Tom MacFarlin offers some tips on…
Tom MacFarlin offers some tips on how to bootstrap JavaScript files in WordPress.
Tom MacFarlin offers some tips on how to bootstrap JavaScript files in WordPress.
K. Adam White shows off an experiment to make it easier to load and “hot reload” JavaScript blocks and plugins in Gutenberg.
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, there have been some snags reported by people upgrading to WordPress 5.5 that has to…
I don’t love social buttons, but if I was in the market, I’d consider sharingbuttons.io — a simple and fast UI to build them with no JavaScript or tracking. The icons are made via SVG; credit goes to Max Stoiber who is also an author of React Boilerplate.
Zac Gordon has several announcements out about his JavaScript for WordPress course. One is that the price will go up soon, so locking in now would be a good idea, if you’re interested in it.
Leszek Swirski offers some advice about code caching for JavaScript developers to improve startup time on commonly visited sites. Leszek focuses on caching in Chrome/V8, but most of his examples probably apply to other browsers as well.
Haris Zulfiqar at WebDevStudios covers the timely subject of Advanced Custom Fields and Gutenberg. Haris explains how to build a custom block for a hero section using ACF “without writing a single line of JavaScript code.” In his view, “ACF provides a solid platform that fills the gap between PHP and JavaScript developers.”