Tech

Backbone.js, Underscore.js and why they matter for WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

January 25, 2013

WordPress is transforming and you may not even know it. The project's largely been a PHP driven framework. According to Github, the code itself is around 85% PHP and 15% JS in WordPress 3.5. In the future, JavaScript is likely to make up a majority of the project's code. And Backbone.js and Underscore.js have a big part of that shift. We should get ready for the change, and learn how to use these new tools.

WordPress 3.5.1

Brian Krogsgard

January 24, 2013

Make WordPressSecurity

WordPress 3.5.1 is out. Some bug fixes, security fixes, and even a couple usability tweaks of the media manager. Go update. No reason not to do so immediately for minor updates.

We need better abstraction in programming with WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

January 24, 2013

Development

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.…

Create Better Code with GenerateWP

Brian Krogsgard

January 24, 2013

Development

A quick and easy way to generate the required code for Sidebars, Menus, Custom Post Types, and a few other elements you'll likely need for your theme and/or plugin. With the visual tips/help, it makes coding these areas a breeze!

Test your kerning skills with the Kern Type game

Brian Krogsgard

January 24, 2013

Design

This is just for fun. My coworker introduced it to me yesterday. A great practice for anyone that toys with the frontend, and a good opportunity to showoff for experienced typography nerds. Move the letters left and right to properly…

Underscores meets Sass with sassy_s

Brian Krogsgard

January 24, 2013

DesignWordPress News

Amy Hendrix has released a nice integration of Sass for the Underscores theme by Automattic. Underscores, or _s, has gotten a lot of traction as an easy to fork base theme, and it's maintained by some truly great theme wranglers…

Eve.io – Is 8Bit getting into hosting?

Brian Krogsgard

January 23, 2013

Hosting

I was reading the new WP Daily site earlier today and noticed in their footer that they're hosted by "Eve." Intrigued, I clicked it to see a simple landing page, but it's clearly branded as a future 8Bit product. I…

Up your game and debug JavaScript with console.log

Brian Krogsgard

January 23, 2013

Development

A nice intro post for a series on front end techniques from Pete Schuster. He talks the basics of debugging JavaScript with console.log. A good read.

The case against Singletons in WordPress

Brady Vercher

January 23, 2013

Development

Mike Toppa makes a case against Singletons in the ongoing discussion regarding best practices for object oriented WordPress development.

How to debug your work in WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

January 23, 2013

DevelopmentHosting

As a hosting company, I beg and plead with you, the developer of sites, to do some basic sanity checks, before you upload your code, for the world to experience. Your clients will thank you. So will our monitoring systems.