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Using Homebrew to Install Node (To Install Gulp)

November 1, 2017 / Tom

In a previous post, I’ve talked about Homebrew (and why it’s part of my setup).

Using Homebrew to Install Node (To Install Gulp)

I’ve also talked about Node, Gulp, and a few starter packages that I recommend for getting started with using them in WordPress development.

But one of the things I’ve not talked about is how to install Node using Homebrew.

Setting Up a 2017 MacBook Pro for WordPress Development

October 30, 2017 / Tom

Last Thursday was rough. If I were to explain everything that went down both with my computer and my personal life, you’d think I was making the whole thing up.

It’d be like the adult equivalent of “my dog ate [the last month of] my homework.” Or something like that.

First, as far as my personal life is concerned, this has nothing to do with the well-being of my family. Just a local debacle of waiting two hours during the workday to get something handled. Irrelevant other than, you know, taking a hefty chunk out of a workday.

Secondly, the computer stuff can all be summed up easily: There was a completely pathetic series of unfortunate events that led to its demise. Essentially, “I killed the car.”

Setting Up a 2017 MacBook Pro for WordPress Development

So I had to order a replacement in short order (which is not something I wanted to do), had to have to delivered the next day before noon (which is not something I like to pay for) nor is it something that I had planned as a business expense for at least another year or two.

But here we are.

And this leads me to write this post: It’s a walkthrough of the process I follow and of the applications I install whenever setting up a new machine and how I configure it.

It’s not going to be incredibly detailed, but it’s a starting place for if this ever happens again or for any developer looking to set up a new machine or repurpose an existing machine.

More on Why Custom Image Attributes Are Useful

October 25, 2017 / Tom

A few posts ago, I walked through the process of adding custom image attributes to an image in WordPress. I received a good question on Twitter:

I don’t understand the purpose for this though.

— idiot_girl (@idiot_girl) October 24, 2017

So I thought it worth to work through why this may be important or something that’s worthwhile to do (I mean, I don’t know if it’s important, but it could be depending on the project :).

When Is jQuery’s Clone Function Useful?

October 24, 2017 / Tom

One of the challenges of learning a library (be it the standard library of functions that come with a programming language or a third-party project) is two-fold:

learning the functions that are available,
learning how to use said functions.

And, really, sometimes even learning how to use said functions isn’t all that hard – it’s knowing when to use a given function to help minimize code while still achieving the goals of the project.

A Few Gulp Packages for Starters

October 20, 2017 / Tom

Software like Gulp and other utilities aren’t new. For those who haven’t used them before, it can be a little daunting to get started (but it really shouldn’t be).

A Few Gulp Packages for Starters

In comparison to tools like CodeKit (which I still like and recommend, depending on the project), they have a little more overhead regarding getting them set up, configured, and ready to go.

But once you’ve got it all set it up, it can be really useful with a distributed team regardless of operating system, and it can help it make your build process a bit more robust.

That’s not the purpose of the post, though. Instead, here’s a list of a few packages for starters.

Think of them this way: If you’re looking for ways to work with Sass, JavaScript, and image optimization, these are good libraries.