Developing for WordPress with PHP

In the WordPress community code quality isn’t always the most important thing. Best practices are often ignored, as backwards compatibility is the number one priority. Modules are tightly coupled and at times hard to debug.

How do you keep your sanity as a developer if you know how to program PHP the right way? In this presentation Anton will show you what the result is of these priorities in the WordPress community and how he develops without going insane.

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1. Developing for WordPress with PHP
6. Variaties • Plugin conflict • PHP versie • PHP extensies
7. Verder onderzoek
8. Call to a member function get() on a non-object in /wp-includes/query.php on line 28
10. define( ‘WP_DEBUG’, true );
13. add_action( ‘init’, … ); do_action( ‘init’ ); apply_filters( ‘the_content’ ); add_filter( ‘the_content’, ‘…’ );
14. Uitdagingen • Hook volgorde • Global state • Hook prioriteit
15. Case closed
16. new WP_Query()
17. Reflectie
18. Tooling
20. • PHPUnit • PHPCS • PHPMD • JSHint • JSCS • JS validate
21. Wat heb je wel • Autoloading • Interfaces • Composer (met wat moeite)
23. Wij zijn altijd opzoek naar goede developers
24. @atimmer10 Anton Timmermans atimmer
25. Vragen?