Development

Flywheel’s Local development app has received several major updates during the past month. The most recent release brings back support … Continue reading Local Brings Back Support for Apache and Site Cloning →

WordPress is a dinosaur. If you are a PHP programmer and have had the opportunity to work outside of WordPress … Continue reading Proposal to Update the WordPress Coding Standards for Modern PHP →

The Gutenberg project and its eventual full-site editing feature is coming upon a major issue that will need to be … Continue reading Block-Based Themes and the Problem with Dynamic Data in HTML Templates →

With the release of WordPress 5.4 looming, it is time for plugin and theme developers to begin testing their extensions … Continue reading Preparing for WordPress 5.4: Changes Theme and Plugin Developers Should Know About →

Adam Wathan, creator of the Tailwind CSS, published the early release notes for the upcoming version 1.2.0 update to the … Continue reading Upcoming Tailwind CSS 1.2.0 Includes Grid Support and New Utilities →

It was late summer in 2018. I was an aging developer who wasn’t quite sure where I fit into the … Continue reading Lessons Learned by Stepping Outside WordPress Comfort Zone →

Premature optimization is the root of all evil. It is a common saying among developers. It makes sense. Optimizing prematurely … Continue reading Optimizing Code in a World That Doesn’t Want to Optimize →

In my role at WP Engine, I have the opportunity to travel the world serving as an ambassador for new … Continue reading Possibilities of a CMS in the Spatial Computing Future →

PHP 7.4 is slated for release on November 28, 2019. WordPress 5.3 will also include several commits that address deprecated … Continue reading First Look at PHP 7.4 for WordPress Developers →