In 2016, it’s likely that WordPress 4.5 will be released. What will themes look like then? What will the code behind them look like? Instead of looking at what is possible now, let’s start thinking about the future. What does a theme built in 2016 look like? What does the build process look like? What tools and libraries are at the heart of it?

This talk is for theme Builders of all levels and developers of all levels. We will some slightly radical ideas along with some moderate/advanced developer topics but will include very little code.

Aaron is a polyhistoric man of the web. Currently Technical Architect on the Conde Nast Platform Team and a WordPress contributor, he works to improve developer happiness and is dedicated to making the internet usable and enjoyable by everyone. In the past he worked at AddThis and Privia Health.