WordPress + RESTAre API-Driven Applications

the Future of WordPress?( Hint: Yes, they are. )

Calgary WordPress MeetupJanuary 12, 2016

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WHAT IS REST?• Stands for:

Re presentational S tate T ransfer• Protocol for retrieving information

from a database using JSON and Authentication tokens.• A reliable way to separate database

and PHP functions from the frontend interface using JSON and JavaScript.

REST API concepts and examplesvia WebConcepts on YouTube

Examples of WordPress data you can use in

JavaScript apps.via https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/

via blog.jhades.org

VIA WPTAVERN

“So, they say that the best way to predict the future, is to create it…”

- Matt Mullenweghttps://videopress.com/v/cmA03MuQ?at=1680https://videopress.com/v/cmA03MuQ?at=2360

THE WP-API PROJECTOfficial URL: wp-api.orgGithub: github.com/WP-API

Heard of AppPresser?

http://scottbolinger.com/future-of-wordpress/http://wordpress.tv/2016/01/07/scott-bolinger-selling-wp-products

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How About Rainmaker?

http://www.copyblogger.com/introducing-rainmaker/ http://chrislema.com/should-i-use-rainmaker/

LEARN JAVASCRIPT… DEEPLY.• Matt Mullenweg, founder of Automattic, said during the 2015

State of the Word that we should all learn JavaScript because API-driven JS apps will be the future of WordPress.

Link: http://wordpress.tv/2015/12/07/matt-mullenweg-state-of-the-word-2015/• WordPress is a great choice for an app framework because of it’s powerful CMS

abilities, hooks and filters.• The web is moving toward encryption. Free SSL certificates are on the way, and

even big players like Facebook say, Let’s Encrypt.• Hardening connections with SSL increases resource usage on the server, so

leveraging the power of the browser (using JavaScript in front-end design) helps reduce the load and handle traffic spikes.

RESOURCES & LINKS• WordPress REST API Resources

https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/ • WP REST API Documentation

http://wp-api.org/ (version 1) + Pluginhttp://v2.wp-api.org/ (version 2) + Plugin• Introduction to the WP REST API

http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/introducing-the-wp-rest-api--cms-24533http://torquemag.io/introduction-wordpress-new-universal-connector-json-rest-api/

• Use Case Examples of the WP REST API in actionhttp://torquemag.io/use-cases-wp-rest-api-wordcamp-us-edition/

• A Day of REST – 1st WordPress REST API Conference – January 28th https://feelingrestful.com/

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