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Sudar Muthu | @sudarmuthu #WCKochi
Developer Tools to increase your Productivity as a WordPress Developer
Sudar Muthu (@sudarmuthu)http://sudarmuthu.com
Sudar Muthu | @sudarmuthu #WCKochi
Me• Programming in PHP for more than a decade and in
WordPress for about 8 years.
• Big fan of automating process and workflows.
• Contributor to a couple of open source projects including WordPress.
• Released about 2 dozen plugins in WordPress.
• Remote worker at 10up (and yes 10up is hiring :) )
Sudar Muthu | @sudarmuthu #WCKochi
What about you?• Are you a developer?
• What is your experience with PHP and WordPress?
• What is your typical development environment?
• Do you prefer GUI tools or cli tools?
• What are your expectations out of this talk?
Sudar Muthu | @sudarmuthu #WCKochi
IDE
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IDE• I have used vim extensively and recently moved to
PhpStorm (still use vim mode)
• Move away from generic text editors and prefer an IDE.
• Look for WordPress integration.
• Look for integration with other dev tools that you use (phpcs, wp-cli etc)
• Look for xDebug support.
• Pick one that you are comfortable with.
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Demo
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Local Development Environment
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Local Development Environment
• I use VVV and FlyWheel
• VVV for having a local environment that resembles production as much as possible using vv.
• I use FlyWheel to quickly create sites with different PHP versions (especially PHP 5.2)
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Local Development Environment
• Pick something where you can easily create new sites.
• Ability to replicate production environment as closely as possible will be a plus.
• Don’t ever install PHP directly on Windows.
• Other popular options include Wamp, Xamp etc.
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xDebug
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xDebug
• PHP extension that allows you to step through code for debugging. Very powerful.
• I use it with VVV and PhpStorm.
• Helped me to debug lot of complex problems.
• Use IDE integrations to save time.
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Demo
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wp-cli
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wp-cli• I use wp-cli extensively for normal day to day
operations. Saves me lot of time.
• wp-cli shell opens an interactive shell. Very handy to quickly test some logic or read options/transient etc.
• wp-cli ssh can be used to run commands on a remote server.
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Demo
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PHP CodeSniffer
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PHP CodeSniffer• Static code analyser that captures common code
problems.
• Use a custom phpcs standard for your project on top of WordPress standard.
• Integrate it with your IDE or with git using pre-commit hook.
• I use it with both PhpStorm and vim.
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Demo
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PHPUnit
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PHPUnit
• Unit testing framework used by WordPress core.
• Definitely check WordPress core unit tests.
• Set it up using wp-cli (Don’t try to set it manually)
• Refer to my talk about Unit testing for WordPress at WordCamp Pune.
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Closing Remarks
• Use something that you are comfortable with.
• Always try to automate as much as possible.
• Have fun :)
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Thank You@sudarmuthu
http://sudarmuthu.com https://github.com/sudar
