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WordPress is an Application Framework Monday, 24 September 12

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Tom Willmot humanmade • happytables • wpremote tomwillmot.com hmn.md wpremote.com happytables.com @tomwillmot @humanmadeltd @wpremote @happytables github.com/humanmade Monday, 24 September 12

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WordPress is not just for blogging. Monday, 24 September 12

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WordPress is a CMS. Monday, 24 September 12

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WordPress is not just a CMS. Monday, 24 September 12

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WordPress is an Application Framework. Monday, 24 September 12

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Monday, 24 September 12

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• What is an Application Framework • What makes WordPress an Application Framework • How we built the WP Remote web app on WordPress. What is an Application Framework Monday, 24 September 12

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What is an Application Framework Monday, 24 September 12

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A web application framework is a software framework that is designed to support the development of dynamic websites, Web applications and Web services. The framework aims to alleviate the overhead associated with common activities performed in Web development. For example, many frameworks provide libraries for database access, templating frameworks and session management, and often promote code reuse. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_application_framework Monday, 24 September 12

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That sounds a lot like WordPress! Monday, 24 September 12

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A web application framework is a software framework that is designed to support the development of dynamic websites, Web applications and Web services. The framework aims to alleviate the overhead associated with common activities performed in Web development. For example, many frameworks provide libraries for database access, templating frameworks and session management, and often promote code reuse. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_application_framework Monday, 24 September 12

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A web application framework is a software framework that is designed to support the development of dynamic websites, Web applications and Web services. The framework aims to alleviate the overhead associated with common activities performed in Web development. For example, many frameworks provide libraries for database access, templating frameworks and session management, and often promote code reuse. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_application_framework Monday, 24 September 12

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WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog. Monday, 24 September 12

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WordPress is an Application Framework that happens to come with a default app called “Blog”. Monday, 24 September 12

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WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful app, website or blog. Monday, 24 September 12

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Application Frameworks are libraries of useful API’s & Classes Monday, 24 September 12

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• HTTP • XMLRPC • WP_User • WP_Rewrite • WPDB • WP_Cache & Transients • WP_Scripts • WP_Filesystem • admin-ajax.php • I18N • WP_Query • Security • Templating system • An Administration interface Core API’s Monday, 24 September 12

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• HTTP • XMLRPC • WP_User • WP_Rewrite • WPDB • WP_Cache & Transients • WP_Scripts • WP_Filesystem • admin-ajax.php • I18N • WP_Query • Security • Templating system • An Administration interface Monday, 24 September 12

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• HTTP • XMLRPC • WP_User • WP_Rewrite • WPDB • WP_Cache & Transients • WP_Scripts • WP_Filesystem • admin-ajax.php • I18N • WP_Query • Security • Templating system • An Administration interface Monday, 24 September 12

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• HTTP • XMLRPC • WP_User • WP_Rewrite • WPDB • WP_Cache & Transients • WP_Scripts • WP_Filesystem • admin-ajax.php • I18N • WP_Query • Security • Templating system • An Administration interface Monday, 24 September 12

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• HTTP • XMLRPC • WP_User • WP_Rewrite • WPDB • WP_Cache & Transients • WP_Scripts • WP_Filesystem • admin-ajax.php • I18N • WP_Query • Security • Templating system • An Administration interface Monday, 24 September 12

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• HTTP • XMLRPC • WP_User • WP_Rewrite • WPDB • WP_Cache & Transients • WP_Scripts • WP_Filesystem • admin-ajax.php • I18N • WP_Query • Security • Templating system • An Administration interface Monday, 24 September 12

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• HTTP • XMLRPC • WP_User • WP_Rewrite • WPDB • WP_Cache & Transients • WP_Scripts • WP_Filesystem • admin-ajax.php • I18N • WP_Query • Security • Templating system • An Administration interface Monday, 24 September 12

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• HTTP • XMLRPC • WP_User • WP_Rewrite • WPDB • WP_Cache & Transients • WP_Scripts • WP_Filesystem • admin-ajax.php • I18N • WP_Query • Security • Templating system • An Administration interface Monday, 24 September 12

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• HTTP • XMLRPC • WP_User • WP_Rewrite • WPDB • WP_Cache & Transients • WP_Scripts • WP_Filesystem • admin-ajax.php • I18N • WP_Query • Security • Templating system • An Administration interface Monday, 24 September 12

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• HTTP • XMLRPC • WP_User • WP_Rewrite • WPDB • WP_Cache & Transients • WP_Scripts • WP_Filesystem • admin-ajax.php • I18N • WP_Query • Security • Templating system • An Administration interface Monday, 24 September 12

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• HTTP • XMLRPC • WP_User • WP_Rewrite • WPDB • WP_Cache & Transients • WP_Scripts • WP_Filesystem • admin-ajax.php • I18N • WP_Query • Security • Templating system • An Administration interface Monday, 24 September 12

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• HTTP • XMLRPC • WP_User • WP_Rewrite • WPDB • WP_Cache & Transients • WP_Scripts • WP_Filesystem • admin-ajax.php • I18N • WP_Query • Security • Templating system • An Administration interface Monday, 24 September 12

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• HTTP • XMLRPC • WP_User • WP_Rewrite • WPDB • WP_Cache & Transients • WP_Scripts • WP_Filesystem • admin-ajax.php • I18N • WP_Query • Security • Templating system • An Administration interface Monday, 24 September 12

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• HTTP • XMLRPC • WP_User • WP_Rewrite • WPDB • WP_Cache & Transients • WP_Scripts • WP_Filesystem • admin-ajax.php • I18N • WP_Query • Security • Templating system • An Administration interface Monday, 24 September 12

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• HTTP • XMLRPC • WP_User • WP_Rewrite • WPDB • WP_Cache & Transients • WP_Scripts • WP_Filesystem • admin-ajax.php • I18N • WP_Query • Security • Templating system • An Administration interface Monday, 24 September 12

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What did I miss? Monday, 24 September 12

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The thing that makes WordPress uniquely powerful? Monday, 24 September 12

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add_filter(); Monday, 24 September 12

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3rd Party API’s • TLC Transients • WP Thumb • Custom Meta Box API • WordPress Objects Monday, 24 September 12

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• TLC Transients https://github.com/markjaquith/WP-TLC- Transients • WP Thumb • Custom Meta Box API • WordPress Objects • Term Meta Monday, 24 September 12

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• TLC Transients • WP Thumb https://github.com/humanmade/WPThumb • Custom Meta Box API • WordPress Objects • Term Meta Monday, 24 September 12

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• TLC Transients • WP Thumb • Custom Meta Box API https://github.com/humanmade/Customs • WordPress Objects • Term Meta Monday, 24 September 12

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• TLC Transients • WP Thumb • Custom Meta Box API • WordPress Objects https://github.com/humanmade/WordPress- Objects • Term Meta Monday, 24 September 12

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• TLC Transients • WP Thumb • Custom Meta Box API • WordPress Objects • Term Meta https://gist.github.com/2953813 Monday, 24 September 12

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All these API’s can be used without the “Blog” part of WordPress Monday, 24 September 12

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Still need convincing? Monday, 24 September 12

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Still need convincing? • Continuously improved. Monday, 24 September 12

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Still need convincing? • Continuously improved. • Great backwards compatibility support. Monday, 24 September 12

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Still need convincing? • Continuously improved. • Great backwards compatibility support. • Super easy to jump in and get started. Monday, 24 September 12

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Still need convincing? • Continuously improved. • Great backwards compatibility support. • Super easy to jump in and get started. • Can run on literally any server. Monday, 24 September 12

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Still need convincing? • Continuously improved. • Great backwards compatibility support. • Super easy to jump in and get started. • Can run on literally any server. • Widely tested, runs 16.7% of the web, some of the largest sites in the world. Monday, 24 September 12

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Why Not • Some of the core API’s are old and nasty. • It doesn’t enforce a strict MVC structure. https://github.com/markjaquith/WordPress-Skeleton/ • People might think your not a real software engineer if your not using Ruby to build your web app. Monday, 24 September 12

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WordPress powered Apps! Monday, 24 September 12

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WP Remote Quick Demo Monday, 24 September 12

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WordPress Back-end WordPress Plugin Client Site Knockout.js Front-end JSON JSON Monday, 24 September 12

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• Users • Sites • Site Meta • Core, Plugin and Theme updates • Groups • History • Backups • Settings Monday, 24 September 12

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• Standard WordPress subscriber level users. • Custom Login, Registration and Lost Password pages and Change Password pages. Users Monday, 24 September 12

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• Sites are stored as a custom post_type. • Each site has the post_author set to the user that owns the site. • The site status is set to private to signify that users sites are private to them. • Meta information about the site like home_url, admin_url etc. are stored in post_meta. As are lists of backups, history items and plugins and themes that need updating. Sites Monday, 24 September 12

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• Site Group is a custom taxonomy • Each group is a new term in that taxonomy • Doesn’t matter if 2 users unknowingly use the same group as each user only sees sites that they own. • We use a custom term_meta table to store things like whether a group is collapsed or not. Site Groups Monday, 24 September 12

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• Installed on each of the users sites • We use the HTTP API to communicate between the back-end and Plugin. • The Plugin hooks into the Core, Plugin & Theme update API’s to do the actual updates. Plugin Monday, 24 September 12

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• AMC Story Sync http://www.amctv.com/shows/breaking-bad/ story-sync • Bendy Words http://bendywords.com/demo-board/ • StudioPress http://www.woothemes.com/2011/07/ supportpress/ Others Monday, 24 September 12

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Done! Monday, 24 September 12

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Thanks For Listening Monday, 24 September 12

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Ask Questions Now Or later on twitter @tomwillmot Monday, 24 September 12