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Doc Pop’s News Drop: Early Review of the Gutenberg Editor

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Doc Pop

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July 11, 2017

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Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. We’ve talked a lot about the upcoming Gutenberg Editor for WordPress, but this week Doc gives an early review. Gutenberg hasn’t been officially released yet, but a beta version is available in the plugin repository. Keep in mind this is still an early version of the new editor and many changes are probably still coming. This version used in this video is 0.4.0.

How to use The Decorator Pattern in PHP

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Josh Pollock

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July 11, 2017

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As we progress in learning object-oriented programming (OOP) as PHP developers, the uses of certain established patterns become more important, such as one that I’v been using lately, the decorator pattern. On a textbook level, the decorator pattern lets us change a class when it runs, while extending a class allows us to change it when it is designed. That difference seems trivial, but it has important consequences on the readability and scalability of your applications. The decorator pattern is a different way of adding functionality to a class. Instead of extending it using inheritance — class A extends class B […]

4 Best Practices to Supercharge Your WooCommerce Development

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John Hughes

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July 10, 2017

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WooCommerce is an increasingly popular plugin for adding robust ecommerce capabilities to WordPress. As more and more WordPress stores use the platform, you’ll need to be on the ball to develop quality WooCommerce solutions. As with WordPress, there are two ways to build your own solutions for WooCommerce. You can build custom store themes, or extend its ecommerce capabilities with plugins – and WooCommerce provides in-depth documentation to help you along the way. To keep up with the growing platform while producing custom solutions, you’ll need to stay attentive to coding standards and updates. In this article, we’ll introduce you to […]

The State of the WordPress Community in Australia [Interview]

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Marie Dodson

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July 7, 2017

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WordCamp Brisbane 2017 will be held on July 22-23 at QUT Gardens Point in Brisbane, Australia. With 300 people slated to attend and an awesome line-up of speakers already announced, the two-day event is shaping up to be an impressive one. While today there are multiple WordPress meetups and WordCamps in the Land Down Under, this wasn’t always the case. In fact, in the past, there was just one WordCamp for the entire country of Australia. In this interview, WordCamp Brisbane Organizer, Ricky Blacker explains the evolution of the WordPress community in Australia and how WordCamps have evolved alongside it. […]

WordPress Community Mourns Passing of Jesse Peterson

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Marie Dodson

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July 6, 2017

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It’s a profoundly sad time for WordPress. Yesterday, we lost another great member of the community – father, husband, and good friend to many, Jesse Peterson. Jesse was a beloved member of the WordPress community, owner of Peterson Media Group, and founder of Genesis The.me. He was living with Cystic Fibrosis and was on the waitlist for a double lung transplant. Jesse’s good friend, Ben Meredith wrote: “Friends, This is not the post I wanted to write today. I wanted to click “Publish” on the draft we’ve already got saved named “It’s a GO!” But God in His providence—a providence […]

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