1. WordPress Development
The Codex, The Forums, and Make
William Lindley

2. Codex: A Key Reason for WP's Success
Approachable
Discoverable
Persistent (same each time)
Support (helping each other)

3. Codex codex.wordpress.org The current 'go to' place for developers
Wiki is open for editing to anyone with registered username
Based on MediaWiki (highly modified)
Large, partly outdated / incomplete, manually maintained
Plan: to replace with «Make» and by «Developer» areas

4. Codex Main Page

5. Codex Transition
Code Reference in make.wordpress.org is planned to replace the reference sections of the Codex, and the Developer handbooks. See progress so far:

6. Make: Documentation http://make.wordpress.org/docs/
Find it, read it, write it, correct it.
Code reference…

7. New «Code Reference» on Developer
Quick Reference, overview only

8. Codex still most detailed resource
Describes reasons and pitfalls
Details all parameters, why and how to use them

9. Make -vs- Codex

10. Codex: Still most up-to-date
Continuously edited
«Make» supposed to be automated system… not yet.

11. Make vs. Codex: Plugins
make.wordpress.org/plugins wordpress.org/plugins
Make: What's ahead; recent changes; exploit database.
Codex: Plugin directory and Guide to Extending WP

12. Make -vs- Codex

13. Make: The Core Team make.wordpress.org/core/
Sometimes theoretical, but if you need to know what's really happening with WP's unique features (taxonomies, the media library)

14. Make: The UI Team make.wordpress.org/ui/
They keep tabs on WP's user interface design and development.
You can get involved with testing upcoming changes.

15. The Mobile Team make.wordpress.org/mobile/ Develop official WP "apps"
If you love Java, Objective-C, or C#, this is your place

16. The Accessibility Team
make.wordpress.org/accessibility/
Supports Core with accessibility issues
If you use assistive technology, or if you need to make sure your code works for everyone, be a tester here.

17. The Polyglot Team Make.wordpress.org/polyglots/
Do you know why "one egg is always un oeuf"
Multilingualists. Does your site work in Montreal and Monterrey?
Learn how to translate WordPress sites

18. The Theme Review Team make.wordpress.org/themes
Inside information for theme authors
What's new
New directions
How to test themes and plugins

19. Community Team make.wordpress.org/community
Assist organizing events like WordCamps
Training and outreach programs
Help: Organize a meetup, promote WP

20. Make: Handbooks http://make.wordpress.org/docs /tag/handbooks/
Still a work in progress, but some are fairly complete
/plugin- developer-handbook/

21. Once You Write a Theme or Plugin
Ongoing Support and Documentation Challenges
Deprecated functions and hooks; the slow but sure "drift" in WP Core to new ones
New Look ("MP6") for the Admin screens, starting with 3.8: New screenshots
Keeping tabs on the WP Support Forum
Rankings and Ratings
Add a Donate Link, or link to your company's support area

22. Forums wordpress.org/support/ Have a question? Know an answer?
Search by keyword, by plugin or theme

23. Why Register and Contribute?
Deep understanding: Continuing education
When you share your knowledge, you are forced to understand it completely
The community: Meet folks, help others
You do not need to know how to code! Just how to solve problems, or how to explain or write.

24. Codex: Logged-In View

25. Logged-In: Plugin View with Admin Button

26. Revision, Repository, Trac links

27. All Your Contributions

28. How to Register www.wordpress.org/support/register.php
Login to the WordPress Codex with the same username and password.
From the Codex Tools menu, click on your name to go to your User Page, and edit with your brief bio, contact info, and how you wish to contribute.
The truly ambitious can now upload a new plugin or theme.
Bored? Read a random page ( ) and learn something, or correct someone's wrong "its."

29. William Lindley