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title: "My Takeaway from WordCamp Nagpur 2017"
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date: 2017-07-02
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description: "Last weekend we saw first WordCamp in Nagpur, it is beginning of many of the WordCamps coming up this year in India. I was one of the speaker at WordCamp Nagpur..."
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# My Takeaway from WordCamp Nagpur 2017

Last weekend we saw first WordCamp in Nagpur, it is beginning of many of the [WordCamps coming up this year in India](https://www.wpoets.com/wordcamps/upcoming-wordcamps-india-part-2/).

![](https://thecancerus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_20170625_162538011-e1499001111295.jpg)

I was one of the speaker at WordCamp Nagpur and talked about alternate development techniques on WordPress, ie how you can do lot of common things without writing code.

https://twitter.com/vishalmukadam/status/878858829240446976

I liked how WordCamp Nagpur had planned it's event, with day one about workshops with three parallel tracks and special emphasis on community & contribution, while day two about talks with clear focus on users and developers.

I specifically learned three new things during the event

- Using wp-cli to take database backups and import, during Ajit Bohra's Workshop.
- Using Composer for managing WordPress projects in git during Rahul's talk.
- Using WordPress REST API during Tushar's talk.

This was also the WordCamp where I went full selfie mode

![](https://thecancerus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_20170624_111551576-COLLAGE-e1499008375936.jpg)

Being in Nagpur meant eating Saoji, and on both days we went out for lunch to try a new Saoji restaurant, though sweets I will try next time

![](https://thecancerus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_20170625_141726119-e1499008612319.jpg)

It was two days full of fun and learning, and I would like to thank all the [organizers of WordCamp Nagpur](https://2017.nagpur.wordcamp.org/organizers/) for all the hard-work they did to host such an awesome event.

![](https://thecancerus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_20170625_182353984_HDR-1024x576.jpg)