The future of WordPress is JavaScript
Calypso is a modern shell for the old WordPress back end, using the soon to be available REST API. The shell is built with contemporary technologies such as React and Node.js. The interface is built off a clean slate and is already in production use over at WordPress.com.
At it's first step Calypso is an editing shell for writing, reading and managing all of your WordPress installations (still running on PHP and MySQL) in one place. In hindsight it is obvious that something like this was going on as Automattic was heavily making ways into the JavaScript realm with sponsorship of React conferences and more.
At this stage this is just the first move into where the legacy PHP backend can eventually be replaced with something else - Maybe JavaScript driven, maybe something complely different. Just a few days ago I was speculating if something like this would be worth creating - granted with the option of switching back and forth backends - not coupled to WordPress.
Learn more:
- Open Source and the Content Creation Experience
- The Story behind the new WordPress.com
- WordPress Calypso shell on GitHub
- Does the Technical Debt of WordPress Matter?
- Bolt CMS is WordPress done right(er)