Lessons Learned in the Fast Lane

Lessons learned in developing and providing user support for "high-interest" plugins.

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1. Lessons Learned in the Fast Lane Developing and Supporting a High-Interest Plugin #wcphx 2018 Andy Fragen
2. Did you ever anticipate that level of interest? #wcphx 2018
3. OMG, can I really pull this off? Does Imposter Syndrome get in the way? #wcphx 2018
4. First Do No Harm define( 'WP_DEBUG', true ); define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true ); define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', true ); #wcphx 2018
5. Be Nice The golden rule applies. Treat everyone as you would like to be treated when asking for help. #wcphx 2018
6. Be Patient Slow down. Rinse, lather, repeat #wcphx 2018
7. Learn to Say No It’s harder than saying “yes” #wcphx 2018
8. Be open to other ideas and other ways of doing things. #wcphx 2018
9. Build a Community Facebook Slack Twitter #wcphx 2018
10. Pay it Forward https://wptally.com #wcphx 2018
11. Summary Do your best to help people use your project. Create documentation. Support your code. Make your code readable. Comment your code well. Always develop with WP_DEBUG set to true. Be active and contribute to other projects. #wcphx 2018
12. whoami https://thefragens.com @andyfragen https://github.com/afragen Day job: Chief Medical Officer at Community Hospital of San Bernardino (Dignity Health) Recovering trauma/acute care surgeon #wcphx 2018
13. Questions? #wcphx 2018