Ahmad AwaisWhen I was a kid, I wanted to be an astronaut—exploring space and whatnot. But I was afraid of heights, told my mom I'll settle as...
Ahmad Awais
Helping businesses understand developers. Head of Developer Relations RapidAPI 📟 Edutainer at Node.js CLI Automation and VSCode.pro 🎩 Award-winning Open Source Engineer & Dev Advocate 🦊 Google Developers Expert Web DevRel 🚀 Mars Ingenuity Helicopter code contributor 🏆 8th GitHub Stars Award recipient 🌳 Node.js foundation Community Committee Outreach Lead, Member Linux Foundation, OpenAPI, DigitalOcean Navigator ✌️ Author of various open-source dev-tools and software libraries used by millions of developers worldwide ⓦ WordPress Core Developer 📣 TEDx Speaker with 100+ talks 🙌 Leading developers and publishing technical content for over a decade 💜 Loves his wife (Maedah) ❯ Learn more →
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WordPress 5.0 Launched With a React.js Based Gutenberg Editor and I Got to Contribute — Yay! 🎉
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 that… 📺 Watch this quick video on WordPress 5.0 “Bebo” ↓ [...]
Ahmad Awais
WordPress 4.9 Tipton & My Core Contributions with TheDevCouple Team!
⚡️ WordPress 4.9 Tipton just got released! Update your sites and enjoy a fantastic update this time. The customizer, widgets, security, and the code editor have seen major updates. So, much more to share. 🍒 If you’re not reading my blog for the first time, you probably know about my commitment to the WordPress software and that [...]
Ahmad Awais
WordPress 4.8: TheDevCouple Is Now WordPress Core Contributor 🎉
WordPress 4.8 just got released. As usual, I got props for my core contributions but my wife — Maedah Batool — she also became a Core Contributor — her first contribution. Join me to say congrats to her :)
Ahmad Awais
WordPress 4.7 & The Spirit of Regular Core Contribution
I cannot tell you how much proud I feel being a contributing developer for the latest WordPress release i.e. WP 4.7 “Vaughan”. This release has been a huge accomplishment for the WordPress community. Today, I plan to share a small story about how it feels to contribute to the WordPress core software regularly.
Ahmad Awais
WordPress 4.6 “Pepper” — Customize Component FTW
? WordPress 4.6 has been released. It is the 4th major version release where I was able to contribute code to the WordPress core. Giving back to the WordPress community; especially in the form of core contributions — has been an incredibly empowering and inherently humble experience for me...
Ahmad Awais
WordPress 4.5 Coleman Released!
Guess what, WordPress 4.5 Coleman named against jazz legend "Coleman Hawkins" was just released. I again managed to contribute to the WordPress core. Check out the video below and a few improvements mentioned below.
Ahmad Awais
WordPress 4.4 Clifford and My Core Contributions
WordPress 4.4 "Clifford" just got released. I managed to get six core contributions, two commits to TwentySixteen theme and twelve commits to the WordPress REST API and I am super duper excited about it.
Ahmad Awais