Blog - Page 15 of 23 - Brian Coords

January 4, 2023

There’s too much code

With AI tools like Github Copilot on the rise, I have some concern about the sheer amount of code we’re dealing with in our jobs today.

Copilot, Linked Post

December 18, 2022

🔗 MasterWP: Getting Cozy with GitHub Copilot

Github Copilot is definitely good – but is it “good”? And how does it fare for WordPress developers?

Newsletter

November 18, 2022

Mastering Theme Development with In The Loop

Happy Friday! Are you like me: a WordPress custom theme developer who has no idea how to handle the block editor? Then boy do I have the podcast episode for you! I promise that it will not answer any questions you might have, but it sure asks them out loud ! Truth is, WordPress is…

Podcast Appearances

November 16, 2022

🔗 In The Loop: Mastering Theme Development

A fantastic conversation with Cory and Phil from In The Loop all about building custom WordPress themes in the Gutenberg era.

Newsletter

November 11, 2022

Of Mastodon and the WordPress site editor

Happy Friday! Last week I spent some time digging into the block editor and trying to understand the #!&@#ing logic behind alignments and widths. I started by venting on Twitter but ended up writing a post about what I’ve learned. If you’re coming from the Bootstrap/Tailwind mindset for widths/containers, I recommend giving it a read: “Normal” width websites…

Podcast Appearances

November 11, 2022

🔗 Press the Issue: What’s Exciting about WordPress 6.1?

Got to talk about all things WordPress 6.1 / Gutenberg with my good friend Teron Bullock.

Blog, Tech

November 1, 2022

“Normal” width websites in the block editor

What is going on with max-widths and alignments in the block editor? Is there a method behind this madness?

Newsletter

October 22, 2022

Fancy WordPress Javascript and Fun with Full Site Editing

Happy Saturday! It’s been a while since I wrote anything here, but I have been busy digging into all things WordPress. Last month I appeared on the WP Builds podcast talking about the WP Feature Notifications project– an attempt to clean up your admin notices and alerts once and for all. It’s my first attempt at contributing to…

Blog, Tech

October 14, 2022

Recreating the Quick Draft dashboard widget using the WordPress Data Layer

Thanks to this great course on Learn WordPress, I’ve recently been inspired by the potential of the WordPress Data Layer. The best way I can describe the data layer is to imagine having a complete UI framework of WordPress components- then combining that with a complete React.js/Redux JavaScript framework hand-tailored to the WordPress REST API.…

Blog, Tech

October 6, 2022

WordPress’ Secret World of JavaScript

A recent course about the WordPress Data Layer may have changed my mind about the potential of JavaScript in WordPress.