Speaker Spotlight: Eric Debelak

Eric Debelak has been creating WordPress sites for over 10 years. He is currently a co-founder and senior developer at 11 Online, a full service digital agency in Albuquerque, NM. At 11 Online, Eric works with a variety of technology, including React.js, Python, Laravel, Android and of course WordPress. Eric also previously taught full-stack web development at Central New Mexico Community College’s STEMulus Center.

Eric will be presenting: “Creating Gutenberg Blocks”

So you’ve probably heard about Gutenberg, but how do you create your own interactive, dynamic Gutenberg blocks? I’ll lead you through a simple example, and cover some advanced topics like API calls to 3rd party services, server side rendering, and using custom React components to help you understand the fulcapabilities of Gutenberg – and even how to make some advanced blocks of your own.

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