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Brent Roose offers some benchmarks that feature the new preloading feature in PHP 7.4. Brent says, “I think it’s safe to say that preloading… will have a positive performance impact, also on real-life projects built upon a full-blown framework.” 🚆
NorthStack is a new and ambitious product line created by Pagely — but set to operate as an independent entity — where they are attempting to offer a whole new type of WordPress hosting. Very similar to Amazon’s broader pay-as-you-go approach, Pagely is seeking to serve a particular type of customer with this product: Users of traditional…
LEAN (I hope you’ll excuse me for only using Lean from now on) is a framework that integrates Angular and the WordPress REST API. They term it an “ecosystem” because it’s a series of integrated projects that all work nicely together. I tested Lean to see if I could quickly get up and running, powering…
Here is a nice update from the Tide group, which made progress during Contributor Day at WCUS. Tide is a series of automated tests run against every installed plugin and theme in the WP.org directory. It displays PHP compatibility, and it tests for errors or warnings. (Tide is sponsored by Google, Automattic, WPEngine, and XWP.)
Community team is considering tooling around the building and using the WordCamp websites, in addition to the naming of events. To help speakers attend WordCamps, additional lead time for visas is requested as well. Share your thoughts now.
WP-CLI has released 2 updates. Get a look at what new features are available.
See the dev blog for more ways to use the block inspector.
Milica Mihajlija takes on CSS performance and says the most straightforward approach is to keep it small. Compressing files can significantly improve speed, but removing unused code can too. Other methods include using efficient CSS animations and avoiding invisible text during font loading. “CSS is critical to loading pages and a delightful user experience. While…
Gabriel Koen describes ten reasons why he believes WordPress is a better starting point for projects than many advanced PHP developers would think. Some of the points are even known pain-points in WordPress, but as he notes, “even a half-assed solution pre-built beats building your own half-assed solution that you’ll never get around to finishing.”
