How to use Monolog with a custom WordPress plugin
Log files are just good practice; not only can they help in development and debugging, but they can act as silent sentinels, watching over your code and helping you find a quick solutions when things go wrong.
How to Handle Plugin Dependency in WordPress
Have you ever written plugin code in WordPress that was dependent on another plugin to run? If your code tries to execute before the plugin you require has loaded, obviously, it won’t work. There’s a very simple way to make sure that your plugin doesn’t run until it’s ready.
Balancing Ends (Front/Back-end Development)
Development tools like Angular.js and now React.js and (my personal favorite) Vue.js have transformed front-end website/web application development. It’s actually possible to write whole applications in JavaScript now in a cohesive, management manner. The real question is: should you? The answer is, of course: it depends.
LAMPStack Laravel
I’ve known about Laravel since I first started investigating PHP frameworks years ago. At the time, I didn’t feel that it was the best choice for the site I was managing. But it has continued to grow and, today, it’s far and away the leading PHP framework. We stilll don’t get to use it a lot (being mostly WordPress people) but it’s impressive on many levels.
Custom Pagination in CakePHP 4
CakePHP 4 uses the Milligram CSS framework. Even though freshly-baked CakePHP looks really nice with Milligram, you might want to change the look and feel of the default pagination. In this post we’ll go over how to get the pagination to match your scheme.
Five More Great Tools for LAMP Developers
A short time back, I wrote about two things that I wouldn’t want to be without as a WordPress developer. Since then, a few things have changed. Circumstances have led me to spend more time with Windows 10, and its really working for me. Some of the reasons why I’m digging developing on my Windows 10 rig are these five great tools.
Choosing the Right Stack for the Job
As a developer, you’ve no doubt been asked “can you do [insert user request here]” more times than you can count. The answer is pretty much always “yes.” The tougher question these days is “how” … there are hundreds of ways to get things done these days. In this post, I’d like to share some of the things that shape my decisions about the “how.”
WordPress Plugin Boilerplate, Part Two
In a previous post, I introduced WordPress Plugin Boilerplate (hereafter referred to as WPBB for brevity), an attempt at standardization for the way WordPress plugins are developed.
Making a Simple Cell in CakePHP 4
This tutorial covers the basics of creating a view cell based upon an “articles” table, similar to the one from the blog tutorial on CakePHP.org. It is written using CakePHP 4.