Month: May 2017

Technology

WordPress REST API 101

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WP-REST API

I have recently been exploring the REST API plugin for WordPress and how it works, and why it is such a big deal, as I’ve been hearing for a while that the WP Rest API is “a game changer” in the web development world. Of course, as a web developer, we hear this every month about some new technology, so I was a bit skeptical.

The nuts and bolts

The WordPress REST API is now in Version 2 and was introduced a few years ago. It can be installed and activated as a plugin simply named WP REST API. “REST” is an acronym and stands for “REpresenatational State Transfer”. “API” is also an acronym standing for “Application Program Interface”. There is one more acronym in this equation and that is “JSON” or “JavaScript Object Notation”.

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Current Events

College Basketball: One and Done – The Pros and Cons

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One and Done

I am a big college basketball fan. I live in arguably the best area for college basketball in the country, the Raleigh/Durham area of North Carolina. In this area, we have powerhouses in Men’s college basketball, Duke University and the University of North Carolina. There is also NC. State University, who used to be more of a powerhouse than they are now.

I am a Duke basketball fan, thus I dislike the UNC Tarheels, and I wasn’t overly thrilled that the UNC Men’s basketball team won the championship. Duke and UNC are staunch rivals, and Duke, while having the more talented team didn’t live up to expectations and lost in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

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