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Lessons Learned in the Fast Lane

Andy Fragen
February 16, 2018

Lessons Learned in the Fast Lane

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

Andy Fragen

February 16, 2018
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  1. Lessons Learned in the Fast Lane
    Developing and Supporting a High-Interest Plugin
    #wcphx 2018
    Andy Fragen

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  2. Did you ever anticipate that level of interest?
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  3. OMG, can I really pull this off?
    Does Imposter Syndrome get in the way?
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  4. First Do No Harm
    define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
    define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );
    define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', true );
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  5. Be Nice
    The golden rule applies.
    Treat everyone as you would like to be treated when asking for help.
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  6. Be Patient
    Slow down.
    Rinse, lather, repeat
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  7. Learn to Say No
    It’s harder than saying “yes”
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  8. Be open to other ideas and other ways
    of doing things.
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  9. Build a Community
    Facebook
    Slack
    Twitter
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  10. Pay it Forward
    https://wptally.com
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  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.
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  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
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  13. Questions?
    #wcphx 2018

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