Jonathan Desrosiers

Jonathan Desrosiers
Jonathan Desrosiers
@desrosj@jonathandesrosiers.com

Jonathan Desrosiers is a Principal Software Engineer at Bluehost, a WordPress Core Committer, and a leader in Open Source. He cares deeply about purposeful user experiences, collaborative communities, advocacy for Open Source contributors, the open web, and a well-placed two-seam fastball.

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  • WordCamp Providence 2013 Slides

    Today, I gave my WordCamp Providence 2013 talk, “Next Level Plugin Development”. In case you missed it, or were in attendance and wanted a closer look at the slides, you can find them here.

  • Speaking at WordPress Providence 2013

    I am very happy to announce that I will be speaking at WordPress Providence 2013. I will be giving a talk entitled “Next Level Plugin Development.” The lineup of speakers is exceptional this year, and it is only $30! For visit their website more information about WordCamp Providence.

  • WordCamp Providence 2012 Session Video

    In case you missed it, I was able to speak at WordCamp Providence last fall. My session was entitled Plugin Development – Stirred not Shaken. This presentation makes sense of the pandemonium of plugin development by breaking it down into three stages: planning, implementation, and release, while providing resources and discussing best practices. If you missed…

  • Are We Too Busy?

    “To do nothing is the most difficult thing in the world. It is also the most intellectual.” – Oscar Wilde

  • The Subculture of Chess

    Another great mini documentary from Thrash Lab. This one is about Chess culture in New York City. Photo courtesy of Fetmano on Flickr.

  • Support Code.org

    “I think everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer because it teaches you how to think.” – Steve Jobs, The Lost Interview Awesome video! Do you agree with its message? Learn more at Code.org

  • WordPress Theme Customizer Guide

    In WordPress 3.4, a feature called the Theme Customizer was introduced. This is a great guide that breaks down adding support for this feature to your themes. The WordPress Theme Customizer: a Comprehensive Developer’s Guide  

  • Font Awesome

    Really cool font for use with Twitter Bootstrap. In a single collection, Font Awesome is a pictographic language of web-related actions.

  • The Right Way To Use $wpdb->prepare()

    Make WordPress Core: PHP Warning: Missing argument 2 for wpdb::prepare()

  • WordPress 3.5 Download Counter

    Have some time to stare? https://wordpress.org/download/counter/