Author: Tom (Page 144 of 430)

Development tools are easy to come by these days. In fact, I think it’s harder to choose what to use than anything else. Never before have we had so many choices especially when it comes to the web.

Just some of the popular programming languages, let alone tools.

Yesterday, I talked a bit about how there’s a particular breed of developers who love to get on their soapboxes and talk all about their superiority because of the development tools they use. If you haven’t read it, you can, but it’s not necessary for this post.

However, I will state that this is Part 2 of what I wrote yesterday. I even said:

Originally, I had this written as a single post, but it got a little long, so I’ve opted to split it into two pieces.

And I know: Yesterday was less about development and more of a critique of the nature of our industry. I try not to write too much about that, but there are times for exceptions. That was a time.

This one is not.

Continue reading

Software development soapboxes is a term that I use to describe whenever anyone tries to posit themselves as a superior developer because they use different tools than you.

Why, yes, my pipe is superior. Please hush and allow me to explain why.

For example, I just talked about my return to MAMP. It’s an option that we have, clearly.

Vagrant, Trellis, VVV, and other options are popular when it comes to building advanced solutions on WordPress. So when I wrote about my move back to MAMP, I expected some pushback or some argument(s), though I didn’t get any.

Perhaps no one cares, perhaps I’m writing into a void, perhaps everyone agrees with me (which is likely the case 😇), or perhaps it’s not worth talking about it.

I’m kidding, of course. Instead, I did receive one tweet that resulted in a great conversation. And I mean that non-sarcastically.

@fgacv asked:

have you tried vagrant? or the trellis box?

— The Notorious G.A.C. (@fgacv) October 10, 2016

And I think it’s a fair question especially because anyone who writes software in WordPress is likely to come across these (among many other) solutions, possibly evaluate them, and then find the one they like most.

Continue reading