September 8, 2013 — This presentation guides you through the development cycle of a typical WordPress project from installation to product deployment. It discusses why PHP developers should consider using WordPress for future projects, compares WordPress with other development platforms, and discusses security and best practices. It also covers theme and plugin development as well as provides a look at job opportunities and making money in the WordPress ecosystem.

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October 5, 2011

January 23, 2010 — A beginner’s guide on how to edit/manipulate WordPress (themes, plugins, etc) files to accomplish what you want without having to hire a developer from Shayne Sanderson.

Special thanks to the Microsoft NERD Center for hosting WordCamp Boston.

January 23, 2010 — The magic behind WordPress is how it processes queries and gives you the results via “The Loop.” The Loop can be hijacked for a variety of custom uses and these techniques can quickly expand the capacity of WordPress to present information in different ways. Mitcho covers The Loop, as well as PHP tips which help introspect WordPress during lower-level development.

Slides for this presentation are available here.

Special thanks to the Microsoft NERD Center for hosting WordCamp Boston.

November 15, 2009 — Jeremy Clarke gives an overview of choosing a good IDE for development of PHP applications in this five-minute talk.

Video courtesy ISOC-NY.

July 12, 2009 — Jeremy Clarke talks to users at WordCamp Montreal who know how to blog but have not yet figured out how to control the way their blog works at the theme level. He explains how the files in your theme folder work to define different kinds of content and how to identify WordPress “template tags” and move them around in your theme.

Slides for this presentation are available here.

Video production by Arthur Cormon of TV McGill.

March 16, 2009 — This video, by Tom Johnson of I’d Rather Be Writing explains the different files that make up the template of your WordPress blog. Templates discussed include index.php, single.php, category.php, tag.php, search.php, author.php, and more.