{"id":4862,"date":"2015-11-02T22:01:47","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T03:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.us.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=4862"},"modified":"2015-11-04T16:30:55","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T21:30:55","slug":"decoupled-development-with-wordpress-json-apis","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2015\/session\/decoupled-development-with-wordpress-json-apis\/","title":{"rendered":"Decoupled Development with WordPress JSON APIs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress is coming of age as an application platform. Plugins like WP-API 2.0 and the JSON REST API have arrived, opening up new opportunities for how websites and applications are constructed with WordPress as a CMS. More and more developers are discovering the benefits of \u201cdecoupled\u201d development for websites and applications, where the front-end client (website, native mobile, desktop) is built as a separate system from the CMS itself.<\/p>\n<p>This method of development has many applications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinate front and back-end development in parallel via \u201cthe API Contract\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Use lean\/elegant markup and best-of-breed front end development tools.<\/li>\n<li>Build rich interactive experiences leveraging modern JS frameworks like AngularJS or React.<\/li>\n<li>Support native mobile applications, the \u201cinternet of things\u201d, and other web services.<\/li>\n<li>Provide content for applications in museum\/gallery installations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you\u2019re a developer who has been looking to try out some of these use-cases, or follow some of these new practices, there\u2019s no better time than now to get started. This presentation will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduce you to decoupled development<\/li>\n<li>Showcase examples where WordPress serves as the CMS for websites, native iOS\/Android applications, and museum touchscreens<\/li>\n<li>Walk through a simple example of creating a decoupled WordPress CMS that provides JSON to a variety of front-end applications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The presentation will draw from the following case studies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Haruki Murakami (http:\/\/www.harukimurakami.com\/): AngularJS front-end enabled complex transitions from page to page.<\/li>\n<li>Bethlehem Steel\u2019s Hoover Mason Trestle (http:\/\/www.hoovermason.com\/): AngularJS application to \u201cwalk\u201d the elevated steelworkers\u2019 trestle<\/li>\n<li>Slavery at Monticello (http:\/\/app.monticello.org\/): iOS\/Android native application that chronicles the lives of slaves along Mulberry Row in Monticello (Thomas Jefferson\u2019s estate)<\/li>\n<li>James Ensor: The Temptation of Saint Anthony touchscreen: Cinder (C++) touchscreen for Art Institute of Chicago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress is coming of age as an application platform. Plugins like WP-API 2.0 and the JSON REST API have arrived, opening up new opportunities for how websites and applications are constructed with WordPress as a CMS. More and more developers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2015\/session\/decoupled-development-with-wordpress-json-apis\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"assistive-text\">Decoupled Development with WordPress JSON APIs<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9191000,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":1449324000,"_wcpt_session_duration":3000,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_session_slides":"","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[4829,4831],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[446812],"session_category":[],"class_list":["post-4862","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","hentry","wcb_track-track-b"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6wOEx-1gq","session_date_time":{"date":"December 5, 2015","time":"9:00 am"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"4829","slug":"mark-llobrera","name":"Mark Llobrera","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/mark-llobrera\/"},{"id":"4831","slug":"matt-cheney","name":"Matt Cheney","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/matt-cheney\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/4862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/4862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4863,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/4862\/revisions\/4863"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/4829"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/4831"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/dirtystylus"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=4862"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=4862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}