The React.js core team announced the RFC on React Server Components just now. Imagine React components that run only on the server...
Ahmad Awais
I help businesses understand developers ๐ Just launched Node.js CLI Automation Course ๐จโ๐ซ Edutainer at VSCode.pro ๐ฉ An award-winning GitHub Star open-source engineer & advocate ๐ฆ Google Developers Expert Web DevRel ๐ณ Node.js foundation Community Committee Outreach Lead โ๏ธ Author of various open-source dev-tools and software libraries used by millions of developers worldwide โฆ WordPress Core Developer ๐ฃ TEDx Speaker ๐ Leading developers and publishing technical content for over a decade ๐ Loves his wife (Maedah) โฏ Learn more โ
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๐ Emoji-Log โ A New Way to Write Your Git Commit Messages and Changelogs
Emoji log is a new way to write your Git Commit Messages. I like emoji. I like โem a lot. Programming, code, geeks, nerds, open source, all of that is inherently dull and sometimes boring. I improve that by using Emoji.
๐ฎ In 2018, I Created 87 New Open Source Software & 113 Pull Requestsโฆ
I'm super passionate about Open Source โ more than anything else in my professional life. It's a lifestyle. Over a decade of writing code and the most fun part has always been when I shared my workflows and open sourced my software.
๐ณ Node.js Foundation Community Committee Member
After contributing to the Node.js Foundation for sometime I was voted to become an active member of the Node.js Community Committee and an individual member of the Node.js Foundation. Super excited about this new phase of open source work.
Why I’m Not Writing Year In Review Posts?
Many of you know that for the last four years, I regularly published my year in review posts. Here’s a list for reference. 2018 Year in Review: Open Source, Node.js, & Developer Relations 2017 Year in Review: Open Source, TheDevCouple, & Whatโs Next 2016 Year in Review: WordPress, Business, & Getting Married 2015 Year in [...]
๐บ 2018 Year in Review โ Open Source, Node.js, Community & Developer Relations!
My (Ahmad Awais) 2018 Year in Review. I got to keynote at a conference, launched an online course (yay!), built an editor theme suite which is now used by more than a million developers, consulted with two fortune five companies (oh my), started a tech conference from the ground up, contributed to over 45 open source software projects (OSS [...]
๐ฏ WPGulp Version 2
For several years WPGulp has served as the most popular WP theme/plugin development automation framework. In 2018, with the help of awesome contributors, I released a huge update in the form of version 2 for WPGulp. One thing led to another and there were 12 new version updates last year.
Windows Terminal: A New Command Line App for Windows ๐
“Developers, developers, developers” is all that Microsoft cares about in 2019. Which is a welcomed change โ Microsoft has unveiled Windows Terminal, a new command line app for Windows. I wish they had put a nice name to it. Like, for example, WinTerm is coming. :) Windows Terminal# You heard that right. It’s like Windows [...]
โ๏ธ On Joining Gatsby.js Open Source Org & Contributing FOSS
In 2018 I started getting serious about Gatsby.js. It’s one of the most awesome JAMstacks. I support the Gatsby.js team and their goals in making web performant while greatly improving the developer experience. So, yes I started core contributing to the amazing community of Gatsby.js. After building my course site and a couple of client [...]
On Winning the FOSS Design Award Trophy & Appreciation from WordPress Co-Founder (Matt Mullenweg)
Folks, I've two amazing news to share! Last weekend, WordCamp US was taking place at the music city, Nashville, TN, USA. Less did I know, I'd win an Automattic Design Award Trophy for Best Solution category. And WordPress founder โ the Matt Mullenweg in his State of Word talk would ask for a round of applause, calling my open source work [...]
WordPress 5.0 Launched With a React.js Based Gutenberg Editor and I Got to Contribute โ Yay! ๐
The most anticipated WordPress 5.0 just got released. The core now includes audacious new editing experience code-named Gutenberg along with the all-new TwentyNineteen default theme. WordPress is embracing JavaScript, React.js is now a part of its core. Tell me about thatโฆ ๐บ Watch this quick video on WordPress 5.0 “Bebo” โ [...]