Developer Hours: Introduction to the Interactivity API

What if effortlessly creating performant, fluid, and idiomatic frontend interactivity on block-based WordPress sites was possible? Imagine plugins providing interactions like "heart this post" or "add to cart" without page reloads. Picture instant search, commenting, and native full-page transitions as best-in-class built-ins without complex scaffolding or external tools. Envision achieving this in any block theme by default, without sacrificing PHP server rendering and the plugin ecosystem for a JS runtime. Visualize block developers easily declaring and extending such behaviors in a way that is immediately familiar and compatible with the block ecosystem.

That’s what we aim to explore and unlock with the Interactivity API.

This session will feature a live product demo presented by Mario Santos, one of the developers who has brought the Interactivity API to fruition. Following the demo there will be a Q&A where Mario will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

If you’re interested in the Interactivity API, have any related questions, or want to provide feedback, feel free to join us. If you're unable to make this one there's another catering for timezones in the Americas.

Please note: this session will be recorded with a view to publishing the video to WordPress.tv. Participation in this session implies that you consent to the session being recorded and published.