Time: 11:30 AM, Venue: Chancellor Hall, IMA House Duration: Up to 2 hours
This is a session aimed at existing WordPress developers to onboard them into the world of building Gutenberg Blocks. The workshop covers the full lifecycle of creating a block. You begin by setting up your development environment and finish by creating your first block.
This is a workshop that needs prior sign ups. To attend, please sign up for the workshop after purchasing a WordCamp Kerala ticket.
Audience
Intermediate-level: While this session is aimed primarily at developers, anyone with any experience with WordPress customization (including tinkering with PHP code) will benefit from it. While knowledge of modern JavaScript or React is recommended, it is not required (in fact, attendees can even learn some React basics while they are at it!)
Requirements
Computer:
- (required)
Internet connection:
- (required)
Software:
- WordPress development environment (required)
- https://localwp.com (recommended)
- node and npm (required) https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/devenv/#node-development-tools
- code editor (required)
- VS Code (recommended)
Knowledge:
- modern JavaScript (recommended)
- basic React.js concepts (recommended)
- some PHP (required)