We need better abstraction in programming with WordPress

ByBrian Krogsgard Posted onJanuary 24, 2013January 31, 2015 Updated onJanuary 31, 2015

Tom McFarlin is always blogging fantastic things. This is another great one. He calls for developers to be more abstract in their WordPress code; in other words, to separate what goes where in a more logical, easier to repeat manner. With good examples of un-abstracted and abstracted code, he shows why abstraction in programming is so beneficial. I’ve learned this the hard way myself. Kudos to Tom for spreading the good word.

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Hyper-VVV on Windows

ByBrian Krogsgard May 5, 2014January 14, 2015

Believe it or not, some WordPress developers code on Windows. This can cause problems with Varying Vagrant Vagrants (VVV) using VirtualBox if Hyper-V is also enabled. I’ve taken the time to implement a VVV setup on top of Hyper-V to reap the benefits of both local WordPress development and Windows’ native virutalization layer.

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Developing WordPress plugins with boilerplates

ByBrian Krogsgard January 30, 2013January 31, 2015

Tom McFarlin, doing what Tom McFarlin does over on wpTuts+. Go read about why boilerplates matter. I personally use versions of both of his settings and plugin boilerplates, which you can get from the links in his post. Go read it!

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A week of visiting websites pretending to be blind

ByBrian Krogsgard January 25, 2013January 31, 2015

As developers, we are still not doing enough to make the web accessible to all types of users. In this story, David Ball spends a week pretending to be blind on the internet. He learned some interesting things, but in short: it sucks. We can do better. Read that post, and check out Dave Rupert’s…

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WooCommerce Function of the Week: wc_get_customer_last_order

ByRodolfo Melogli March 17, 2022June 3, 2022

With wc_get_customer_last_order you can support a winback campaign to reach out to customers who haven’t placed orders recently.

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WooCommerce Function of the Week: wc_get_customer_total_spent

ByRodolfo Melogli February 16, 2022June 3, 2022

Quickly identify your top-paying customers and get the total amount spent for each in WooCommerce. Perfect for a VIP rewards program.

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Local development tips for WordPress

ByBrian Krogsgard June 17, 2013January 31, 2015

Jon Brown has a very nice post up on his blog with some tips for better local development with WordPress. There are a lot of ways to go about this, but I like the way Jon organizes things. h/t Ben May.