Session description
Gutenberg, the new WordPress editor released with version 5.0, represents a substantial departure from the status quo in WordPress development. Heavy on JavaScript and based around reusable “blocks” of content, developing with Gutenberg involves technologies not typically associated with WordPress like React, Node, and JSX.
In this talk, we will cover how the central IT web team at NC State reworked development processes and tools to fit within a GutenWorld. We will discuss changing coding/development practices, new vocabulary, and cross-departmental collaboration all coming together in a campus-wide Blocks plugin.
Attendees of this talk will come away with strategies for adapting to change and working collaboratively, as well as a framework for developing a set of blocks for your campus.
Presenters
Lauren Etheridge
Lauren Etheridge is a Web Developer with OIT Design and Web Services at NC State University in Raleigh, NC. Lauren has a globe trotting background in social work and web development. Ask her about diversity & inclusion, organizational behavior/positive work culture, independent film, David Lynch, comedy shows, music & the Fibonacci Sequence in nature. If you’re lucky you might hear her play the theremin.
Sessions
- Workshop: The Blockenspiel: Tackling Gutenberg Development
Miles Elliott
Miles Elliott is a Web Developer and Designer with OIT Design and Web Services at NC State. He has a background in graphic design and web development. He enjoys woodworking, electronics, and long walks by western avenue. If you’re lucky you might hear him struggle to play “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” on the Laser Harp.
Sessions
- Workshop: The Blockenspiel: Tackling Gutenberg Development