A Noob’s Journey To The Core

My presentation will focus on sharing practical tips and advice based on my experiences in becoming a core contributor. While there will be some technical aspects of how to contribute, my intention is to share what I have learned along the road to getting my first props and to provide practical, real-world advice on how to get into core contribution. My audience would be developers of any level who want to start contributing to core.

Learning Outcomes:

  • How to setup a local contribution environment.
  • Understand the importance of being a part of the community and how it helps their efforts contributing to core.
  • Become familiar with trac.
  • Code limitations with WordPress core.
  • Various other tips and pieces of advice.

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