Category: Web Development
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WordPress needs to stay JavaScript framework ‘agnostic’
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Continue Reading: WordPress needs to stay JavaScript framework ‘agnostic’WordPress currently stands at a fork in the JavaScript road. For a long time, it seemed like a formality that the core team would select ReactJS as the JavaScript framework for WordPress. After all, Automattic, the company that runs WordPress.com, started using it, and the new post editor, Gutenberg, was being built with it. But…
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Why WordCamps Matter
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Continue Reading: Why WordCamps MatterWordCamps are a great place to see the WordPress community in action. So if you use WordPress in any way, why haven’t you attended one?
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Displaying threaded comments with VueJS
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Continue Reading: Displaying threaded comments with VueJSDisplaying comments in a threaded manner is challenging with the WP REST API. But here’s a simple way to do it with VueJS.
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In defense of the way Gutenberg adds oEmbeds and Shortcodes
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Continue Reading: In defense of the way Gutenberg adds oEmbeds and ShortcodesThere’s much debate about the Gutenberg editor, especially around these custom blocks which will replace oEmbeds and shortcodes. But it’s not as bad as it might seem.
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WordPress’ Gutenberg editor looks promising but needs work
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Continue Reading: WordPress’ Gutenberg editor looks promising but needs workWordPress’ eventual new post editor, Gutenberg, became available as a feature plugin two weeks ago. It certainly has it’s flaws but I think it has a lot of potential.
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Slower WordPress cycle best for moving forward
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Continue Reading: Slower WordPress cycle best for moving forwardAfter WordPress 4.7 dropped in December, Matt Mullenweg announced that he would be taking over and core wouldn’t have a strict timeline for major releases. Now as 4.8 is about to drop, is this slower development cycle worth it?
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Loading more posts with a button click and WP REST API
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Continue Reading: Loading more posts with a button click and WP REST APIOne of the features I had an issue finding a tutorial over was loading more posts via a button click. So here’s a brief tutorial on how to do just that.
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Another year, another set of WordPress resolutions
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Continue Reading: Another year, another set of WordPress resolutionsAh yes, the new year. That time when everyone makes resolutions that they might keep for a couple of weeks. Like I did last year, here are a few WordPress resolutions I hope to keep throughout 2017.
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Displaying threaded comments with WordPress REST API
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Continue Reading: Displaying threaded comments with WordPress REST APIAs I’ve worked with the WP REST API, I’ve seen a lot of really good tutorials over the basics, but not a lot that deal with slightly more complicated topics that are easily implemented in the typical WordPress template. This tutorial over threaded comments in the WP REST API hopefully starts to fill that void.
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Trying to wrap my head around WP REST API and JavaScript
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Continue Reading: Trying to wrap my head around WP REST API and JavaScriptI set out this week to learn more about the WP REST API and JavaScript. What I learned is that I still have a ton to learn in those departments.