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Facebook relicensure of React and where that leaves WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

September 29, 2017

After Matt Mullenweg blogged about the decision to ditch React for Gutenberg and core WordPress development, Facebook pulled an about face and changed the license. It was a shocking move, and some suspect WordPress's decision was an impetus for the…

In other upgrade news, WP Rocket…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2017

In other upgrade news, WP Rocket announced version 2.10 with new features such as a revamped settings dashboard and improved static file caching. Now you can minify CSS and JavaScript assets without any concatenation.

JavaScript frameworks and bus factors

Brian Krogsgard

June 6, 2017

Iain Poulson from Delicious Brains explains the risks of relying on third party libraries and codebases that are maintained by a single person. In the current discussion about JavaScript frameworks for WordPress Core, this is a timely question to ask. Iain mentions Vue.js as an example. Vue.js…

There is a discussion in progress about…

Dan Knauss

May 29, 2017

There is a discussion in progress about a JavaScript framework for WordPress. The discussions are primarily focused on React or Vue.js. While the general consensus seems to be that Vue.js is "approachable and highly extensible," React might be the winner if…

Chris Coyier asks when a project…

Brian Krogsgard

May 5, 2017

Chris Coyier asks when a project needs React. His take: (1) if your application has a lot of "state" (2) if you're looking to avoid spaghetti code and looking to build things into modules and (3) there's a high need…

Danny van Kooten relates how and…

Brian Krogsgard

April 20, 2017

Danny van Kooten relates how and why he rewrote his application for Boxzilla from PHP/Laraval to the Go programming language. He shares some differences and benchmarks, but since Go is a compiled language it's not a straight "apples to apples"…

If you work in JavaScript and…

Brian Krogsgard

April 20, 2017

If you work in JavaScript and want to get up speed on asynchronous functions, Ire Aderinokun has a nice post on the subject. She covers not only what they are, but when to use them and how they differ from…

Tim Kadlec writes about a discovery…

Brian Krogsgard

April 4, 2017

Tim Kadlec writes about a discovery that is disturbing. He scanned 5,000 of the top Alexa URLs, and, "76.6% of them include at least one vulnerable JavaScript library."

JavaScript frameworks in a WordPress context — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

March 12, 2017

DraftPlanet

In this episode, Brian and Joe are joined by Zac Gordon, and the three of them discuss the state of JavaScript and JavaScript frameworks in a WordPress context.

As many developers are aware, new…

Dan Knauss

March 3, 2017

As many developers are aware, new resources on learning about React or JavaScript - paid or free - are being created daily. Example: "30 Days of React" is a free 280 PDF by Ari Lerner that delivers lessons "in 30…

Eric Elliott, author of “Programming JavaScript…

Dan Knauss

March 3, 2017

Eric Elliott, author of "Programming JavaScript Applications" (O’Reilly), has composed a "list post" of JavaScript fundamentals, tools, and frameworks (both current and what to watch). There's no way you can reasonably learn everything listed, but it's likely a good birds-eye…

Last chance: Come to A Day of REST to learn about the next generation of WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

February 21, 2017

DesignDevelopment

Don't miss your opportunity to visit Boston for the second iteration of A Day of REST, a conference exclusively devoted to teaching you about the WordPress REST API.

New Year’s resolutions for WordPress developers

Jack Lenox

January 12, 2017

DevelopmentPlanet

It's a new year, and a great time to set some New Year's resolutions as a WordPress developer. Here are some practical tips to up your game working with the WordPress code base.

Contributing to Twenty Seventeen

Sami Keijonen

January 7, 2017

BusinessDesign

Sami Keijonen shares his experience as a first time contributor to the WordPress default theme building process. He primarily worked within the realm of SVG icons for the Twenty Seventeen theme.

Automattic, Calypso, and the WordPress project

Brian Krogsgard

December 13, 2016

Hosting

I think bringing Automattic resources into core WordPress development to put a huge effort into improving the WordPress editing experience is a good thing. An email went out last week to the authors of all plugins with more than one million active…

K. Adam White released his Node…

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2016

K. Adam White released his Node client for the WordPress REST API alongside the release of WordPress 4.7. It's an isomorphic JavaScript client for interacting with the WordPress REST API, and it's available on npm. Definitely check this out if you're…

Facebook relicensure of React and where that leaves WordPress

In other upgrade news, WP Rocket…

JavaScript frameworks and bus factors

There is a discussion in progress about…

Chris Coyier asks when a project…

Danny van Kooten relates how and…

If you work in JavaScript and…

Tim Kadlec writes about a discovery…

JavaScript frameworks in a WordPress context — Draft podcast

As many developers are aware, new…

Eric Elliott, author of “Programming JavaScript…

Last chance: Come to A Day of REST to learn about the next generation of WordPress

New Year’s resolutions for WordPress developers

Contributing to Twenty Seventeen

Automattic, Calypso, and the WordPress project

K. Adam White released his Node…

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