The recent shift in the WordPress editor serves as a harbinger of the exciting changes in store for the rest of WordPress. These changes, however, also carry with them some fear and concern for developers about how to adapt their code properly. In this talk, we’ll discuss the conceptual framework surrounding the need for JavaScript blocks and the role that PHP continues to play for the new editor. We will also produce a plugin that can serve as a basis for incorporating the many snippets found in the Gutenberg Handbook documentation.
October 5-6, 2019