Post Status Excerpt (No. 2) — Headless WordPress & Learning JavaScript
David Bisset
David and Cory discuss WordPress 5.7, the latest news in WordPress, WPEngine's new headless WordPress service, and learning JavaScript today.
Here are some JavaScript ES2021 features…
Dan Knauss
Here are some JavaScript ES2021 features worth knowing, plus some practical examples. 👨🏫
Atlas SShRugged 🤷♂️ Right before the…
Dan Knauss
Atlas SShRugged 🤷♂️ Right before the DE(CODE) 2021 conference, WP Engine founder and CTO Jason Cohen announced WP Engine's new Headless WordPress service, which is called Atlas. A new developer relations team "with focus on headless WordPress" — Matt Landers,…
I like how Brad Frost defines…
Dan Knauss
I like how Brad Frost defines the two types of front-end developers: Front-of-the-front-end developer: a web developer who specializes in writing HTML, CSS, and presentational JavaScript code. Back-of-the-front-end developer: a web developer who specializes in writing JavaScript code necessary to…
💨 If you are looking for…
Dan Knauss
💨 If you are looking for a positive Gutenberg experience, then check out this blog post. In it, Valentina Orlandi explains why WP Rocket chose Gutenberg and how the performance of their site improved. "We asked the agency in charge…
The State of JavaScript 2020 has…
Dan Knauss
The State of JavaScript 2020 has been published with a wide variety of survey results from nearly 20,000 participants. Results inside salary, work experience, familiarity with JavaScript features, frameworks, tools used, resources, and opinions. Front-end developers will likely want to…
Kellen Mace has launched Headless WP…
Dan Knauss
Kellen Mace has launched Headless WP Rocks, a YouTube channel dedicated to
Jane Tracy writes an excellent guide…
Dan Knauss
Jane Tracy writes an excellent guide on the vanilla JavaScript basics to know before learning React. 🍨
WordPress 5.5 was released last week…
Dan Knauss
WordPress 5.5 was released last week and quickly followed by 5.5.1 on September 1st. 💨 In 5.5 several global JavaScript objects were removed without being deprecated. WordPress 5.5.1 adds a backfill for these globals so they no longer cause errors.…
WordPress 5.6 planning is underway, and,…
Dan Knauss
WordPress 5.6 planning is underway, and, notably, this release will feature an all-women release squad. Josepha Haden hopes this experience will make it more likely that those who are involved will "return as contributors to Core and elsewhere." 👩💻 Meanwhile,…
I recently stumbled on this JavaScript…
Dan Knauss
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. ✍️
New in 5.5 WordPress 5.5 Release…
Dan Knauss
New in 5.5 WordPress 5.5 Release Candidate 2 landed this week, and the final release date (August 11) is next Tuesday. Here are the latest updates and news about it: There is more support for modernized JavaScript i18n, which Justin…
Munir Kamal has written up a…
Dan Knauss
Munir Kamal has written up a comparative examination of "HTML Bloat" in Gutenberg and Elementor. Munir created two versions of the same page layout in both Gutenberg and Elementor to compare the amount and quality of the code they each…
Native iframe lazy-loading is now an…
Dan Knauss
Native iframe lazy-loading is now an HTML standard and is currently supported in Chrome. As the name implies, this technology defers loading offscreen iframes until a user scrolls near them. 💤 For example, by default, the Facebook Like plugin (using…
Conference Updates WordCamp Denver is happening…
Dan Knauss
Conference Updates WordCamp Denver is happening online from June 26-27. There are three tracks and I hear there's even a Yoga session. 🧘♂️ The JavaScript for WordPress event is happening from July 8 to 10th. 📅 Registration is open for…
Matt Shaw explains how the JavaScript…
Dan Knauss
Matt Shaw explains how the JavaScript FileReader API can be used to upload large files in chunks and avoid server limits. The API has major browser support now, including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer 10. Matt notes, "If you’re…
