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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 where you...
Read More How to Use the Observable Pattern in JavaScriptThe 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 PluginAt WebDevStudios (WDS), we’ve used Beaver Builder for several projects because it provides a quick and intuitive way for our clients to customize their websites. The development documentation for Beaver Builder is pretty good, however it falls short in one particular area: custom...
Read More Beaver Builder Custom FieldsTL;DR? JavaScript is eating the world, often with PHP by its side. To give some background, my programming introductions went something like: 1986 – Logo on an Apple IIe 1994 – Programming on a Texas Instruments TI-81 graphing calculator 1995 – BASIC,...
Read More What Programming Language Should Aspiring Developers Learn First?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 API