If you want to know more about GIT, Paul Gilzow will be talking on GIT it under control: an introduction to GIT and code management, at WordCamp St. Louis. Here’s some of his WordPress journey.
Interview with Paul Gilzow
NILE FLORES: When did you start using WordPress?
PAUL GILZOW: 2008 or 2009. Long enough that I don’t remember when. 😉
NILE FLORES: What are a few takeaways that attendees will get from your talk?
PAUL GILZOW: Hopefully that GIT is an indispensable tool, whether you’re a single developer, work on a team, or even for content! And while it can be intimidating at first, GIT can be very freeing once you realize its power.
NILE FLORES: WordPress is turning 15 years old. What would you like to see in the future for WordPress?
PAUL GILZOW: For the WordPress.org plugin/theme repositories to transition from subversion to GIT. Given how deeply ingrained subversion is in the WordPress workflow, I highly doubt that will happen, but one can dream! In addition, I’d really like to see WordPress add composer support to core, add an official composer package service for plugins and theme, and to make it easier in general to adopt a composer-based workflow for WordPress management.
NILE FLORES: “And just for funsies”, over the past few years, the WordPress community has seen the rise of the cute Wapuu character? Heard of it? And if so, what’s your favorite Wapuu? (Wapuu Reference: https://wapu.us/ )
PAUL GILZOW: Absolutely! The EDUWAPUU, of course! https://wapu.us/wapuu/eduwapuu/
NILE FLORES: What is your favorite area of the WordPress admin?
PAUL GILZOW: Can my answer be WPCLI? 😀
NILE FLORES: What are the top three WordPress plugins that you believe every WordPress user should have installed?
PAUL GILZOW: That’s a tough one. Either a MFA/2FA plugin and/or plugin that shifts authentication from WordPress to another service (LDAP/SAML).
Beyond that, the fewer the better the accomplish the _exact_ things that need to be done.
Love to learn more about GIT, then come out to WordCamp St. Louis to see Paul’s talk.