1. Daniel Pataki – Prototyping with WordPress
I’ve used WordPress for prototyping for a while and it has been very useful. It solves the issue of having to choose between quick prototypes with low fidelity and high fidelity ones which take ages to make. I would walk people through creating a prototyping framework from an HTML template by creating a theme.
2. Eric Mann – Sandboxing your Development Environment with Vagrant
One of the newest tools on the market is an open source system called Vagrant. Thanks to this amazing application, you can quickly and easily create a new virtual development environment at a moments notice.
An environment that leaves your machine in pristine condition.
Attendees will witness how a few simple setup scripts – some in Bash, some in Ruby, some in Yaml – automate the creation of new PHP-based development environments, allowing all of us to move on from a managed *AMP installation (or installing each of these tools natively on our machines).
3. Jan Thiel – The missing Link – Empowering WordPress with HTTPS
Offering HTTPS is beneficial for site owners and visitors alike. Whether you need to protect your admin credentials, or just to raise the search engine ranking of your site. You can do both with HTTPS!
I will show the pitfals and how to make your site HTTPS compatible while giving developers some hints on the most common mistake when creating themes or plugins which can break HTTPS.