Boone Gorges gave a talk titled Backward Compatibility as a Design Principle on Saturday, April 30 at 10:00 AM.
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Slides for WordCamp Chicago talk, on WP's approach to backward compatibility https://t.co/II2PB7k0Hp #wcchi
— Boone B. Gorges (@boone) April 30, 2016
Social Recap
Here are some of the highlights and tips our audience shared on Twitter:
Back that thing up…. #WordPress backwards compatibility presentation from @boone #wcchi pic.twitter.com/iRLc2ck7Qt
— Scott Winterroth (@swinterroth) April 30, 2016
WP versioning is an implicit promise that once APIs are added they won’t take them away. That’s why really old themes will still work #wcchi
— WordCamp Chicago #WCCHI (@WordCampChicago) April 30, 2016
Funny guy! #1 heartthrob 🙂 #wcchi pic.twitter.com/1AoOFvqiuX
— Kari E. McLean (@MsMcLean1) April 30, 2016
100% backward compatibility = no changes. Even a bug fix will break someone's workaround, somewhere #wcchi
— WordCamp Chicago #WCCHI (@WordCampChicago) April 30, 2016
Watching @boone talk about Backward Compatibility. And saying "do do" #WCChi pic.twitter.com/xPWZ0JlxEN
— Geoffrey Shilling 🌴 (@geoffreys808) April 30, 2016
Updates have to break something? WP contributors say Hey HEY HEEEYYY w/ copious documentation and outreach (for small % affected) #wcchi
— WordCamp Chicago #WCCHI (@WordCampChicago) April 30, 2016
@Boone WordPress "filters are promises" #WCChi
— Chris Hajer (@chrishajer) April 30, 2016
Part of reason Drupal ends up costing more #rebuild #wcchi #WCChicago @adarco pic.twitter.com/nUB8an8LBq
— Katie (@KatieM1105) April 30, 2016
"We broke [backward compatibility] and in the end we got a better product." @jjj @boone @buddypress #wcchi
— Chris Hajer (@chrishajer) April 30, 2016
Compatibility vs. Progress, balancing them to avoid breaching trust. #wcchi
— Kari E. McLean (@MsMcLean1) April 30, 2016
@boone with a great presentation on WP backward compatibility at #wcchi refreshing to hear a skilled wordsmith!
— WJD • NotWade (@_NotWade) April 30, 2016
@boone with a great presentation on WP backward compatibility at #wcchi refreshing to hear a skilled wordsmith!
— WJD • NotWade (@_NotWade) April 30, 2016