What's new for developers? (March 2024)

[justintadlock]

This is a rolling discussion for a new monthly series that is intended to keep track of the items, PRs, Trac tickets, and Make blog posts that are interesting/important for developers. The goal is to publish a post on the 10th of each month with the previous month's updates.

Everyone is welcome to contribute to this monthly document. If you find something interesting, just create a new reply to this discussion below.

Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c5rZfU66rg7VwwIv_ugWKjEVf145--7Z_iE3GbNgdhA/edit?usp=sharing

Resources to track:

• Keeping up with Gutenberg: Index 2022
• A Week in Core
• Gutenberg plugin release posts
• Core editor chat, dev chat, performance team meeting summaries
• Dev Notes

Primary writer:

@ndiego is taking on the writing responsibilities for this edition. 🎉 We'll be with him along the way to help gather notes and offer feedback.

[github-actions[bot]]

Heads-up @bph @adamziel @bgrgicak: To include your project's news for developers, please add the information or a link as a comment to this issue. Deadline 8th of next month

[justintadlock]

Just a note that Gutenberg 17.7 RC1 will be the first Gutenberg release to follow (it wasn't included in February): https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/releases/tag/v17.7.0-rc.1

[bph]

Notes for additional formatting of the final version:

• [ ] Make it a sticky post so it appears in the top spot of the Developer Blog
• [ ] Add a Table of Contents group padding 2, background: Blueberry 4

I leave that here for now. We probably need a separate Documentation page for the What's new for Developers round-up post.

[ndiego]

Add a Table of Contents group padding 2, background: Blueberry 4

@bph just wanted to note that there is now a dedicated pattern for the TOC in the theme.

[ndiego]

I'm still working on the imagery, but the first draft is ready for review: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c5rZfU66rg7VwwIv_ugWKjEVf145--7Z_iE3GbNgdhA/edit

[adamziel]

@bgrgicak would you be able to provide a Playground update here based on closed issues and prs in three playground repos?

[ndiego]

Yeah if @bgrgicak can provide some highlights, I will get those added. I have added a placeholder for Playground now.

[ndiego]

I'm still working on the imagery, but the first draft is ready for review: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c5rZfU66rg7VwwIv_ugWKjEVf145--7Z_iE3GbNgdhA/edit

The videos have all been recorded and are linked in the doc.

[eidolonnight]

Doc reviewed and suggestions made. 👍🏻

[justintadlock]

@ndiego - You're good to go. Just might want to throw the table of contents in there when you move it to the Dev Blog. Good job!

[ndiego]

Social copy

Explore the recent updates for developers in Gutenberg and upcoming features in WordPress 6.5.

https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2024/03/10/whats-new-for-developers-march-2024/

[ndiego]

Post is published: https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2024/03/10/whats-new-for-developers-march-2024/