Decoupled Days - JAMstack and WordPress for 2020

JAMstack, Headless and Static WordPress sites and applications are not new. However, they have been evolving rapidly over the last few years. In this talk, JavaScript for WordPress educator, Zac Gordon, dives into the latest innovations and best practices around the JAMstack and WordPress. This includes a look at the the latest implementations, tools and resources. However, the JAMstack and WordPress still has it’s drawbacks and Zac will clearly lay out what you may lose out on when you venture down this path and suggestions of where the community can improve around the JAMstack and WordPress. This talk is meant for developers and site owners alike.

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1. JAMstack &
   WordPress
   WHAT'S NEW, GOOD (AND BAD) IN 2020
   

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2. ZAC GORDON
   Educator at
   JavaScript for WordPress
   Community Builder for
   Headless WordPress at
   Strattic
   Co-Founder
   Gatsby WP Themes
   @zgordon
   

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3. What's New
   in 2020?
   

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4. WPGRAPHQL
   Gatsby Support
   Version 0.10.0
   #1 What's New?
   

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5. CMS agnostic
   GraphQL is way to go
   GRAPHQL BY POP
   #2 What's New?
   

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6. WordPress Cloud Integration
   Gatsby Themes
   GATSBY JS
   #3 What's New?
   

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7. €1M Funding w Automatic
   Theme Releases
   FRONTITY
   #4 What's New?
   

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8. $6.5M Funding w Automatic
   Opens to the public
   STRATTIC
   #5 What's New?
   

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9. What's Good
   in 2020?
   

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10. WordPress powers 30% of the web.
    JAMstack could power 30%
    of all WordPress sites.
    #1 What's Good?
    

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11. We have solid frameworks.
    #2 What's Good?
    

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12. We have non-developer options.
    #3 What's Good?
    

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13. 3rd party integrations
    keep coming.
    #4 What's Good?
    

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14. JAMstack & WordPress
    is no longer fringe.
    #5 What's Good?
    

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15. What's Bad
    in 2020?
    

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16. The "Content Mesh" doesn't mesh
    with most WordPress site owners.
    #1 What's Bad?
    

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17. Many WordPress devs still don't have the
    JavaScript skills they need.
    #2 What's Bad?
    

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18. WordPress plugin integrations
    are still lacking.
    #3 What's Bad?
    

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19. We need more free
    static-friendly solutions.
    #4 What's Bad?
    

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20. We need more focus on
    JAMstack for non-developers.
    #5 What's Bad?
    

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21. Static-First
    WordPress
    @ZGORDON
    @JSFORWP
    @STRATTICWEB
    

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