Building Web Apps with WordPress 2e: WordPress as an Application Framework
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Building Web Apps with WordPress 2e: WordPress as an Application Framework
Building Web Apps with WordPress 2e: WordPress as an Application Framework

Building Web Apps with WordPress 2e: WordPress as an Application Framework

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Brian Messenlehner (Author) Jason Coleman (Author)  

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WordPress is much more than a blogging platform. If you have basic PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript experience you can use WordPress to develop fast, scalable, secure, and highly customized web apps, mobile apps, web services, and multisite networks of websites. Along with core WordPress functions and database schema, you'll learn how to build custom plugins, themes, and services for just about any kind of web or mobile application. In this updated second edition, Brian Messenlehner and Jason Coleman cover new features and functionality added to WordPress up to version 5.4. All code examples in the book are available on GitHub. Compare WordPress with traditional app development frameworks Use themes for views and plugins for backend functionality Get suggestions for choosing or building WordPress plugins Register custom post types (CPTs) and taxonomies Manage user accounts and roles, and access user data Build asynchronous behaviors with jQuery Use WordPress to develop mobile apps for iOS and Android Integrate PHP libraries, external APIs, and web service plugins Collect payments through ecommerce and membership plugins Learn how to speed up and scale your WordPress app Extend the WordPress REST API and create custom endpoints Learn about WordPress Gutenberg blocks development
Brian Messenlehner comes from a background of building custom web applications for the US Marine Corps, and he is the co-founder of WebDevStudios.com, a WordPress-only development shop. Brian and the team at WDS have built several non-traditional websites and mobile applications using WordPress as a framework. Find him on Twitter: @bmessJason Coleman has been pushing WordPress to its limits for years and has helped launch several startups using WordPress as an application framework. Jason now leads development for Paid Memberships Pro, a membership-focused ecommerce plugin that powers many software as a service companies. Find Jason on Twitter: @jason_colemanScott Bolinger is the co-founder of AppPresser which allows you to build iOS and Android apps with WordPress. He loves developing with WordPress and JavaScript and learning how to grow his product businesses. Scott has presented at Macworld, New Media Expo, Loopconf, and several WordCamps. Find him on Twitter: @scottbolinger
  • Contributor: Brian Messenlehner
  • Imprint: O'Reilly Media
  • ISBN13: 9781491990087
  • Number of Pages: 400
  • Packaged Dimensions: 181x232x24mm
  • Packaged Weight: 792
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: O'Reilly Media
  • Release Date: 2019-11-30
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Brian Messenlehner comes from a background of building custom web applications for the US Marine Corps, and he is the co-founder of WebDevStudios.com, a WordPress-only development shop. Brian and the team at WDS have built several non-traditional websites and mobile applications using WordPress as a framework. Find him on Twitter: @bmessJason Coleman has been pushing WordPress to its limits for years and has helped launch several startups using WordPress as an application framework. Jason now leads development for Paid Memberships Pro, a membership-focused ecommerce plugin that powers many software as a service companies. Find Jason on Twitter: @jason_colemanScott Bolinger is the co-founder of AppPresser which allows you to build iOS and Android apps with WordPress. He loves developing with WordPress and JavaScript and learning how to grow his product businesses. Scott has presented at Macworld, New Media Expo, Loopconf, and several WordCamps. Find him on Twitter: @scottbolinger

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