Is front-end development having an identity crisis?
Does front-end development as a we know it still exist; or has the role evolved into something we no longer recognise? As with evolution in nature, the evolution of "front-end" has resulted in several distinct flavours --- and in my opinion --- an identity crisis.
Introduction to WordPress acceptance testing | The Man in the Arena
As a WordPress developer, the topic of testing isn’t something that we hear about that often. And, if we do hear about it, it’s more often than not just one specific type of testing: unit testing.
PHP Namespaces for WordPress - a No Nonsense Guide
PHP namespaces are easy to use and make coding faster & easier. They work like a folder structure. Learn how to use them in WordPress plugins & themes.
How to Force Reload any Cached CSS File (Local, Remote, or on a CDN)
Learn a simple trick how to force reload all cached CSS files on a page. Development or production environment - it works everywhere & has no dependancies.
How to setup linting and coding standards compliance for WordPress - Create and Code
Fancy making a quantum leap forward with the quality of your WordPress Code? If so, you’ve come to the right place 🙂 Today we’re going to walk you through the exact steps to take setup all sorts of wonderful tools to improve your PHP, Javascript and CSS for WordPress projects. Specifically, we’re going to go […]
How Unicode Works: What every developer needs to know about strings and 🦄
Waaay back in 2003 Joel Spolsky wrote about Unicode and why every developer should understand what it is and why it’s important. I remember reading that article (and have since… Read more
Welcome to Laragon Documentation. If you don’t find information, you can make posts on the Forum. What is Laragon?Laragon is a portable, isolated, fast & powerful universal development environment
Installing ImageMagick is really pain on other systems. However, it is trivial with Laragon if you follow these below steps (works with both Apache & Nginx): Download links: PHP Extension (PECL): https://pecl.php.net/package/imagick/3.4.3/windows Imagick...
Code Review Part 1: Fixing Design Flaw with the "Return Early" Strategy
While reading Josh Pollock’s first article in his Advanced OOP for WordPress series, I noticed opportunities to improve his code’s quality and performance. So I reached out to him. As a fellow educator, he suggested that I do a code review and then publish my insights in a series of articles here on Torque as …
InVision, the NY-based design platform focused on collaboration, has today announced the acquisition of Wake. Wake is a design tool focused squarely on supporting design visibility throughout a particular organization. Wake allows companies to share design assets and view work in progress as designers build out their screens, logos, or other designs. Design team leaders, […]