A run through of dev ops for beginners covering some basics to get your started
- Git & Version Control
- Dependency Management
- Automation
- Deployments.
You Can Do It – The Tools for Entrepreneurial Success
Anything is possible, if you put your mind to it. Determination, tenacity and personality are the tools for entrepreneurial success. Andy will take you on a journey culminating from start up to a hundred million pound turnover private commercial property development and investment vehicle.
Modern PHP toolset for WordPress
Many WordPress projects quickly outgrow their humble beginnings as blogs or websites and are now highly customised web applications. However the modern tools we have available within development teams can be tricky to use with the popular blogging platform.
This technical talk will guide you through how Git, Composer, and other tools can enhance your WordPress development – and help you take back control of your themes, plugins, database and environments in a growing application.
Ethical Outsourcing for Web Developers / Designers
We all live in a ‘gig’ economy. But how should you work with freelancers to make sure you are all trading ethically?
Is it OK to find the cheapest person anywhere in the world and send them your stuff? Are there ethical issues around fair wages? Are there ethical and legal concerns about client data? How to you deal fairly with copyright and software rights when working with an outsourced team? How do you find your own way to something robust and resilient that you can be proud of?
In this engaging talk you will explore these issues and create your own ‘map’ of what chimes with your values and business plus get access to our Web Designers Guide to Ethical Outsourcing.
Presented by Annabel Kaye. Annabel started her career in PR (non profit) before moving on to publishing and consumer law (Which? magazine) followed by advertising and HR. She founded Irenicon in 1980 (an employment law and HR consultancy) and has spent the intervening years helping some of the largest organisations in the UK (and some of the smallest) sort out the people and employment law issues that come with change. She founded KoffeeKlatch in 2009 specifically to support organisations outsourcing to freelancers. Her practical expertise in outsourcing to VAs, web designers, bookkeepers, trainers and more, is a key part of her speakers story. Follow her @annabelkaye
How to grow from a one-man-band into an agency
Taking the leap and loving it.
- Building a team, how, who and what to look out for
- Attracting and retaining great clients
- Selling professionally and effectively
- Avoiding bad clients
- Managing Projects effectively
- Developing a culture
- Celebrate the wins
- Learn from the mistakes
Docker Deep Dive for WordPress Admins
Following on from his recent lightning talk. Mark will be taking a deeper dive into Docker for WordPress admins.
Why we built our SaaS startup on WordPress and why you should too
Elliot will share lessons learnt and decisions taken in development. Why we chose WordPress and how it enabled us to be flexible and pivot our business to find product-market fit.
Obscure WordPress Functions That Are Actually Quite Useful
A lightning talk given by Graham Armfield titled “Obscure WordPress Functions That Are Actually Quite Useful”
A Design Process for our Community Project #wpldnBuild
Learn about our suggested design process and how you can get involved in the #wpldnBuild.
