{"id":3503,"date":"2017-05-07T12:05:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-07T10:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/florianbrinkmann.com\/en\/?p=3503"},"modified":"2020-02-09T10:59:51","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T09:59:51","slug":"wordpress-weekly-recap-4-8-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/florianbrinkmann.com\/en\/wordpress-weekly-recap-4-8-schedule-3503\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress weekly recap #18: 4.8 schedule and more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The page with information about the 4.8 release was published this week. After that, the final release is planned for June 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Core<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First JavaScript meeting from May 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 2, there was the first JavaScript chat. The regular meeting has the following goals (quoted from Andrew Duthie\u2019s Post ):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Identify common requirements and ensure consistency between individuals and projects making heavy use of JavaScript in core<\/li><li>Discuss what must be provided as the \u201cbase\u201d APIs to provide similar functionality in the browser as what\u2019s available in PHP<\/li><li>Decide patterns and tools \/ frameworks to accommodate modern and future requirements<\/li><li>Understand how plugins and themes plan to use the browser context to avoid conflicts and incompatibilities<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides the goals, the meeting attendees also discussed three tickets, regarding actions and filters, date handling and internationalization. More about that in the post \u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2017\/05\/02\/javascript-chat-summary-may-2nd\/\">JavaScript Chat Summary: May 2nd<\/a>\u00ab by Andrew Duthie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dev chat from Mai 3<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The first topic was the published <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/4-8\/\">page about the upcoming WordPress 4.8<\/a>. According to this, the first 4.8 beta is planned for Mai 12 and the final release for June 8. It would be ideal if the new release would contain the TinyMCE inline element\/link boundaries, the media widgets, WYSIWYG for the text widget and the WordPress events update for the news widget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More info about the meeting can be found in the post \u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2017\/05\/04\/dev-chat-summary-may-3rd-4-8-week-1\/\">Dev Chat Summary: May 3rd (4.8 week 1)<\/a>\u00ab by Jeffrey Paul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Misc<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2017\/05\/01\/dev-chat-summary-april-19th-4-7-4-week-7\/\">Dev Chat Summary: April 19th (4.7.4 week 7)<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2017\/05\/01\/dev-chat-summary-april-26th-4-7-4-week-8\/\">Dev Chat Summary: April 26th (4.7.4 week 8)<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2017\/05\/05\/editor-how-little-blocks-work\/\">Editor: How Little Blocks Work<\/a>\u00ab. The post summarizes the logic, which will stand behind the block editor.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Design<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Misc<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/design\/2017\/04\/30\/new-handbook-pages\/\">New handbook pages<\/a>\u00ab. The new pages should provide helpful information for new and existing contributors.<\/li><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/design\/2017\/05\/04\/help-write-the-usability-scripts-for-alpha-testing-of-gutenberg\/\">Help write the usability scripts for alpha testing of gutenberg<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mobile<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Misc<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/mobile\/2017\/05\/04\/aztec-native-editors-technical-overview\/\">Aztec Native Editors Technical Overview<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plugins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Misc<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/plugins\/2017\/05\/04\/2016-in-review\/\">2016 in Review<\/a>\u00ab. 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