Software Engineering in WordPress
That’s the homework assignment given to the WordPress community from Matt Mullenwegg’s State of the Word address. To repeat: ‘Learn Javascript, deeply’. A lot of sessions and conversations at WordCampUS 2015 backed up the notion of WordPress and the rest of the web moving towards JavaScript development. The examples were many: Adam Silverstein of 10up … Read more
The Setting Another day of great people and interesting conversations. Lunch was amazing today, for a conference. BBQ chicken, beef brisket, corn bread! Soda! Not just water, ha. The after-party at Lucky Strike bowling alley was perfect. Open bar, catered food, fun people, though I couldn’t find the ping pong tables. I wanted to challenge … Read more
The Setting From the beginning, this WordCamp US felt a little different than the WordCamps I’ve attended previously. Many people I’d seen as speakers previously were attendees. Many popular WordPress twitter folks and bloggers were there, just walking around. The topics of the talks seem higher level, more for developers and there was a lot … Read more
With the release of Calypso, Automattic has shown their view of the future of WordPress.com and how users will interact with sites. JavaScript driven applications offer a faster interaction for folks working on their sites. Time to jump in and learn how to use JavaScript to create interfaces and allow clients to interact with their … Read more
Hi, I'm Andy. Based in Portsmouth, NH, I'm a software engineer focused on building custom WordPress websites. My 30+ years of experience across diverse industries, including defense, semiconductor manufacturing, 3D game development, organic farming, and web development provide me with a wide set of problem-solving skills.
Have a question? Email me at contact@andregagnon.com
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