Lately, I’ve been trying to become more familiar with design patterns. One thing I’ve realized along the way is that it’s not easy to recognize where a specific pattern might be useful. It usually comes down to having that light bulb moment...
Read More How to Use the Observable Pattern in JavaScriptAuthor: Eric Fuller
Compile JavaScript with Webpack in a WordPress Plugin
The goal of this article is to show you how to configure webpack to watch and compile the JavaScript files in a WordPress plugin. What this article will not cover is how to configure webpack to work with every file type known...
Read More Compile JavaScript with Webpack in a WordPress PluginJavaScript: Reusable Components and API
Over the past year, I have been working very hard to learn JavaScript deeply. I have even purposefully taken the approach to learn it outside of the WordPress ecosystem. Why? Because it promotes exploring and learning different techniques that you can then take...
Read More JavaScript: Reusable Components and APILevel Up With jQuery Dimensions
It’s hard to believe that I’m well into my second year of being a front-end dev here at WDS. It has been an awesome experience and I’m truly blessed to work with such a great group of people. Halfway through 2015, I officially...
Read More Level Up With jQuery DimensionsThe PHPStorm Debugger is Pretty Awesome
In a previous post, I wrote about how awesome PHPStorm is in the context of being a front-end developer. In this post, we are going to look at getting the PHPStorm debugger setup to work with Xdebug and then test it to...
Read More The PHPStorm Debugger is Pretty AwesomePHPStorm for Front-End Developers
As a developer, front-end or back-end, there is no lack of strong opinions on why or why not developers choose their text editor or IDE. It tends to be a very personal choice. A few popular editors in use these days are...
Read More PHPStorm for Front-End DevelopersA Strategy for Styling Gravity Forms
Over the past few weeks, there has been a lot of work done to the starter theme we use at WDS, known as wd_s. Everything from incorporating a pattern library, migrating our build system from Grunt to Gulp, and adding some really great...
Read More A Strategy for Styling Gravity FormsTime Saving Tips For Cross Browser Testing
Cross browser testing (CBT/CBT-ing) is something we take very seriously here at WDS. If you don’t believe me, just ask our design leads Greg Rickaby or Corey Collins. As a front-end developer, providing screenshots from cross browser testing is a must before submitting work/code for...
Read More Time Saving Tips For Cross Browser TestingCreating Custom Templates for BuddyPress
On my first day working at WebDevStudios, Greg Rickaby told me that one of the best things about working here is that I would constantly be getting to learn new technologies. He wasn’t lying. In my second week, I was tasked with...
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