React + WordPress – Gutenberg Block Development Basics

Presenter: Justin Rent, Sr. UX/UI Developer, University Communications Audiences: Advanced / Intermediate Tracks: Site Building, UX / Design WordPress’ editorial experience was recently revolutionized with the introduction of the Gutenberg block editor. Under the hood, it uses React as a single-page application (SPA), allowing content teams to create, edit, and delete content with a dynamic component-based approach. This session will demonstrate how a basic custom Gutenberg block is developed and added to a WordPress website.