Workday Developer CLI, DevCon 2026 & Developer Meetups | Developer Program Update Call – April 2026

Workday Developer Program Update | April 2026 | DevCon, New CLI, Meetups & More
Your monthly source for everything happening in the Workday developer ecosystem — straight from the Workday Developer Relations team.
In this episode:

🎟️ DevCon 2026 is coming — Register now for the hands-on developer event of the year in Las Vegas. Build agents, get certified for $99, and compete in the Hackathon (including a brand-new Learner Track!). Don't miss Chalk Talks, Very Live Demos, and the DevCon After Dark Party.

⚙️ New: Workday Developer CLI (WDCLI) — The next-generation command line interface for building, testing, validating, and deploying your Workday apps. Available now at https://developer.workday.com/downloads.

🔄 New: Local Disk Sync — Work in your favorite local tools and IDE, sync changes automatically with App Builder and Orchestration Builder, and finally integrate Git into your Workday development workflow.

📅 Developer Meetups are here — Join one near you in Dallas, San Francisco, Toronto, Washington D.C., Warsaw, and more — or host your own and earn the title of Workday Developer Ambassador.

🏆 Q1 2026 Outstanding Contributor Award — Congratulations to Naveenkumar P, Sreenivas Raman, Sivababu Arumugam, Krishna Babu, and Subhadra Chaluvadi!

🚀 Guest Demo: Slider.dev — Katie Holden, former Workday platform leader and CEO and Co-Founder of Slider.dev, demos AI-powered Workday prototyping built for the consulting ecosystem.

💡 Tony's Dev Tip — How to use AI plan mode (and Claude Code skills like Superpowers and GSD) without burning through all your tokens.

🎟️ Register for DevCon 2026: https://www.workday.com/en-us/company/latest/events-webinars/devcon.html?step=step1_default
📺 Subscribe to the Workday Developer playlist for new content every week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Uzu_H-ZFY&list=PLH6Be9QWl1EzkL3NFBlXMPM7JUl2qYz_u
🛒 Get your Workday Developer swag: https://workdaystore.com/WD29/Workday/Developer/
📝 Submit a pitch for the Workday Developer Blog: https://forms.gle/RtfjUBB2df8eLAED8
📍 Find a developer meetup near you or sign up to host: https://luma.com/workdaydevelopermeetups

Chapters:
00:00 Welcome & Intros
05:10 Workday Developer YouTube Playlist Launch
06:22 Developer Blog — Now Open for Contributions
08:10 DevTalk Podcast Updates
09:00 Developer Meetups Are Live
09:55 DevCon 2026 Overview
13:10 Chalk Talks Explained
15:00 Very Live Demos
16:12 Hackathon: Learner Track & People's Choice Award
19:10 Developer Store & Swag
20:22 Product Demo: Workday Developer CLI & Local Disk Sync (Himali)
31:53 Tony Time: AI Plan Mode Tips & Token Efficiency (Tony)
42:56 Community Updates & Outstanding Contributors (Shriya)
49:27 Guest Presentation: Slider.dev (Katie Holden)
1:00:38 Q&A & Wrap-Up

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