Tag: Development
Using Parcel to Bundle your Vue Powered WordPress Plugin
I’ve been working with Vue for the past little while and it has very much struck a chord with me and how I like to work. I think if you’ve been sticking with modern JavaScript development in any way you’ve got similar feelings about your latest workflow. Because I work with WordPress-related projects so much, […]
Posted: June 07, 2018
One Question That Will Reveal What Kind Of Coder You Are
Is software development more like building a bridge or is it more like painting a painting? I hadn’t heard this question personally before, but honestly I think it’s a mix of the two. Programming is definitely an (abstract) art form in my opinion. There’s so much to the expression of how code could work, and […]
Posted: July 16, 2015
Restricting Access to Custom Post Types Using Roles in WordPress
Restricting access within the WordPress admin can quickly become an intimidating place to work. When it comes to access control there are a number of really great solutions to restrict access to content on the front end, but there’s a decent learning curve when preventing logged in users from accessing various aspects of the back […]
Posted: May 01, 2015
PhpStorm, Xdebug, Vagrant, PuPHPet, and You
I’ve really embraced fully utilizing Vagrant for all of my local development. I don’t use it to replicate client environments, or share a Vagrant box amongst my development team (I work solo) but I find myself aligning with the idea of having this sandbox to work in. Prior to that I used MAMP Pro and […]
Posted: February 02, 2015
WordPress development in PhpStorm
Andrey Savchenko aka @Rarst is someone on my short list of developers to which I stop, drop, and listen. Recently a post went up outlining a ton of awesome WordPress-specific details to utilize when using PhpStorm, which happens to be a big part of my development environment for many of the reasons covered therein. It […]
Posted: November 19, 2014
Let’s Kill the Billable Hour
This was a great talk. It covers the history of the billable hour and thanks to the title I won’t be spoiling the outcome when I agree that project/value based pricing is better for us as designers and developers, and it’s better for our clients as well. We need to have a discussion about how […]
Posted: November 14, 2014
My Move from MAMP Pro to Vagrant for WordPress Development
I recently upgraded to a new computer and in doing so shook up my entire development environment. My last was based on MAMP Pro for a number of reasons. Primarily: it just worked. I rarely had to bring up the GUI, everything was just ‘native’ and I went about my business building stuff for the […]
Posted: November 05, 2014
The WordPress Plugin Boilerplate 3.0.0
I really like code boilerplates. They’re such a great way to show up-and-coming developers one of many ways to accomplish something. They can also teach veteran developers a thing or two. They usually embrace the codebase for which they were written, and follow established conventions of the project. I also like Tom McFarlin. If you […]
Posted: September 02, 2014
WordPress Support in PhpStorm 8
I’ve been using PhpStorm for a couple years now, and in version 8 (due in Q3 2014) has the best WordPress integration I’ve ever seen in an IDE. #smitten
Posted: August 26, 2014
Avoiding feature bloat in plugins
These are just a few awesome, practical tips to keep in mind if you work on any plugins. What’s great is that if you choose to do so, you can build your plugins in such a way that it can be extendable to include features that don’t belong in core, but would be used by […]
Posted: August 11, 2014