It's broke: how do I fix it? Debugging your code in WordPress

One defining key to being a professional developer is the confidence that you can get the job done, to know that whatever is thrown your way you can handle.

The key to this is debugging -- figuring out what's going on under the hood and leveraging that towards your end goal (usually fixing a bug). In this talk I'll walk through some tools, techniques, and case studies to give you what you need to get started playing around under the hood.

PRESENTED BY: Jack Reichert

OPENING PRESENTATION: WordPress and Microsoft Azure

In this talk we will discuss how easy it is to set up a WordPress site in Azure to establish and maintain an enterprise-class, cloud-based WordPress site that can handle a large volume of visitors. The Azure App Service provides a scalable, secure, and easy-to-use environment for mission-critical, large-scale WordPress sites, and it can all be set up in just minutes! We will walk through the different types of deployments and when to use what to make the most out of our WordPress sites.

PRESENTED BY: Heather Shapiro

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS

Jack Reichert is a self-taught developer and has been working with WordPress since Stan Getz (2.2). He started out freelancing, was the lead front-end developer for BlackBerry Travel, and is now the lead developer and director of web development for ISDA, a financial organization in Midtown. Jack has given talks at multiple WordCamps in various continents, at higher ed institutions, and at several Meetups on topics ranging from web development to public speaking and business development.

Heather Shapiro is a Technical Evangelist in Microsoft's Developer Experience group, where she educates developers on Microsoft's new technologies. In this role, Heather works closely with students and developer communities across the North East to understand the newest technologies and architectures. Prior to becoming a Technical Evangelist, Heather completed her undergraduate degree at Duke University and graduated in the Class of 2015. She received Bachelors of Science in Computer Science and Statistical Science, and completed an Honors Thesis about employing Bayesian Approaches to Understanding Music Popularity. Heather blogs at http://microheather.com (http://microheather.com/) and tweets at http://twitter.com/microheather .