Putting the Develop in Development
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The document outlines best practices for organizing and developing projects using WordPress, including understanding the template hierarchy and coding standards. It emphasizes the importance of using automation tools like task runners (Grunt and Gulp) and version control systems (Git) to streamline workflows. Additional resources and community events for further learning in WordPress development are also provided.
![Putting the Develop
in Development
Jason Yingling
@jason_yingling
Resources available: https://goo.gl/KaOIIn
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Putting the Develop in Development
- 1. Putting the Develop in Development Jason Yingling @jason_yingling Resources available: https://goo.gl/KaOIIn [ ]
- 2. Who am I?Introduction Who am I? What We’ll Cover Organizing a Project Director of Development, Red8 Interactive 3 plugins on WordPress.org repo 3 time WordCamp Speaker Meetup and WordCamp organizer @jason_yingling Developing a Project Further Resources
- 3. What We’ll Cover How we plan a project at Red8 Interactive How we develop projects as a team The tools and resources we use to improve our development workflow
- 4. Organizing a ProjectIntroduction Organizing a Project @jason_yingling Developing a Project Further Resources • Understanding the WordPress template hierarchy – Main Templates – Commonly overlooked templates • Breaking down what makes a template • Planning a project into templates and template parts
- 5. Template Hierarchy @jason_yingling How WordPress determines which template files to use when displaying a post or page. “ Introduction Organizing a Project Developing a Project Further Resources
- 8. The Big Three @jason_yingling • Index.php – everything falls back to index. Main post loop. • Single.php – your single posts • Page.php – your static pages Introduction Organizing a Project Developing a Project Further Resources
- 9. The Forgotten @jason_yingling • 404 page • Search Results • Archives Introduction Organizing a Project Developing a Project Further Resources
- 10. Template Anatomy
- 11. Breaking it Down
- 12. Developing a Project @jason_yingling • Code to the standards • Automate your workflow • Version control your code Introduction Organizing a Project Further Resources Developing a Project
- 13. Coding Standards @jason_yingling • Learn the WordPress way • Easier for others to pick up • Easier for you to pick up others code • Helps make code self- documenting • Check the Codex Introduction Organizing a Project Further Resources Developing a Project
- 14. PHP Standards @jason_yingling • Don’t camelCase function names. Use lowercase and “_” for spaces • No shorthand • Use real tabs and not spaces Introduction Organizing a Project Further Resources Developing a Project
- 15. Automate It @jason_yingling • Problem: Doing things takes time. • Solution: Make the computer do it for you! Introduction Organizing a Project Further Resources Developing a Project
- 16. “ Why use a task runner? In one word: automation. The less work you have to do when performing repetitive tasks like minification, compilation, unit testing, linting, etc, the easier your job becomes. - Gruntjs.com
- 17. Task Runners @jason_yingling Introduction Organizing a Project Further Resources Developing a Project The Battle of Build Scripts: Gulp vs Grunt Grunt for People Who Think Things Like Grunt are Weird and Hard
- 18. Some Useful Grunt Tools @jason_yingling Introduction Organizing a Project Further Resources Developing a Project • BrowserSync • SASS Compiling • JS Minification • JS Concatenation • Lots more
- 19. GUI Option @jason_yingling Introduction Organizing a Project Further Resources Developing a Project • CodeKit
- 20. Version Control It @jason_yingling Introduction Organizing a Project Further Resources Developing a Project • Work collaboratively • Track what has changed • Back everything up • Revert if needed
- 21. “ What is git? Git is known as a "distributed" (rather than "centralized") version control system because you can run it locally and disconnected from the Internet, and then "push" your changes to a remote system (such as GitHub) whenever you like.
- 22. Tips for Successful Version Controlling @jason_yingling Introduction Organizing a Project Further Resources Developing a Project • Write useful commit messages • Implement features as they’re ready • Have a strategy in place
- 23. Basic Git Workflow @jason_yingling Introduction Organizing a Project Further Resources Developing a Project
- 24. Git Commands @jason_yingling Introduction Organizing a Project Further Resources Developing a Project • git clone • git checkout • git add • git commit • git merge • git pull • git push • git stash
- 25. More Git Resources @jason_yingling Introduction Organizing a Project Further Resources Developing a Project • Git4WP – Free video course on using git with WordPress • A Successful Git Branching Model • git docs
- 26. Further Resources @jason_yingling Introduction Organizing a Project Further Resources Developing a Project • Plugins to help speed up development – Advanced Custom Fields – Form Plugins – Yoast SEO – WP Pusher
- 27. Further Resources @jason_yingling Introduction Organizing a Project Further Resources Developing a Project • Post Status (Blog) • WP Tavern (Blog) • Smashing WordPress (Book) • Up and Running (Book) • Post Status Draft (Podcast) • Apply Filters (Podcast)
- 28. Further Resources @jason_yingling Introduction Organizing a Project Further Resources Developing a Project • Community Events – WordCamps – Local Meetups – Slack Channels • Make WordPress • Post Status • STL Meetup
- 29. Best Resources Go make something.
Editor's Notes
- #17: Allows for teams to easily use the same tools Can version control the various Grunt plugins used in a project
- #18: Both JS based task runners Grunt has been around longer so it has a bit bigger user base and more plugins already built Gulp is newer and growing fast. More focused on speed But Grunt has implemented some of Gulp’s speed advantages itself
- #19: Take a look inside a our Grunt file
- #22: Allows for teams to easily use the same tools Can version control the various Grunt plugins used in a project
- #25: The basic workflow only really requires 7 git commands git stash is a special bonus clone let’s you clone a repo url checkout let’s you checkout a branch or create a new branch on a repo add lets you add files contents to the index commit lets you insert the files into the repository merge lets you merge changes between branches pull lets you pull from the remote repository to your local push lets you push changes from your local branch to the remote repo stash lets you remove the changes from one branch, move to another, and apply them there
- #26: Git4WP is a free video course from the developer behind the WP Pusher plugin - Second
- #27: Git4WP is a free video course from the developer behind the WP Pusher plugin - Second
- #28: Git4WP is a free video course from the developer behind the WP Pusher plugin - Second
- #29: Git4WP is a free video course from the developer behind the WP Pusher plugin - Second