Preface

Developing WordPress-powered websites is one of the standout trends in the modern web development world. The flexibility and power of the built-in features offered by WordPress has made developers turn their attention to the possibility of using it as a web development framework. This book will act as a comprehensive resource for building web applications with this amazing framework.

WordPress Web Application Development is a comprehensive guide focused on incorporating the existing features of WordPress into typical web development. This book is structured towards building a complete web application from scratch. With this book, you will build a portfolio management application with a modularized structure supported by the latest trending technologies.

This book provides a comprehensive, practical, and example-based approach for pushing the limits of WordPress to create web applications beyond your imagination.

It begins by exploring the role of existing WordPress components and discussing the reasons for choosing WordPress for web application development. As we proceed, more focus will be put into adapting WordPress features into web applications with the help of an informal use-case-based model for discussing the most prominent built-in features. While striving for web development with WordPress, you will also learn about the integration of popular client-side technologies such as Backbone.js, Underscore, jQuery, and server-side technologies and techniques such as template engines and OpenAuth integration.

This book differentiates from the norm by creating a website that is dedicated to providing tutorials, articles, and source codes to continue and enhance the web application development techniques discussed throughout this book. You can access the website for this book at http://www.innovativephp.com/wordpress-web-applications.

After reading this book, you will possess the ability to develop powerful web applications rapidly within limited time frames with the crucial advantage of benefitting low-budget and time-critical projects.