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Shortcode Runtime Configuration Parameters
Lab: Let’s Build the Collapsible Content Plugin – Part 1
Video Runtime: 06:42
To make our code reusable, we want to remove the hard-coded runtime configuration parameters. For our shortcodes, these parameters include the view filename and shortcode defaults. In this episode, you will learn the technique of abstracting the runtime configuration parameters to a separate function.
You’ll build this function and setup the configuration for each shortcode. You’ll add the show and hide font icons from Dashicons (or Font Awesome if you are using that library). We’ll work through a thought process to reduce our code, refactor it, and improve its readability and reusability.
Shared Quick Tips
In this episode, I shared some quick tips:
- One keystroke reformatting of the entire file to the WordPress coding standard using PhpStorm
- What makes a conditional falsey? What is a falsey state?
Whoever says that coding is hard, just smack them.
Episodes
Total Lab Runtime: 04:18:43
- 1 Lab Introductionfree 10:15
- 2 Planning Out the Pluginfree 12:53
- 3 Plugin Architecturepro 12:42
- 4 Plugin Header - Tell WordPress "Hey, I'm a Plugin"pro 09:36
- 5 Add UpGulppro 13:45
- 6 Setup the GitHub Repositorypro 12:04
- 7 Architect the HTML Markuppro 08:47
- 8 Build Q&A HTML Viewpro 13:20
- 9 Build Teaser HTML Viewpro 08:16
- 10 Architect the Shortcodespro 15:05
- 11 Shortcode Runtime Configuration Parameterspro 06:42
- 12 Build the Shortcode Processerpro 11:26
- 13 Autoloadpro 01:45
- 14 Test the Shortcodepro 09:38
- 15 Architect the jQuery Scriptpro 11:47
- 16 Build the jQuery Basic Structurepro 16:21
- 17 Enqueue the Assetspro 20:35
- 18 Passing PHP Values to JavaScriptpro 12:46
- 19 Refactorpro 07:40
- 20 Building the Click Handlerpro 08:48
- 21 Get the Element's Indexpro 08:50
- 22 Is the Hidden Content Showing?pro 04:24
- 23 Animate the Hidden Contentpro 04:06
- 24 Change the Iconpro 12:50
- 25 Commit Changes & Wrappro 04:22