Code Quality, Standards and Best Practices, Discuss
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The document discusses code quality, standards, and best practices in WordPress development. It emphasizes following WordPress coding standards and best practices, knowing when to use different WordPress features like custom post types and additional database tables, being part of the community by asking and answering questions, and not neglecting quality in order to help clients and one's own career. Key resources mentioned include the WordPress Codex and communicating effectively with clients.
Code Quality, Standards and Best Practices, Discuss
- 1. Code Quality, Standards, and Best Practices: Discuss!
- 2. First things first... 1. I'm @Japh 2. Hobart-based Developer (who likes to travel!) 3. Specialties: WordPress, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery 4. Paid to work on the web since 1998
- 3. Code, Standards, Best Practices. Who cares anyway? 1. Your users / customers / clients 2. The community 3. Potential employers 4. You!
- 4. “Knowledge is power” But what do you need to know? 1. Coding according to standards 2. Following best practices 3. How to do things the “WordPress Way” 4. When to do what (easier said than done...) Quote: Sir Francis Bacon
- 5. “With great power comes great responsibility” 1. WordPress is an Open Source platform 2. Release themes into the wild 3. Release plugins into the wild (even easier!) 4. Posting code snippets Quote: Stan Lee via Uncle Ben
- 6. “Imagination is more important than knowledge” 1. Being able to apply knowledge 2. Solving problems you’ve never seen before 3. When should you use Custom Post Types? When should you add extra database tables? 4. Knowing where to look... Quote: Albert Einstein
- 7. “I do not carry such information in my mind since it is readily available in books.” • http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Coding_Standards • http://codex.wordpress.org/CSS_Coding_Standards • http://codex.wordpress.org/Site_Design_and_Layout • http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review • http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_API’s • http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_Tables_with_Plugins • In case it’s not clear… WordPress Codex! Quote: Albert Einstein
- 8. “No man is an island” 1. Not much hasn’t been done before by someone somewhere 2. Be a part of the community. Ask questions, give answers 3. Peer reviewing code 4. No stupid questions, only stupid not to ask Quote: John Donne
- 9. “Never neglect the little things” 1. Skimping on quality hurts your client, your client’s clients, and you 2. Proper planning. Use milestones, and be realistic 3. Client education and communication Quote: Og Mandino
- 10. Thank you! • Slides are here: http://japh.com.au/wcgc2011/ • Follow me here: http://twitter.com/Japh • Talk to me here!