How much stuff can I cram into one video? Well, a lot with this one. You’ll do some reorganizing the code and files to get clean, quality code from the start. I’ll show you how to setup the DocBlock templates in PhpStorm. And you’ll do some testing too. Let’s get started.
Labs
Labs are hands-on coding projects that you build along with Tonya as she explains the code, concepts, and thought processes behind it. You can use the labs to further your code knowledge or to use right in your projects. Each lab ties into the Docx to ensure you have the information you need.
Each lab is designed to further your understanding and mastery of code. You learn more about how to think about its construction, quality, maintainability, programmatic and logical thought, and problem-solving. While you may be building a specific thing, Tonya presents the why of it to make it adaptable far beyond that specific implementation, thereby giving you the means to make it your own, in any context.
Introduction to Whoops
Let me introduce you to Whoops. You are going to love this error display. Not only is it nice to look at versus the out-of-box PHP orange error table, but it also gives you a lot of useful information. You can click on the code and view it right in the display. You get great details too. It will help you debug your code. Here’s a tip for you: you can configure up different editor themes. I like the sublime one. But you can choose from sublime, emacs, textmate, and macvim.
Introduction to Kint
In this video, you will play around with Kint and discover how it will help you to debug your code. Kint is a modern and powerful PHP debugging helper. It gives much more information than var_dump or print_r. Let’s check it out.
Plugin File and Folder Structure
Let’s start creating the file and directory structure for your new plugin. First we spin up a new site in DesktopServer. And then we create the folders and files. I’ll explain these to you as you build it with me.
Lab Introduction
Let me introduce the lab to you and what you will be building. I’ll show you why this plugin includes Kint and Whoops too.
Let’s Build a WordPress Starter Sandbox Plugin
In this lab, you will build a custom WordPress Starter plugin, one which could be the starter for your projects. You’ll install Composer, Kint, and Whoops. You’ll look at file structure and how WordPress’ Plugin API recognizes which file is the plugin’s main file. You’ll look at PHP DocBlocks and more. This plugin is one you will use throughout your training here on Know the Code. Let’s get started.
