Sarah Chima has written an excellent…
Sarah Chima has written an excellent article for developers about local storage — what it is and JavaScript methods can be used to manipulate it. 🗄️
Sarah Chima has written an excellent article for developers about local storage — what it is and JavaScript methods can be used to manipulate it. 🗄️
K. Adam White shows off an experiment to make it easier to load and “hot reload” JavaScript blocks and plugins in Gutenberg.
I recently stumbled on this JavaScript library called handwritten.js that converts typed text to “realistic handwriting.” Then there’s this Python script from Tristan Hume that does it with OpenType fonts, nicely explained by Julia Evans. ✍️
Even the best of us struggle to learn new concepts. I highly recommend taking a few minutes to read this post from Brad Frost about his efforts to learn React. I do share Brad’s concern that JavaScript is consuming front development to the point that there’s a risk of “hard-won HTML/CSS best practices” suffering as…
I had the privilege to attend and be the media partner at A Day of REST, the world’s first conference devoted to the WordPress REST API. Here’s my initial review, and some pictures, from the event.
Corey Maass and Cory Miller continue the development of their new WordPress plugin, Crop.Express. In this conversation, they share their experiences and challenges in creating the plugin, including the importance of user feedback and testing. They also talk about their decision to make the plugin open-source, the potential benefits of doing so, and the importance of community involvement in the process.
Justin Tadlock has an excellent tutorial for Underscore.js templating beginners. I’m guessing that’s a lot of us. The Underscore.js library has been in WordPress for many versions now. However, it’s next to impossible to find good tutorials that walk you through the process of utilizing it, step-by-step. I got my first taste of it when…