Using WordPress for Web Application Development

Now more than ever, developers and designers are beginning to see the potential for using WordPress as a way to build web applications.

By that, I mean that the community is beginning to see that WordPress can be used for more than blogging and more than just content management: Instead, it can be used to power database-backed applications that run within the context of the web browser.

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WordPress for Web App Development: An Introduction
Now more than ever, developers and designers are beginning to see the potential for using WordPress as a way to build web applications. By that, I mean...
Tom McFarlin
25 Nov 2013
WordPress for Web App Development: Rethinking Architecture
In this series, we're in the process of talking about how we can build web applications using WordPress. And though this isn't a technical series in which...
Tom McFarlin
2 Dec 2013
WordPress for Web App Development: The Conceptual Model
With people beginning to realize WordPress' potential as an application foundation rather than just a content management system or a blogging platform, this...
Tom McFarlin
5 Dec 2013
WordPress for Web App Development: Events, Actions, and Filters
Throughout this series, we've been taking a look at how WordPress can be used for building web applications. Up to this point, we've established that...
Tom McFarlin
10 Dec 2013
WordPress for Web App Development: User Management
Throughout this series, we've been taking a look at how WordPress can serve as a foundation for web application development. The thing is, up to this...
Tom McFarlin
16 Dec 2013
WordPress for Web App Development: Sessions
In this series, we're taking a look at how it's possible to build web applications using WordPress. Thus far, we've talked about how WordPress is a...
Tom McFarlin
19 Dec 2013
WordPress for Web App Development: Email
One of the major components of every web application is its ability to send email. Now this doesn't mean that each web application is its own mail client...
Tom McFarlin
30 Dec 2013
WordPress for Web App Development: Saving Data
When it comes to the web, almost any application that runs within your browser is backed by a data store of some type. Usually, these data stores are in the...
Tom McFarlin
6 Jan 2014

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