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Personal opinions and how-to’s that I’ve written both here and as contributions to other blogs.

Should We Delete Old Repositories?

November 27, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

Anyone that does design or development (or even writing, really) as either a hobby or for a living knows that feeling of going back and looking at their old work – and cringing.

We know that we’re making progress in our work when we look at something we once did and think “What was I doing?”

The funny thing is, whatever we’re designing, developing, or writing today is going to be treated that way sometime in the not-so-distant future, right?

I digress on that point.

Anyway, for me, one of the things that I find myself debating is how long I should keep some of my open source code repositories around.

Using WordPress For Web Application Development

November 25, 2013 / Tom

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As WordPress continues to grow in popularity and continues to evolve as a web application, developers are beginning to see how it can be used for web application development.

This isn’t to say that it should replace any of the frameworks or foundations that are already available, but that it should be considered as a serious contender for certain types of web applications.

In my latest series on Envato, I’m going to be taking a look at what it means to use WordPress for web application development, how it differs from existing frameworks and foundations, how to think about it in the context of design patterns, and why its existing facilities provide a solid foundation outside of the box.

If You’re Looking To Guest Post, Do It Here

November 22, 2013 / Tom

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Periodically, I’ll receive emails from others who are have stumbled into a problem with WordPress, and they aren’t sure how to solve it; however, before I can reply, I end up hearing from them again.

They end up sharing something like:

Nevermind! I figured it out. In case you’re curious, here’s the code that I used…

I love it when that happens, but who doesn’t, right?

And from there, I normally like to take a look at the code, ask any questions, and/or make any suggestions (if there are any to make).

This past week, someone sent me something that they had done that was really cool, and they mentioned that I could share it on my blog, if I wanted.

Instead, I asked:

Word up.

Filing this away for future reference unless you’d want to do the first guest post I’ve ever had . . . . . . . :)

No pressure.

He obliged, but this was interesting, because I’d been toying with extended guest posting for sometime.

My Day-To-Day: Pocket

November 22, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

As much as I enjoy RSS (and the constant improvements to Feedly), it’s evident that the way in which we are sharing their content is changing.

After all, RSS is primarily meant for syndication, right?

But I think that more we are using social networks to share their content, and then discuss their content more than we once did. Honestly, I’m not really a fan of fragmenting discussions across a variety of networks, but that’s content for another post.

Anyway, as much as I still enjoy using RSS, following links from Twitter, or things shared on other sites and networks, I’ve been a little bit frustrated with the whole experience of trying to keep up with the content I want to read, and then having a solution for going back to reference it.

Am I Using Sass in WordPress? Yes and No.

November 20, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

After talking about my post-Standard plans yesterday, I received several questions – some on Twitter, some via email – about my use of LESS rather than Sass since Sass is going into WordPress core.

@tommcfarlin Any thoughts on switching to Sass since its going into core?

— Tom Harrigan (@TomHarrigan) November 19, 2013

It’s a good question, to be sure, and it’s one I’ve thought about since this ticket in Trac. Since I’ve been using LESS for over a year in various projects, I’ve had to decide how I want to move forward with development of those projects and future projects, as well.