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This post summarizes for the weekly editor chat meeting on Wednesday, 6th March 2019, 14:00 GMT. GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML…

Below is a summary of this week’s JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com chat (agenda, Slack Transcript).…

As we dive into the blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent…

Below is the agenda for the weekly devchat meeting on : 5.1.1 updates 5.2 updates Updates from focus leads and component maintainers Open Floor If you have anything to propose for the agenda or specific items related to those listed above, please leave a comment below. This meeting is held in the #core channel in the Making WordPress Slack. #5-1-1, #5-2,…

This is the agenda for the weekly editor chat meeting on Wednesday, 27th February 2019, 14:00 GMT. GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ 5.2…

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This post summarises the weekly dev chat meeting from February 27th (agenda, Slack archive). WordPress 5.1.1 Updates To allow a little extra time, WordPress 5.1.1 will now be released on March 12. To make the most of the available time, two bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are…

During this week’s devchat, we discussed delaying the 5.1.1 release by a few days, to better accommodate additional bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the…

A recent devchat discussion questioned what the release cadence for major and minor releases should be moving forward. A handful of positive and negative factors for different release timelines were discussed that should be considered while determining targets and goals for the release cadence of the project long-term. This post will be a bit retrospective,…

The following is the agenda for the coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.-privacy weekly office hours meeting. The meeting is held every Wednesday at 19:00 UTC in the #core-privacy channel on Making WordPress SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress…