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Josepha 3:48 pm on October 24, 2018
Tags: 5.0 ( 36 ), agenda ( 1,128 ), core ( 727 ), dev chat ( 905 )

Dev Chat Agenda: October 24th (5.0 Week 4)

This is the agenda for the weekly devchat meeting on : 5.0 Planning and Updates Updates from focus leads and component maintainers General announcements If you have anything to propose to add to the agenda or specific items related to the items above, please leave a comment below. Either way, we look forward to seeing you at the […]

Josepha 2:18 pm on October 24, 2018

Dev Chat Summary: October 17 (5.0 Week 3)

This post summarizes the dev chat meeting from October 17th (agenda, Slack archive). 5.0 planning @chanthaboune shared a granular timeline for 5.0 noting blockers for each team, the Google Sheet in the post is updated regularly as additional information is identified. The GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves […]

Gary Pendergast 7:18 am on October 24, 2018

WordPress 5.0 Beta 1 Update

Some keen-eyed WordPress watchers have noticed that we’ve past the original BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design […]

Omar Reiss 1:39 pm on October 19, 2018
Tags: core-js ( 131 )

5.0: JS package inclusion update

News from the #core-js front! The 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 packages published on NPM have […]

Jeffrey Paul 1:50 pm on October 17, 2018
Tags: 5.0 ( 36 ), agenda ( 1,128 ), core ( 727 ), dev chat ( 905 )

Dev Chat Agenda: October 17th (5.0 Week 3)

This is the agenda for the weekly devchat meeting on : 5.0 planning 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/ and REST APIREST API […]

Jeffrey Paul 12:37 pm on October 10, 2018
Tags: 5.0 ( 36 ), accessibility ( 57 ), core ( 727 ), core-editor ( 749 ), core-js ( 131 ), core-media ( 116 ), core-php ( 68 ), core-restapi ( 34 ), dev chat ( 905 ), gutenberg ( 539 ), summary ( 969 ), team reps ( 21 )

Dev Chat Summary: October 10 (5.0 Week 2)

This post summarizes the dev chat meeting from October 10th (agenda, Slack archive). 5.0 planning See @pento’s WordPress 5.0 for Contributors and Committers post: “If you’re an experienced contributor or committercommitter A developer with commit access. WordPress has five lead developers and four permanent core developers with commit access. Additionally, the project usually has a […]

Jeffrey Paul 12:34 pm on October 10, 2018
Tags: 5.0 ( 36 ), agenda ( 1,128 ), core ( 727 ), dev chat ( 905 )

Dev Chat Agenda: October 10th (5.0 Week 2)

This is the agenda for the weekly devchat meeting on : 5.0 planning Updates from focus leads and component maintainers General announcements If you have anything to propose to add to the agenda or specific items related to the above, then please leave a comment below. Either way, we look forward to seeing you at the devchat this […]

Gary Pendergast 12:44 am on October 8, 2018
Tags: 5.0 ( 36 )

WordPress 5.0 for Contributors and Committers

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/ is a big project, and many WordPress contributors have limited hours in which they […]

Gary Pendergast 8:33 pm on October 5, 2018
Tags: 5.0 ( 36 )

WordPress 5.0 Commit Management

Keeping our focus tight is key to ensuring WordPress 5.0 is released on time, so commit approval will be managed a little differently than usual. During this time, the 5.0 branchbranch A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated […]

Jeffrey Paul 6:47 pm on October 4, 2018
Tags: 5.0 ( 36 ), core ( 727 ), dev chat ( 905 ), summary ( 969 )

Dev Chat Summary: October 3rd (5.0 Week 1)

This post summarizes the dev chat meeting from October 3rd (agenda, Slack archive). 5.0 planning See @matt‘s post on plan for 5.0 and leads across the critical focuses involved in the release See also @youknowriad‘s post on the technical overview of Gutenberg integration for specifics on how 5.0 could progress See also @pento‘s post on […]

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