Practical WordPress Development

Tom McFarlin
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Practical WordPress Development

In which I discuss what it looks like to be a backend developer in the WordPress economy. Early episodes include question and answers where later episodes will be audio versions of my blog posts (along with some additional commentary or bonus episodes).

  1. 12/02/2021

    What I Know Now

    The rest of this stuff is a list of advice from what I know now I would tell myself (or someone else just entering the industry) if I were just getting started.

    10 min

  2. 11/22/2021

    Know Your Strength, Hire Your Weakness

    Weaknesses aren't always languages or areas of a stack that you don't know. They can areas in which you do know but could be stronger or areas in which you can't control, like time.

    7 min

  3. 11/09/2021

    Play By The Rules and Be Careful What You Write

    If you're going to write about WordPress, determine about which you primarily want to write. Is going to be less subjective material more opinionated material? You get to pick the game you want to play. But when you do that, know the rules, play by them, and be careful what you write.

    15 min

  4. 11/04/2021

    You Should Write About Your Work

    Despite the fact there are more resources that ever for learning how to accomplish what it is you want to accomplish within WordPress, it’s less common to find someone who is facing the same problem under the same constraints with the same voice you have. Write about your work. Include the problems you’re solving, and the thought process that’s going into their solutions. Though you may be describing a common problem, you’ll be describing them from your perspective.

    7 min

  5. 11/03/2021

    Where to Start With WordPress Development?

    Finding your niche can be tough and you shouldn't expect it to happen quickly. So this raises the following question: Where to start with WordPress Development?

    12 min

  6. 11/02/2021

    WordPress Then, WordPress Now

    What advice would I give to those who are new to the WordPress economy what advice would I give my former self?

    6 min

  7. 08/30/2019

    Finale

    In the Season 1 finale, I update you on what's going on with my family, what I'm up to, and answer a plethora of questions including: What are your favorite plugins that you use on all of or your most essential sites? Where do you begin at getting started with the Codex?  Do you like using Bootstrap when building sites or applications? What is the recommended approach for replacing the WordPress administration area? What advice do you have for unit testing, integration testing, acceptance testing, or any other types of testing? What is your opinion on Docker? What do you do site speed optimization for a site or application built on WordPress? What is life like working  remotely, being involved in fitness, being involved in sports, and your life in general?  How do you stay organized and productive during the workday? I also share some of the questions that have been submitted that I didn't answer.

    24 min

  8. 07/29/2019

    On Gutenberg

    First, a few things as to what's up both personally and professionally as well as a few thoughts on the nature of JavaScript in WordPress. Then, I answer the question: What are your thoughts on WordPress 5.0 and the Gutenberg Editor? In the answer, I touch on the nature of new technologies, React, why this is something developers and engineers should be excited about, and the reason why I don't focus much on the social nature of changes in the technology industry.

    16 min
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In which I discuss what it looks like to be a backend developer in the WordPress economy. Early episodes include question and answers where later episodes will be audio versions of my blog posts (along with some additional commentary or bonus episodes).

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