Title: Core Group Update for November 14th, 2013 Author: Kira Schroder Published: November 15, 2013 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kirasong/) [Kira Schroder](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kirasong/) 6:50 am _on_ November 15, 2013 Tags: [core ( 66 )](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/core/) # Core Group Update for November 14th, 2013 ## On the 3.8 Release: * The merge window closed with yesterday’s dev meeting. If you missed it, you can [catch the logs](https://irclogs.wordpress.org/chanlog.php?channel=wordpress-dev&day=2013-11-13&sort=asc#m728053). * All of the plugins mentioned in last week’s chat as candidates made it in: - MP6 - DASH - THX38 - Widgets Area Chooser * TwentyFourteen is still chugging along. * Work continues on other development, including enhancements that were not built into plugins, which you can [participate with on trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/report/6), until 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 changes often occur as part of the process. 1, scheduled for next Wednesday. * There’s a run to [fix JavaScript errors under jshint](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2013/11/13/finding-fixing-javascript-errors-with-jshint/) headed up by @kadamwhite, which is a great place to pitch in if you’re 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](https://www.javascript.com/) inclined. * We’re still deciding exactly [in which manner to include Open Sans in core](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2013/11/11/open-sans-bundling-vs-linking/), and how much to bundle. ## On Future Releases: * Chats continue for [The Search Initiative](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2013/11/11/the-search-initiative/)( Previously “Omnisearch”), which is growing in scope a bit, but in a good way. * There is still some interest in Featured Content, but it’s in [need of a lead](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2013/11/12/featured-content-epilogue/) to give it a chance to land in a future release. * Work continues on the [Front End Editor](https://make.wordpress.org/ui/2013/11/11/front-end-editor-meeting-recap-november-11/) project, with regular chats on Mondays at 16:00 UTC. ## On CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Standards: * Among CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. preprocessors, [SASS was chosen](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2013/11/05/22862-consider-a-css-preprocessor/) for use in core. * There is broad consensus that we should [begin requiring braces for if statements](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2013/11/13/proposed-coding-standards-change-always-require-braces/), even for single line blocks. This is for, at the very least, future code — although it may be applied to current code in an automated change sweep. * Work continues on a more complete style guide and [handbook for JavaScript in core](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/coding-standards/javascript/). Previous discussion [on make/core](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2013/11/05/javascript-coding-standards/) and in [this week’s script chat](https://irclogs.wordpress.org/chanlog.php?channel=wordpress-dev&day=2013-11-13&sort=asc#m727633). If you have anything to add, or there are questions on the above, please comment below! 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