Surgeon's Guide to Plugin Development

WordCamp Los Angeles 2015

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2. Triage Requirements in Mass
   Casualty Scenarios
   

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3. A Surgeon's Guide to Plugin
   Development
   

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5. Surgical Aphorisms
   ❖ KISS - Keep It Simple (Stupid)
   ❖ The enemy of good is better
   ❖ Should you really do that?
   ❖ Learn from others
   ❖ You are "captain of the ship"
   

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6. Keep It Simple
   

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7. The Enemy of Good Is Better
   

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8. Just Because You CAN Do
   Something; Doesn't Mean You
   SHOULD You Do Something?
   

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9. Learn the Good and the Bad
   

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10. Captain of the Ship
    Decisions, not options
    Single purpose
    Simple, simple, simple
    Scratch your own itch
    

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11. Tools of the Trade
    DesktopServer
    PHPStorm
    GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, etc.
    Tower - towerapp.com
    Google, GitHub, WordPress forums
    

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12. Scratching Your Own Itch
    ❖ What problem do I want to solve?
    ❖ Does a solution already exist?
    ❖ Do current solutions work for you?
    ❖ DIY
    

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13. Plugin Development
    ❖ Identify scope of project
    ❖ Start coding, preference to OOP
    ❖ Ask questions
    ❖ Constantly lookup and learn
    ❖ Core is your best reference
    

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14. Core is your friend
    ❖ Transients API
    ❖ Settings API
    ❖ add_action()/do_action()
    ❖ add_filter()/apply_filters()
    

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15. WordPress.org Plugin Repo
    ❖ The Events Calendar Category Colors
    ❖ The Events Calendar PRO Alarm
    ❖ The Events Calendar User CSS
    ❖ The Events Calendar Outlook Import Fix
    ❖ Add Custom Header Images
    

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16. My Goals for GitHub Updater
    ❖ Simple barrier to entry
    ❖ Work within core as much possible
    ❖ Update both plugins and themes
    

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17. Plugin Requirements for GitHub Updater
    /*

    Plugin Name: GitHub Updater

    Plugin URI: https://github.com/afragen/github-updater

    Description: A plugin to automatically update GitHub, Bitbucket or
    GitLab hosted plugins and themes. It also allows for remote installation
    of plugins or themes into WordPress.
    Version: 1.0.0

    Author: Andy Fragen

    License: GNU General Public License v2

    License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

    Domain Path: /languages

    Text Domain: github-updater

    GitHub Plugin URI: https://github.com/afragen/github-updater

    GitHub Branch: master

    */

    

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18. Current State of GitHub Updater
    ❖ Seamless updates for plugins and themes
    ❖ Works in single or multisite
    ❖ Works with GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab
    ❖ Works with public and private repositories
    ❖ Changelogs, readme.txt, view details, ratings, etc.
    ❖ Rollback for themes
    ❖ Settings page
    ❖ Allows for remote installation of plugins or themes
    ❖ Branch switching/re-installation for plugins/themes
    ❖ Integrates with iThemes Sync and InfiniteWP
    

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19. https://github.com/afragen/github-updater
    

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20. There's no such thing as a minor
    surgery; only minor surgeons.
    

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21. http://wclax.reviews/
    

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22. WhoAmI
    ❖ http://thefragens.com
    ❖ @andyfragen - Twitter
    ❖ https://github.com/afragen
    ❖ Day job, trauma/acute care surgeon
    ❖ Chief of Staff, Desert Regional Medical Center, Palm Springs, CA
    ❖ WordCamp sponsor and now speaker
    

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23. Bucket List
    

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