If you spend any time in the WordPress world, you've probably come across Zac Gordon.

Zac is an enthusiastic and charming teacher who focuses on Javascript in WordPress. He borrowed the phrase "Learn Javascript Deeply" from Matt Mullenweg and he made it into his personal slogan. For the last several years, Zac has produced video classes, online conferences, live talks, and podcasts that focus on teaching you how to use Javascript in WordPress.

I'm delighted to say we're working with Zac on a book, "React Explained".

In this episode, Zac gives you a introduction to React.

Why is it the Javascript framework of choice for WordPress, Drupal, Magento and other big platforms?

Follow Zac on Twitter: https://twitter.com/zgordon

Rod Martin has just published a new video class at OSTraining. This class is all about using Mautic, the open source platform for marketing automation: https://www.ostraining.com/class/mautic/

In a world where marketing automation tools often cost over $1,000 per month even to get started, why not look at open source alternatives?

In this podcast, Rod introduces you to Mautic, and why you should consider adding it to your toolkit.

Follow Rod on Twitter at http://twitter.com/imrodmartin and via his site at http://navigatetomorrow.com

Patrick Rauland has just published the "WooCommerce Explained" book with us. You could say that he's a WooCommerce fan. He's used it as a customer, worked for WooCommerce support, developed core functionality, and led three releases as the official Product Manager for WooCommerce. Patrick now helps plan their yearly conference, WooConf.

Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/BFTrick or via his website https://www.speakinginbytes.com.

Nick Croft has just published the "Genesis Explained" book which is a developers guide to the most popular theme framework in WordPress.

Nick worked as a full-time support person for Genesis, before moving on to work as a developer on the framework. He later became a SaaS architect for the Rainmaker Platform, built on Genesis. Even before he literally wrote the book, he wrote the figurative book on Genesis. Nick is also a core contributor to Genesis and has multiple, popular Genesis plugins. Check out Nick's "Genesis Explained" book: https://www.ostraining.com/books/genesis

Pippin Williamson runs one of the most successful businesses in the WordPress world. But instead of looking to sell, he's buying a park. And opening a brewery. And looking to build a company that will last a lifetime.

If you want to hear about Pippin's story, check out this interview: http://bit.ly/2E0Bwm8. If you want to hear about his life outside of business, this is the podcast for you.

My apologies for the audio on this episode - Pippin lives out in the countryside and the internet was glitchy.

Sometimes I invite people on the podcast because we've been friends for years. Other times, I invite people because we love their products. Pressbooks falls squarely into the second category. At the beginning of 2017, I'd never heard of Pressbooks. We now use them to write, edit and publish ALL our books. Pressbooks is a WordPress-based platform that actually makes book publishing fun. Find out more at http://pressbooks.com.

Rod is responsible for many of the most popular videos in OSTraining history, including the Drupal 8 class that has around 2 million views. In this episode, I grill Rod for the techniques, tools and tips he uses to create great video tutorials. Follow Rod on Twitter at @imrodmartin and on his site at http://imrodmartin.com.

Consider this episode to be the busy person's guide to Drupal 8. If you haven't had time to keep up with what's new in the Drupal world, Mike is here to help you catch up.

No-one in the Drupal world is better connected than Mike, who has been in the community for over a decade. Mike is a trainer, developer, volunteer, camp organizer, podcaster. He's seen and done it all in Drupal.

Follow Mike on Twitter at @ultimike and via his site at http://drupaleasy.com.

Magento is one of the 2 most popular e-commerce platforms in the world. In this episode, we talk with Ray Bogman, who's been working with Magento for 10 years. If you're new to Magento, this episode is a perfect introduction. We talk about the history, current state, and future of Magento. Ray also explains why 2017 is such a great time to be in e-commerce. Follow Ray on Twitter at https://twitter.com/raybogman. In case you missed it, we have now have Magento video training and a Magento book available for OSTraining members.

Brian Hogg is a WordPress developer who writes plugins, but also creates super-helpful content for other developers.

He launches new WordPress plugins and writes about his efforts to build a business around those plugins.

Follow Brian on Twitter at https://twitter.com/brianhogg. You can also find his plugins, blog posts and training classes at https://brianhogg.com.