Code, Test, Repeat: Accelerating Development with WordPress Playground - Uros Tasic

Speaker: Uros Tasic

This talk will explore how WordPress Playground provides a seamless environment for coding and testing. We’ll discuss how it can enhance your development cycle, enabling quicker iterations without the need for complex setups.

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1. Code, Test, Repeat: Accelerating Development with WordPress Playground Uros Tasic Development Team Lead Awesome Motive - Thrive Themes
2. What is WordPress Playground? Why was it developed?
3. Why Development with WordPress Playground is Faster? Instant WordPress environment: Load WordPress in seconds with no installation or server configuration. No need for local environments: Avoid issues like dependencies, differing server configurations, or permissions. Testing and iteration: Quickly create, test, and reset environments to iterate on new features, plugins, or themes without the risk of breaking anything. Onboarding: Bring new developers up to speed with minimal setup, great for teams with rotating contributors or open-source projects.
4. Rapid Prototyping: • Quickly test and iterate on new ideas. • Avoid deploying on a live site, which may introduce bugs or conflicts. Testing: • Use Playground for manual and automated tests, especially useful for plugin developers. • Playground can integrate with automated tests (unit tests, integration tests). Plugin & Theme Development: • Focus on creating, testing, and debugging without the traditional WordPress overhead. • No more waiting for environments to spin up or needing complex database connections. Use Cases and Key Features
5. Comparison to Traditional WordPress Development Traditional Set • Local environment dependencies (LAMP, MAMP, Docker, Vagrant, etc.). • Database syncing, version control, and environment inconsistencies. Playground’s “no-setup-required” approach: • Eliminate setup times and resource-heavy dependencies. • Play around with WordPress immediately, saving hours. Performance: • Compare how lightweight Playground is (no heavy server setup) with typical resource-hungry local environments.
6. • Access the Plugins, Themes, Blocks, or Patterns directories • Temporary by design • Loading files first • Using WP-CLI Limitations
7. Case Studies & Real-World Examples
8. WordPress in one click, example of opening the playground for the first time.
9. Blueprints Query API GitHub Proxy wp-now
10. The following code opens a Playground with a preinstalled Gutenberg plugin and opens the post editor: https://playground.wordpress.net/?plugin=gutenberg&url=/wp-admin/post-new.php&mode=seamless
11. GitHub Proxy
12. Blueprints https://github.com/WordPress/blueprints/blob/trunk/GALLERY.md
13. It uses automatic mode detection to provide a fast setup process, regardless of whether you're working on a plugin or an entire site. You can easily switch between PHP and WordPress versions with a configuration flag. Under the hood, wp-now is powered by WordPress Playground and only requires Node.js. cd my-plugin-or-theme-directory npx @wp-now/wp-now start --wp=6.4 --php=8.0 wp-now streamlines the process of setting up a local WordPress environment.
14. Questions??? Channel: #meta-playground