used as the starter for a front-end
app
● They are open-source of course:
○ https://github.com/wordpress-mobile

7. WordPress RESTful APIs
● Core WordPress REST API
○ Under development as a plugin
○ Totally functional, and in use
○ Will be merged into WordPress core in 2015
○ Highly extensible.
● WordPress.com/ JetPack REST API
○ Requires JetPack on a self-hosted site
○ Data passes through WordPress.com servers
○ Less flexible/ extensible

8. Automated App Builders
There are a lot of them. Most impressive so far:
AppPresser
Even more exciting:
● Reactor by AppPresser:
● In beta, which I can show you if you want
● Uses the WordPress REST API

9. Automated App Builders
Pros:
● Easy and Fast
● Social networking and eCommerce
Functionality built-in.
Great for turning a news site, or eCommerce
site into an app.

10. Automated App Builders
Cons:
● Limited customization
● Limited user integration
Not a great option for non-news sites

11. Build Your Own: Why?
● Don't worry about content management
● Don't worry about database interaction
● Flexible
● Tight integration with your website
● Could be your website

12. WordPress as your
Front-end?
It's easier...

13. Separate
Front-end?
More power, more options, a little trickier.

14. REST API-Powered Themes
● WordPress AngularJS - Full plugin and theme for AngularJS powered
web apps using WordPress
● _s_backbone - Starter theme. Hybrid of a normal theme and using the
REST API via wp-api clientjs
● AngularJS Demo Theme - Starter theme for AngularJS/ REST API.
Demo for an excellent tutorial.

15. Non-WordPress Front-ends
● Josie - Simple Node/ Express powered starter SPA, using mainly jQuery.
● ExpressPress - Full implementation of a Node + Express app using WP-API
client JS.
● Angular WordPress Pods - AngularJS front-end for Pods-powered sites.

16. REST API JavaScript Clients
Core REST API Client
https://github.com/WP-API/client-js
WordPress.com/ JetPack API Client:
https://github.com/Automattic/wpcom.js/

17. Demo Time
What Do you want to see?

18. Questions?
Ask me now or anytime:
● JoshPress.net
● Josh@JoshPress.net
● @josh412
Seriously email me, I love helping people with
WordPress :)
Slides: http://jpwp.me/2-