How To Build An App Using The REST API And WordPress

Only a few months ago REST API content endpoints were added to WordPress 4.7.0, meaning the REST API will be an integral part of the platform’s future. For developers to stay on top of this progression, according to WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, it’s time to learn JavaScript, deeply.

While there have been a number of conferences already devoted to learning the implications of the REST API, this ebook will take you one step further. See below to learn how to start from scratch on a local install and develop a JavaScript app using the REST API and WordPress:

Ebook: Developing An App Using The Rest API And WordPress

The tutorial will show you how to house a collection of quotes from a great American original and author of Walden by Henry David Thoreau. You will then use the REST API to interact with the backend, followed by building out a simple JavaScript-powered front end to display them in a variety of ways using Facebook’s React library.

By the end of this ebook, you will acquire these skills and knowledge bits:

• Testing the basic reading and writing functionality of the REST API
• Understand what the REST API actually does
• The confidence to interact with it locally
• Getting data in and out of WordPress via the REST API
• Choosing and testing a front end solution
• The leading JavaScript framework contenders
• How to make WordPress and React talk to one another
• Displaying external HTML content
• Adding custom endpoint and extra touches

Download this handy asset now to level up as a WordPress developer. Enjoy!

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