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My WordPress Development Toolbox

November 12, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

I update this post as my workflow changes. This post was last updated on January 10, 2014.

Periodically, I’ll get emails or comments asking about the various tools that I use in my workflow. You’ll rarely hear me saying that I think any given developer should be using any given piece of software.

Instead, I think that out of all the tools that we have from which to choose, we’re naturally going to like some rather than others – there’s not always going to be a general consensus. Because of that, I’m more likely to share what I like rather than what I suggest.

Since blogging is just as much for the readers as it is for the author, I thought I’d take some time to share what tools I use on a daily basis. Consider this a comprehensive list of tools in a WordPress Developer Toolbox.

WordPress Donations: Is There Shame in Asking?

November 9, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

In light of yesterday’s post and some of the discussion in both comments and offering support for various WordPress projects, I’m curious as to what you guys consider to be etiquette when it comes to asking for WordPress donations.

As I mentioned yesterday, I personally think that we have a personal obligation to provide a level of support for free software that we released; however, at one point is it socially acceptable to ask for a donation.

On top of that, where do you even draw the line?

WordPress Command Line with WP-CLI

November 9, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

WordPress Command Line

Earlier this weet, @Scribu tweeted out the following link:

Lookie: http://t.co/sLta3kIe

— scribu (@scribu) November 5, 2012

Naturally, I followed and WP-CLI is definitely one of the cooler WordPress utilities I’ve seen in recent months. Basically, it introduces the WordPress command line.

WordPress Plugin Support: How Much is Too Much?

November 8, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

One of the nicest things about WordPress is how easy it is for developers to extend its functionality, and how easy it is for users to find plugins that help them enhance their blog.

All conversations about plugin quality and compatibility aside, WordPress plugin support is one area of development that often seems to be rarely discussed (unless I’m missing all the people talking about it!).

A Case Study on WordPress Projects

November 7, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

For as long as I’ve been on the Internet (well, the Internet as my generation knows it ;), developers and designers have usually maintained some type of display of their work and it’s generally consisted of a listing of projects that they’ve completed with outbound links to said project.

I’ve toyed with the idea of going into detail as to how I’ve built certain projects – you can see this in posts such as how I built Category Sticky Post and Tag Sticky Post – but I’ve never gone all in as I’ve never sold on if it was of any interest to others.

But yesterday, Smashing Magazine ran a bit of a motivational post on Retiring The Portfolio Screenshot and focusing more on “case study” type posts.

This got me thinking about beginning to introduce a case study on WordPress projects.