Yesterday, even though it was a beautiful Saturday afternoon, 15 of us gathered to level up our Unit Testing skills at the first PDXWP Hack Day. After a couple of hours getting learned, we managed to ship: Tests for wp_cache_init() and wp_cache_replace(). Props Zack Tollman. Unit tests for the Widgets API. Props Corey McKrill and Robert … Continue reading Unit Testing Hack Day Recap
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Unit Test Hack Day Prep
On Saturday, April 27th, PDXWP is hosting a hack day focusing on unit testing. Max Cutler, who has contributed significantly to WordPress core unit tests, will be teaching the group about unit testing. WordPress core unit tests are written using PHPUnit. While PHPUnit is not the only unit testing framework for PHP, it is what … Continue reading Unit Test Hack Day Prep
The Power of WordPress’ Roles and Capabilities Recap
http://vimeo.com/64430739 Monday night brought Erick Hitter, Team Custom Lead at Automattic, to speak to just under 40 people in developer meetup about the Power of WordPress' Roles and Capabilities. His presentation took two parts, which Erick has also conveniently posted for your reviewing pleasure: The Power of WordPress’ Roles and Capabilities Understanding map_meta_cap Special thanks to Luke … Continue reading The Power of WordPress’ Roles and Capabilities Recap
Three Meetups for April: Roles and Capabilities, Unit Testing and What’s Coming in WordPress 3.6
This coming month we have two three great meetups scheduled. The Power of WordPress’ Roles and Capabilities Date & Time: Monday, April 15th at 6:30 pm WordPress’ roles seem simple enough on the surface, but behind the Administrator, Editor, and the other default roles is a powerful system that can be customized extensively. For April's PDXWP … Continue reading Three Meetups for April: Roles and Capabilities, Unit Testing and What’s Coming in WordPress 3.6
‘The Fundamentals of Content Strategy’ Presentation Recap
tl;dr The presenter at the Feb 25th Portland WordPress Users Meetup, Jim Woolfrey (@informative) demonstrated 'The Fundamentals of Content Strategy.' He covered content strategy from a seller, marketer and agency perspective. During the presentation we saw an actual content strategy brief and the process Jim uses to build a strategy plan. The Fundamentals of Content Strategy Jim introduced … Continue reading ‘The Fundamentals of Content Strategy’ Presentation Recap
“You Want Me to Design What?” Recap
Monday night the user group meetup welcomed Kory McDow, owner and designer at Certified Square, to talk about HTML, CSS, and what the heck to do with them on the web. We had almost 70 people show up from our rough head count. One of the largest crowds yet, which was awesome! Kory started out by … Continue reading “You Want Me to Design What?” Recap
Master the Rewrite API Recap
Last night, the Developer Meetup welcomed Daniel Bachhuber (@danielbachhuber), code wranger for WordPress.com VIP, to talk the group through WordPress' Rewrite API. Daniel started out asking the room how many thought the rewrite API was a deep, dark, mysterious thing. Many agreed with that, no one thought it was easy. One of the first tools … Continue reading Master the Rewrite API Recap
“WP E-Commerce, I Hate You with the Fire of a Thousand Suns” Recap
Last night, the Developer Meetup welcomed Justin Sainton (@js_zao), lead developer for WP E-Commerce, to discuss their ongoing efforts to improve the codebase and innovate with their feature set. Notes by Faddah and Daniel Inspiration for the talk name was Jane Wells' tweet "Wp e-commerce, I hate you with the fire of a thousand suns" … Continue reading “WP E-Commerce, I Hate You with the Fire of a Thousand Suns” Recap
Two Meetups for November: Scaling Digital Trends and What’s Coming in WordPress 3.5
This coming month we have two great meetups scheduled. The first will be geared towards developers, and the second will be more for everyone. The formats will be pretty similar — presentations for the first half with mingling and general collaboration following after. Both will be held in the swanky Bancorp Tower conference room. Oh, … Continue reading Two Meetups for November: Scaling Digital Trends and What’s Coming in WordPress 3.5
Supercharge Your WordPress Recap
Last night, Aaron Hockley (@ahockley) took the time to walk us through supercharging WordPress. We covered everything from picking out a web host to connecting with our readers to speeding up our workflow. Check out Aaron's slides, or the notes below the break. For a good example of these tips in action, check out Splat Photo, Aaron's … Continue reading Supercharge Your WordPress Recap
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