Category: Development

MySQL Database Export Errors and Solutions

I recently encountered a couple of frustrating MySQL database export errors and wanted to share the solutions I used with other folks, as well as document it for future me. Here’s my setup. These issues could appear on any platform, though. OS:...

Scary Warning Signs Your Website Needs a Redesign

If your website looks like the one above you either have really, really, really particular brand following… or it might be time for a website redesign. There is never a perfect checklist or milestone your website needs to meet in order to...

Safely Coding: Nonces

Introduction You are working on a new plugin or theme to sell to customers. You think to yourself, let’s just go ahead and process this form or button request. What can go wrong? Nonce so fast. It’s always fun to develop...

How to Create an Addon for Local by Flywheel

A while back, I wanted to create an addon for Local by Flywheel that connected a popular database management tool, TablePlus with Local by Flywheel. Local is a development tool used by WordPress developers all over. At WebDevStudios, we use it daily....

Post Event Report: Jamstack Conf Virtual 2020

Jamstack Conf is a two-day celebration of the next generation of web apps, where the JAMStack community and ecosystem come together to learn, connect, and create. Conference attendees range from frontend and full-stack engineers to web agencies, all ready to push the...

WordPress Block Development Made Easy

WordPress block development can be daunting. It’s already intimidating enough that you need to know ReactJS, you also need to install and configure tools like webpack, Babel, and ESLint. Here at WebDevStudios, we like to build things; and we love to do...

Cache Busting Scripts and Styles

All browsers implement a private, client-side browser cache. When a browser visits a page, it downloads the scripts and stylesheets (amongst other assets) into its cache. This caching is beneficial to performance, reducing network traffic and page load times. Other pages on...

StorybookJS and Why You Should Use It

What is Storybook? Storybook is a user interface (UI) development environment and playground for UI components. The tool enables developers to create components independently and showcase components interactively in an isolated development environment. Storybook supports many different frontend view layers. React, Vue,...

Speed Up Your Development with Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio (VS) Code was released on April 29, 2015 by Microsoft. In a very short time, it has taken the coding world by storm. As of 2020, nearly 51% of developers claim to use it as their primary development environment. This,...