This document discusses using the WordPress REST API to build applications with Angular. It provides reasons for using WordPress, including managing content with a simple CMS, creating native apps easily with site content, and leveraging the large WordPress developer community. The document also covers extending the API, building demos with Angular and WordPress, and lists additional resources for using the WordPress REST API with Angular.
2. ROY SIVAN
WHO AM I?
• Been using WordPress since the beginning
• Currently Working: The Walt Disney Company
• WPCrowd member - www.thewpcrowd.com
• RoySivan.com
• Github / Twitter / WPCrowd - @royboy789
4. WHY?
NO SERIOUSLY, WHY?
▸ You work with a team of content editors that want a simple CMS to
manage content or data
▸ Create native apps using IONIC or NativeScript easily with your
site’s content (or use AppPresser)
▸ You have the whole WordPress ecosystem, a large community with
many developers
▸ Great for sites that are a hybrid of S.P.A and content-driven
marketing pages
▸ A great way to build out a MVP!
7. THE POWER OF JSON
/posts - WP-API endpoint
{
ID: 1
content: '<p>Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then
start blogging!</p>',
title: 'Hello world!',
status: 'publish',
author : {..},
...
},
…