Dev Chat Agenda for June 7th (4.8 week 6)

This is the agenda for the weekly dev meeting on June 7, 2017 at 20:00 UTC:

  • 4.8 timing
  • 4.8 bug scrub
  • Customize: looking for new contributor to mentor
  • Editor: 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/ timing
  • Dev chat coordination
  • General announcements

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Dev Chat Agenda for May 31st (4.8 week 5)

This is the agenda for the weekly dev meeting on May 31, 2017 at 20:00 UTC:

  • 4.8 timing
  • 4.8 bug scrubs
  • 4.8 dev notes / field guide
  • Updates: Editor, JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors.
  • General announcements

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Dev Chat Agenda for May 24th (4.8 week 4)

This is the agenda for the weekly dev meeting on May 24, 2017 at 20:00 UTC:

  • 4.8 timing
  • 4.8 bug scrubs
  • 4.8 dev notes / field guideField guide The field guide is a type of blogpost published on Make/Core during the release candidate phase of the WordPress release cycle. The field guide generally lists all the dev notes published during the beta cycle. This guide is linked in the about page of the corresponding version of WordPress, in the release post and in the HelpHub version page.
  • Dev needed to help draft About page: Under the Hood section
  • General announcements

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Dev Chat Agenda for May 17th (4.8 week 3)

This is the agenda for the weekly dev meeting on May 17, 2017 at 20:00 UTC:

  • 4.7.5 security and maintenance release
  • 4.8 timing
  • 4.8 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 highest priority. scrubs
  • 4.8 dev notesdev note Each important change in WordPress Core is documented in a developers note, (usually called dev note). Good dev notes generally include a description of the change, the decision that led to this change, and a description of how developers are supposed to work with that change. Dev notes are published on Make/Core blog during the beta phase of WordPress release cycle. Publishing dev notes is particularly important when plugin/theme authors and WordPress developers need to be aware of those changes.In general, all dev notes are compiled into a Field Guide at the beginning of the release candidate phase. / field guideField guide The field guide is a type of blogpost published on Make/Core during the release candidate phase of the WordPress release cycle. The field guide generally lists all the dev notes published during the beta cycle. This guide is linked in the about page of the corresponding version of WordPress, in the release post and in the HelpHub version page.
  • Review: location identification in events widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user.
  • General announcements

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Dev Chat Agenda for May 10th (4.8 week 2)

This is the agenda for the weekly dev meeting on May 10, 2017 at 20:00 UTC:

  • 4.8 timing
  • 4.8 bug scrubs
  • 4.8 dev notesdev note Each important change in WordPress Core is documented in a developers note, (usually called dev note). Good dev notes generally include a description of the change, the decision that led to this change, and a description of how developers are supposed to work with that change. Dev notes are published on Make/Core blog during the beta phase of WordPress release cycle. Publishing dev notes is particularly important when plugin/theme authors and WordPress developers need to be aware of those changes.In general, all dev notes are compiled into a Field Guide at the beginning of the release candidate phase. / field guideField guide The field guide is a type of blogpost published on Make/Core during the release candidate phase of the WordPress release cycle. The field guide generally lists all the dev notes published during the beta cycle. This guide is linked in the about page of the corresponding version of WordPress, in the release post and in the HelpHub version page.
  • Updates: Customize, Editor, & REST APIREST API The REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think “phone app” or “website”) can communicate with the data store (think “database” or “file system”) https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/.
  • News: Editor: How Little Blocks Work
  • General announcements

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Dev Chat Agenda for May 3rd (4.8 week 1)

This is the agenda for the weekly dev meeting on May 3, 2017 at 20:00 UTC:

  • 4.8 timing
  • 4.8 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 highest priority. scrubs
  • 4.8 dev notesdev note Each important change in WordPress Core is documented in a developers note, (usually called dev note). Good dev notes generally include a description of the change, the decision that led to this change, and a description of how developers are supposed to work with that change. Dev notes are published on Make/Core blog during the beta phase of WordPress release cycle. Publishing dev notes is particularly important when plugin/theme authors and WordPress developers need to be aware of those changes.In general, all dev notes are compiled into a Field Guide at the beginning of the release candidate phase. / field guideField guide The field guide is a type of blogpost published on Make/Core during the release candidate phase of the WordPress release cycle. The field guide generally lists all the dev notes published during the beta cycle. This guide is linked in the about page of the corresponding version of WordPress, in the release post and in the HelpHub version page.
  • @flixos90: multisitemultisite Used to describe a WordPress installation with a network of multiple blogs, grouped by sites. This installation type has shared users tables, and creates separate database tables for each blog (wp_posts becomes wp_0_posts). See also network, blog, site update
  • General announcements

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