Wrap it Up

Congratulations! You made it! I hope that you learned something new in this hands-on lab. This lab went through:

Why we need versioning
How to automate it
Why automating saves us so much time and frustrations
New design patterns
How to make a reusable utility file
and so much more

If you have any questions or just want to discuss what we did, reach out in the Pro Forums. I’m here to help you.

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Remove Query String from Static Resource URL

In Part 2 of the Better Asset Versioning series, let's dive into how to remove the query strings, i.e. the ?ver=1.0.0 from the static resources. Static resources are the scripts, fonts, styles that we enqueue. When you run speed tests on sites like Pingdom, a common ding to the performance score is this very topic. Let's build a plugin that removes the query string and places it inline as part of the static URL.

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Check out the series page for more labs: Better Resource (Asset) Versioning Series

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