{"id":2097,"date":"2016-04-26T11:11:14","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T16:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.stlouis.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=2097"},"modified":"2016-05-13T16:50:17","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T21:50:17","slug":"developer-panel","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/stlouis.wordcamp.org\/2016\/session\/developer-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Developer Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Where in St. Louis do you have a chance to ask questions of WordPress committers, plugin developers, and community leaders?<\/p>\n<p>Usually, nowhere.<\/p>\n<p>But Saturday, right after lunch, you&#8217;ll have exactly that experience in our Dev Panel.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled for the big auditorium for now, it&#8217;s a chance to find out almost anything you want to know about code, Core and\u00a0why things work the way they do.<\/p>\n<p>Really!<\/p>\n<p>A few\u00a0highlights of the panel include:<\/p>\n<h2>Michele Butcher<\/h2>\n<p>Michele is an active member of the WordPress community with\u00a0a\u00a0broad range of experience\u00a0including\u00a0web site\u00a0security, user support, site maintenance, and hosting.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s also a natural instructor, having\u00a0been a featured speaker at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.tv\/?s=Michele+Butcher\">several WordCamps<\/a>. Find her at her website,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cantspeakgeek.com\/\">cantspeakgeek.com<\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@Michele_Butcher\">on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Mike\u00a0Schroder<\/h2>\n<p>Known as Shredder to many, Mike Schroder is a cross-cultural kid, coffee-drinking sailor, and lover of Open Source.<\/p>\n<p>By day he&#8217;s\u00a0a\u00a0WordPress platform lead\u00a0at DreamHost; by night, and sometimes by day,\u00a0he\u2019s a Core Committer. In fact, Mike\u00a0was the release lead for WordPress 4.5, which just happens to be the latest version of the core platform.<\/p>\n<p>You can find him blogging on geeky things at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/getsource.net\/\">http:\/\/getsource.net<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Pippin Williamson<\/h2>\n<p>A WordPress plugin developer from Hutchinson, KS, Pippin runs PippinsPlugins.com, \u00a0the founding\/parent company\u00a0of Restrict Content Pro, Easy Digital Downloads, AffiliateWP and many more.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s\u00a0is the lead developer on those products as well.<\/p>\n<p>Outside\u00a0WordPress, Pippin loves\u00a0for sour beer, home brewing\u00a0and\u00a0cycling.<\/p>\n<p>Reach him on Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/pippinsplugins\">@pippinsplugins<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Your moderator: Joe McGill<\/h2>\n<p>St. Louisan Joe McGill,\u00a0a web developer\u00a0at our own Washington University, will moderate the panel.<\/p>\n<p>An active WordPress contributor, Joe\u00a0helped lead the new respsonsive image\u00a0feature\u00a0in WordPress\u00a0version 4.4, which came out this past winter.<\/p>\n<p>Find him on Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/joemcgill\">@joemcgill.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More panelists are still to be added, so check back and don&#8217;t forget\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/2016.stlouis.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\">to grab tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where in St. Louis do you have a chance to ask questions of WordPress committers, plugin developers, and community leaders? 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