WordPress: the Next Generation

This presentation includes slides, not including videos or animations, from the talk "WordPress: the Next Generation".

The recorded talk from WordCamp US 2015 can be viewed on WordPress.tv: https://wordpress.tv/2015/12/12/rami-abraham-wordpress-the-next-generation-a-look-into-wordpress-sites-5-20-and-50-years-into-the-future/

Source videos at 1080p can be found at the following locations:

2065, Gardening WordPress core: https://youtu.be/gktIqZPlYVM

2035, Designing WordPress core: https://youtu.be/4bW3_0_m77o

2035, General WordPress usage: https://youtu.be/IH6rNAp1XDM

2035, WordPress in embedded systems: https://youtu.be/0MiTMXVkOFM

Antiquated technology, modern tasks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-74VRcheAU

Transcript

1. The Next Generation WORDPRESS:
4. What is this?
5. A computer?
6. Duh.
7. What is the speed? Who made it? When was it made?
8. UNIVAC 1108
9. Speed:
11. Manufacturer:
12. Sperry Rand
13. Manufacture year:
14. 50 years ago.
15. Does it have Photoshop?
16. No.
17. You’d worry friends if you tried to get Photoshop working on a UNIVAC 1108.
18. Technology moves fast.
19. SCENE: A person working on a PHP project, using old technology.
21. LET’S GO BACK
22. To an ancient time LET’S GO BACK
24. Gopher
25. Gopher
26. Gopher: noun
27. A burrowing rodent with fur- lined pouches on the outside of the cheeks, found in North and Central America. Gopher: noun
28. Gopherspace: noun
32. The space occupied by a gopher. Gopherspace: noun
35. MN
37. by U of MN. GOPHERSPACE CREATED.
38. AROUND THE WORLD. A WAY TO SHARE ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS…
40. HEY, WE MIGHT CHARGE LICENSING FEES FOR GOPHERSPACE… University of Minnesota, 1993
41. K, WE’LL GO USE SOMETHING ELSE THEN. Earth
42. WWW
43. APRIL 30, 1993
44. “A declaration that the basic World-Wide Web software from CERN is in the public domain has been signed…” -Tim Berners-Lee, May 7 1993
46. powers everything. OPEN-SOURCE
51. 25%
52. WHERE ARE WE TODAY?
53. Everywhere.
54. 2015 COMMON APPLICATIONS FOR WORDPRESS ▸ Database schema powering an external web or native app ▸ Embedded systems (home automation front-end, modem UI, etc) ▸ Operating system abstractions ▸ Intranets ▸ Nearly every manner of website application; social networks, commerce, gov, etc.
55. I think it can do blogs, too.
56. In five years…
58. Everything will be…
59. Everything will be… the same. But different.
61. 2020 EMERGING TRENDS ▸Native applications more common.
62. 2020 EMERGING TRENDS ▸REST API-dependent theme development more common than traditional theme development.
63. 2020 EMERGING TRENDS ▸Veteran WP developers will be annoyed by REST API-dependent developers unfamiliar with traditional WP development.
64. 2020 EMERGING TRENDS ▸At least one influential developer will publish an article along the lines of…
65. Does the plugin API even matter anymore?
66. Does the template hierarchy even matter anymore?
67. Does the [thing that’s not js] even matter anymore?
68. 2020 EMERGING TRENDS ▸REST API has long since added support for all core APIs, including plugins.
69. At first,
70. JavaScript. EVERYTHING IS
71. JavaScript. THEMES?
72. JavaScript. PLUGINS?
74. PHP-strength manipulation of the WordPress database?
75. JAVASCRIPT
76. JavaScript in more domestic devices
77. WordPress as theOS
78. WordPress as theUI
79. WordPress as theDB
81. JAVASCRIPT
83. JAVASCRIPT
85. DEFINITELY JAVASCRIPT
86. JavaScript. EVERYTHING IS NOT
87. becomes
88. becomes
89. (invisible)
91. Things get interesting.
92. We finally get our toys.
93. 2035 WE FINALLY GET TO LIVE IN A 90S SCI-FI MOVIE. ▸Using now-mature Web APIs like getUserMedia, WordPress is abstracted to a variety of different interfaces and mediums
94. 2035 WE FINALLY GET TO LIVE IN A 90S SCI-FI MOVIE. ▸It’s not a big deal; the core ticket (#722318942) gets little notice.
95. 2035 WE FINALLY GET TO LIVE IN A 90S SCI-FI MOVIE. ▸Only a few use what is now called wp-admin.
96. 2035 WE FINALLY GET TO LIVE IN A 90S SCI-FI MOVIE. ▸It’s common for a person to have one central WordPress installation.
97. 2035 WE FINALLY GET TO LIVE IN A 90S SCI-FI MOVIE. ▸This installation powers your home, calendar, telecom, browser, remote sites, and connects with others.
98. SCENE A person checks their recent designs, listens to music, works on a post, switches site contexts…
100. SCENE “The next 75%” means nothing. WordPress is smaller, embedded, and everywhere.
102. SCENE No interface. Only gestures.
106. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. -Arthur C. Clarke
109. How different could things be?
110. 2065 GLOBAL INTERNET ACCESS. WP INSTALLED BY DEFAULT ON DEVICES. ▸ Following what will be called “The Invisible War” in the 2040’s, Global Internet Access is passed as a humanitarian law by the U.N. in 2053. A modem-like device is installed in the body in adolescence, via minor injection.
111. 2065 H.I.D., AS WE KNOW THEM, ARE GONE. ▸ Following what will be called “The Invisible War” in the 2040’s, Global Internet Access is passed as a humanitarian law by the U.N. in 2058. A modem-like device is installed in the body in adolescence, via minor injection. ▸ No monitor, no physical keyboard, no mouse.
112. 2065 UH, WHY IS YOUR COMPUTER ON YOUR DESK? IS IT BROKEN? ▸ Following what will be called “The Invisible War” in the 2040’s, Global Internet Access is passed as a humanitarian law by the U.N. in 2058. A modem-like device is installed in the body in adolescence, via minor injection. ▸ No monitor, no physical keyboard, no mouse. ▸ It’s uncommon to actually see a computer in a typical business or household. ▸ Synaptic and neuronal mapping, eye-tracking, and gesture tracking is good enough to use for most primary tasks, but not for highly-detailed tasks, like writing code.
113. 2065 MAGIC. ▸ Following what will be called “The Invisible War” in the 2040’s, Global Internet Access is passed as a humanitarian law by the U.N. in 2058. A modem-like device is installed in the body in adolescence, via minor injection. ▸ No monitor, no physical keyboard, no mouse. ▸ It’s uncommon to actually see a computer in a typical business or household. ▸ Synaptic and neuronal mapping, eye-tracking, and gesture tracking is good enough to use for most primary tasks, but not for highly-detailed tasks, like writing code.
114. 2065 A GLOBAL COMMUNITY. ▸ WordCamp Earth is a large annual event. The President of the United States and several countries’ Prime Ministers attend (in 2065 it’s held in Kuala Lumpur).
115. 2065 THE PHILOSOPHY REMAINS. ▸ WordCamp Earth is in its’ 11th year. The President of the United States and several countries’ Prime Ministers attend (in 2065 it’s held in Kuala Lumpur). ▸ WordPress accounts for 96% of all PHP usage on Earth, even though WP core itself does not directly use php (it switched to C3 (“Cube”) in 2039). Why? Third-world countries.
116. SCENE The upkeep of an open- source project. Gardening.
119. When?
120. Now.
121. (Rami Abraham; Developer Lead, WebDevStudios; Support, AffiliateWP; @ramiabraham)