Author: Rajan Vijayan

Leonardo Losoviz will be speaking on the topic “Intro to the GraphQL API for WordPress”. This session will be held on the weekend of 13th and 14th February 2021. The schedule will soon be announced – keep following this space!

Bio of Leonardo

Leonardo Losoviz is an open source developer and freelance technical writer, with an ongoing quest to bring innovative paradigms to WordPress. He is currently working at the intersection of GraphQL and WordPress.

About the session

Presentation of the new GraphQL API for WordPress plugin, to use the increasingly popular GraphQL API to fetch data from the WordPress site.

The plugin is open source. Repo: https://github.com/GraphQLAPI/graphql-api-for-wp.

We will first explore the current scene of APIs in WordPress:

• What is an API
• What are the current solutions for WordPress: WP REST API and WPGraphQL
• Their characteristics

Then he will explain the characteristics of this new plugin GraphQL API for WordPress, and do a demo of it. The demo involves using the WordPress admin, there won’t be any code at all, so it will be suitable for beginners too.

Attendees will learn about the different API solutions in WordPress, and about the GraphQL API plugin in particular

Leonardo’s Twitter handle is @losoviz

Prem Tiwari will speak on the topic “Decoupled WordPress: The Future CMS“. This session will be held on the weekend of 13th and 14th February 2021. The schedule will soon be announced – keep following this space!

Bio of Prem

Prem Tiwari is an open source enthusiast working in WordPress domain since last 7+ years & runs his own microblogging freewebmentor.com. Professionally he resides in the silicon valley of India, Bangalore.

He holds great experience when it comes to scaling WordPress projects which caters the need for big enterprise clients on WordPress VIP-GO platform.

Personally he is jovial & a proud father. Playing badminton & living a healthy life is what he admires.

About the session

In this session, Prem will share how we can leverage WordPress as a backend system and use different technologies or platforms as the front end. There are many use-cases where we need a strong backend system to support our different front end platforms like a web which built with React, Android application, web view on mobile.

Prem’s Twitter handle is @thepremtiwari

Dhara will be speak on the topic “Agile Development Process During LockDown“. This session will be held on the weekend of 13th and 14th February 2021. The schedule will soon be announced – keep following this space!

Bio of Dhara

Dhara works as a Delivery Manager with Harbinger Group of Companies. Originally from Ahmedabad, she is currently based out of Pune. She possesses 18+ years of professional experience, of which 7 years are in management.

About the session

In the session, Dhara will talk about what Agile development process is, and how it differs from other processes. She will also share more information on different execution needs, reviewing restrospective work, and to keep motivation going during the agile process – especially in a scenario where employees are working remotely.