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What is Code?

Brian Krogsgard

June 12, 2015

"What is code?" Paul Ford answers the question, with a 38,000 word masterpiece in Bloomberg. This is the first article I'd tell an aspiring programmer to read, and the one that anyone working in technology should have in their permanent collection.

The trojan emoji

Brian Krogsgard

May 8, 2015

DevelopmentMake WordPress

Andrew Nacin, lead developer of WordPress, just finished a talk at Loopconf, where he talked about a series of related WordPress security fixes that spanned two years, with the final fix included into WordPress core under the guise of emoji support.

How to create better, more accessible WordPress themes

Sami Keijonen

May 7, 2015

DesignDevelopment

Accessibility is an important part of modern web development. It is our responsibility as creators of WordPress themes to make them accessible to all users, on any device. In this article, I'll offer some simple tips to create better, more accessible WordPress themes.

GoomWay

Brian Krogsgard

March 17, 2015

Development

Code should Get Out Of My Way. GoomWay!

The WordPress REST API

Brian Krogsgard

February 11, 2015

DevelopmentMake WordPress

The WordPress REST API is a huge initiative and feature plugin being developed for the core WordPress project. But it can be a bit confusing if you don't know much about it yet. Let's discuss what this project is, why it's important, and how to get involved.

The ABCs of the web

Brian Krogsgard

January 7, 2015

DevelopmentPlanet

We like to say it's easy to build a website, and to build it on top of WordPress. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. But for just about anyone, it can be intimidating when you're just digging in. You've got to learn your ABCs before you can tell a great story. On the web -- especially as it gets more complicated -- there's a lot to learn to build and maintain a modern website.

An introduction to setting up SSH keys for server management

Ben Lobaugh

July 28, 2014

DevelopmentPlanet

Utilizing SSH keys in conjunction with the servers you connect to is a great and highly recommended security practice. SSH stands for "Secure Shell" and enabling SSH for a server creates a secure channel between you (via the command line)…

Tips for local WordPress development with Varying Vagrant Vagrants (VVV)

Jason Resnick

July 11, 2014

DevelopmentPlanet

I’ve used local development environments for as long as I can remember. They’ve always been a fluid part of being a developer. The biggest pain point was keeping everything upgraded at all times and switching from one stack to another.…

Automating i18n in WordPress themes

Brady Vercher

July 8, 2014

DevelopmentPlanet

According to the Polygots Make blog, WordPress is used all over the world and in many different languages. To put that in perspective, more than a third of existing WordPress installations are non-English and in his keynote at WordCamp Seattle,…

Better local development with Airplane Mode

Brian Krogsgard

June 24, 2014

DesignDevelopment

Websites are complicated these days. Even when we work locally, we typically still need to make a bunch of calls to external, online applications, on any given page load. If you're ever without an internet connection, but still attempt to…

Software development tips you probably still need to learn

Brian Krogsgard

June 6, 2014

Development

New Relic has some advice for programming concepts to learn for newly graduated software engineers. While they target degreed engineers, I think these topics are quite practical for anyone that considers themselves a programmer or developer. Some of my favorites:…

How to build a Gravity Forms add-on

Brian Krogsgard

June 4, 2014

Development

In an effort to showcase how Gravity Forms can be used as a platform, Rocket Genius developer Steven Henty has created a quite in-depth tutorial on how to create a Gravity Forms add-on. With over one million WordPress sites running…

On being (or not being) a “dev”

Brian Krogsgard

May 23, 2014

Development

Zé Fontainhas has written a post that needed writing, and we need to read it. Too often, we pre-judge people's capabilities based on false assumptions. Being a contributor to non-developer centric aspects of WordPress doesn't make someone not a developer.…

Hyper-VVV on Windows

Brian Krogsgard

May 5, 2014

Development

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…

Results of the first WP-CLI user survey

Travis Northcutt

April 29, 2014

Development

Daniel Bachhuber has just published the results of the first WP-CLI user survey. The results should provide some guidance for Daniel and others working on the project, as they shed some light on how people are using WP-CLI, and perhaps some…

Version 1 of the WordPress code reference is online

Travis Northcutt

April 28, 2014

Development

In case you missed it last Friday, Siobhan McKeown announced that version one of the new WordPress code reference is now live. The code reference provides for easy exploration of core functions, classes, methods, and hooks, as well as the…

What is Code?

The trojan emoji

How to create better, more accessible WordPress themes

GoomWay

The WordPress REST API

The ABCs of the web

An introduction to setting up SSH keys for server management

Tips for local WordPress development with Varying Vagrant Vagrants (VVV)

Automating i18n in WordPress themes

Better local development with Airplane Mode

Software development tips you probably still need to learn

How to build a Gravity Forms add-on

On being (or not being) a “dev”

Hyper-VVV on Windows

Results of the first WP-CLI user survey

Version 1 of the WordPress code reference is online

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