Grunt: automation for “lazy” developers — WordCamp Bari 2019
The Italian, full-length version of the Grunt talk: automating the repetitive parts of WordPress plugin and theme development so you can spend attention on the parts that matter.
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Interviews, notes and the occasional deep dive on WordPress, hosting and engineering practice.
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Who’s afraid of the command line? — WordCamp Rome 2018
Interfaces have spent decades getting friendlier, and yet the command line remains irreplaceable for some jobs. A practical tour of WP-CLI for people who do not consider themselves developers.
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Once upon a time, there was a plugin… — WordCamp Europe 2018
The story of Black Studio TinyMCE Widget — 900,000+ active installs — and what a free plugin did for the two people who wrote it. A lightning talk with Francesco Canovi at WordCamp Europe in Belgrade.
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Building a WordPress plugin from scratch — WordCamp Bologna 2018
An introductory talk for developers who know WordPress but have never written a plugin: the conventions, the security basics, the architecture, and how to find your way through the documentation.
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Grunt: the wild boar dev’s best friend — WordCamp London 2018
A lightning talk on Grunt: how a task runner removes the repetitive parts of WordPress plugin and theme development, and why the laziest developers automate first.
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Ten tips in ten minutes for a successful plugin — WordCamp Torino 2018
Ten pieces of advice from six years of building and maintaining a widely used plugin — and almost none of them are about writing code.
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Once upon a time, there was a plugin… — WordCamp Rome 2017
The first outing of the plugin story, in Italian, at WordCamp Rome: a plugin 100% made in Italy with 900,000+ active installs, and the two authors behind it.