Using WordPress as a development framework aims to alleviate the overhead associated with common activities performed in Web development. WordPress gives you a base set of application functionality such as user management, routing, caching, that you don’t need to build from scratch. This session will show you how easy it is to implement a public frontend, backend, and admin area for users, as well as a basic API and other advanced functions.

1. WORDPRESS AS A
DEVELOPMENT
FRAMEWORK

2. JEFFIKUS

3. JEFFIKUS
WORDPRESS DEVELOPER SINCE JANUARY 2007
LEAD DEVELOPER AT WOOTHEMES.COM
PREMIUM THEMES
THE OCCASIONAL PLUGIN
WOONAV --> WORDPRESS MENUS
BACKGROUND IN BUSINESS ANALYSIS, WEB APPLICATION
DEVELOPMENT, AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND
FRAMEWORKS

4. LETS TALK....

5. LETS TALK....
DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS
WORDPRESS
PLUGINS AND THEMES
WHATS IN THE BOX
DIRTY......CODE EXAMPLES

6. WHY?

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

8. DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS

9. DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS
MVC
PHP
CODEIGNITER, CAKEPHP, SYMPHONY, KOHANA
RUBY 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

10. DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS

11. DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS
WHAT DO THEY OFFER?
CONVENTIONS
RAPID DEVELOPMENT....OR IS IT?
FEATURE SET

12. WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION

13. WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION
ISN'T THAT WHAT WORDPRESS OFFERS?

14. WORDPRESS

15. WORDPRESS
USER MANAGEMENT - LOGIN, REGISTRATION
ADMIN DASHBOARD
TEMPLATING SYSTEM
PLUGINS
LOADS OF OTHER GOODNESS
HOOKS, FILTERS, CACHING, XML-RPC, MULTISITE (INSTANCES)
CUSTOM POST TYPES....FULLY EXTENDABLE AND OVERRIDABLE

16. MARK & MATT

17. GIVE ME A REASON!!

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

19. PLUGINS AND THEMES
PLENTY OF REAL WORLD EXAMPLES

20. PLUGINS AND THEMES
PLENTY OF REAL WORLD EXAMPLES

21. PLUGINS AND THEMES

22. PLUGINS AND THEMES

23. LETS GET DOWN AND DIRTY

24. LETS GET DOWN AND DIRTY
MULTISITE
CACHING
ERROR LOGS
XML-RPC AND API’S
MODIFYING THE BACKEND

25. MULTISITE

26. MULTISITE
CAN 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

27. CACHING

28. CACHING
CACHING IS ACTUALLY QUITE EASY TO IMPLEMENT
OBSERVE....

29. CACHING

30. CACHING

31. CACHING

32. CACHING

33. ERROR LOGGING
WORDPRESS HAS A STANDARD ERROR LOG THAT CAN BE ACCESSED

34. ERROR LOGGING
WORDPRESS HAS A STANDARD ERROR LOG THAT CAN BE ACCESSED

35. XML-RPC AND API’S

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

37. XML-RPC - ADD FILTER

38. XML-RPC - ADD FILTER

39. XML-RPC - ADD METHODS

40. XML-RPC - ADD METHODS

41. XML-RPC RETURN FUNCTION

42. XML-RPC RETURN FUNCTION

43. XML-RPC - CLIENT INTEGRATION

44. XML-RPC - CLIENT INTEGRATION

45. MODIFYING THE BACKEND

46. MODIFYING THE BACKEND
CSS IS THE MOST OBVIOUS ONE
ADDING/REMOVING MENU ITEMS
CUSTOM POST TYPES AND WRITE PANELS

47. MENUS

48. MENUS

49. THE TRADEOFF

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

51. A REAL EXAMPLE

52. A REAL EXAMPLE
+ +

53. A REAL EXAMPLE

54. A REAL EXAMPLE
A SIMPLE TODO APPLICATION
REGISTER
LOGIN
DASHBOARD
PROFILE
TASKS

55. THE APP

56. THE APP

57. TRANSFORMATION

58. TRANSFORMATION

59. ACTIONS AND FILTERS

60. ACTIONS AND FILTERS

61. TEMPLATE_INCLUDE

62. TEMPLATE_INCLUDE

63. MORE FILTERS

64. MORE FILTERS

65. GLOBALS

66. GLOBALS

67. NEW TASK

68. NEW TASK

69. CUSTOM TAXONOMIES

70. CUSTOM TAXONOMIES

71. THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG

72. THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG
CUSTOM POST TYPES AND TAXONOMIES
CUSTOM USER ROLES AND CAPABILITIES / MEMBERSHIP
$WPDB CLASS
API’S - TRANSIENTS, WIDGETS, SETTINGS, META, OPTIONS, UPGRADE
WHITEBRANDING THE ADMIN
UPGRADES, CUSTOM RSS FEEDS
THE VARIOUS WP CLASSES THAT ARE CRAZY USEFUL

73. CONVINCED YET?

74. CONVINCED YET?
I THOUGHT SO :-)

75. CONTACT ME
TWITTER: @JEFFIKUS
WEB: HTTP://WWW.JEFFIKUS.COM
EMAIL: JEFFIKUS@GMAIL.COM

76. QUESTIONS?
TWITTER: @JEFFIKUS
WEB: HTTP://WWW.JEFFIKUS.COM
EMAIL: JEFFIKUS@GMAIL.COM