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Gutenberg, accessibility, and compromise

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Brian Krogsgard

I had a call with Matt Mullenweg to discuss some things regarding the upcoming Gutenberg release, the critiques around accessibility, and thoughts I've had around the way this release and other releases are scheduled. I'll keep this note to the…

Gutenberg 4.0 is out, and this…

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Brian Krogsgard

Gutenberg 4.0 is out, and this release covers a number of items from a long "pending items" list. Other than bug fixes, some new additions include colors for cover image overlays, a new font size picker, better pullquote features, post locking, a…

I’m a big fan of Wes…

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Brian Krogsgard

I'm a big fan of Wes Bos's series of online tutorials, and if you are moving deeper into React then you might be interested in his latest Full Stack JavaScript Apps with React.js and GraphQL course. WordPress Developers may also…

Alex Russell shared his thoughts on…

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Dan Knauss

Alex Russell shared his thoughts on the current state of JavaScript and warned about the substitution of "developer value" (things developers like) over "user value" because "JavaScript is the web’s CO2." In other words, we need some Javascript, "but too…

Adam Soucie shares a case study…

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Dan Knauss

Adam Soucie shares a case study comparing how a Gist embed module for Beaver Builder and a Gutenberg block with the same function are built. The key differences come down to JavaScript versus PHP. Adam feels that although Gutenberg might not be the first…

Mika Epstein tackles the common concerns many…

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Brian Krogsgard

Mika Epstein tackles the common concerns many people have about Gutenberg as its debut in Wordpress 5.0 approaches. Most themes and plugins don't interface with the post editor or custom meta boxes, so they will be fine. For those that do involve the editor…

Notes from WordCamp Europe, 2018

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David Bisset
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Another successful WordCamp Europe 2018 just wrapped up a few days ago. The event had 54 organizers, 170 volunteers, 65 speakers (from 17 countries), and 37 sponsors (with 44 micro-sponsors). Out of 2,368 tickets sold, 2,085 attendees (from 76 countries)…

Even the best of us struggle…

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Brian Krogsgard

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…

If you’re interested in learning Vue, a popular…

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Dan Knauss

If you're interested in learning Vue, a popular JavaScript framework, then you must check out this new screencast from css-tricks.com. Sarah Drasner and Chris Coyier spend over an hour showing off Vue's basic capabilities.

Omar Reiss been working on a…

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Dan Knauss

Omar Reiss been working on a patch to make WordPress fit with modern modular JavaScript programming practices, and he writes more in depth about this on the Make WordPress Blog. Omar shows off an overview of the directory structure that comes…

As usual, we start off with…

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Brian Krogsgard

As usual, we start off with a few Gutenberg updates. Gutenberg 2.5 was officially released on March 29th, with a heavy focus on new and improved tools to extend and interact with the editor. On the user side, there are updates to…

The first WordPress conferences of 2018…

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Brian Krogsgard
Business
The first WordPress conferences of 2018 will soon be upon us. Two to point out: LoopConf is happening from February 21 to 24 with a solid speaker lineup. It's back in the same venue at Salt Lake City, Utah. If you're…

The age of Gutenberg

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Brian Krogsgard

Gutenberg was the talk of town at WordCamp US, as you may expect. Most people have their own thoughts on the product itself, the necessity of its existence, the process in creating it, or a variety of other things. I…

Justin Foell attempts to answer the…

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Brian Krogsgard

Justin Foell attempts to answer the question, "What programming language should 'aspiring developers' learn first?" Justin leans toward JavaScript as a possible path, since it's practically everywhere — from browsers to servers to desktop applications. Justin also notes its downsides…
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