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Lab Series

Labs are code and 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.

To help you find what you are looking, this library guide provides a quick reference to the labs and series you might be interested in learning.

Here are each of the available series for you to explore:

Bootcamps

These series are bootcamps in programming languages, technologies, computer science, and more.

2 Labs
8 Episodes
01:17:56 Runtime

WordPress Event-Driven Engine - Plugin API

WordPress Event-Driven (Hook) Engine

WordPress is built on an event-driven engine. Through the Plugin API, we developers are given the power to extend, reorder, remove, and change the behavior of WordPress, plugins, and themes. Success in WordPress begins right here with a solid fundamental mastery of the event-driven system. As a professional developer, it is essential that you master the event-driven (hook) system in WordPress. It's at the center of everything we do, allowing us to interact with or hook into each other's products using functions such as add_action and add_filter.

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3 Labs
18 Episodes
2:10:47 Runtime

WordPress Built-in and Custom Post Types

WordPress Built-in and Custom Post Types

WordPress gives you the means to interact with the built-in post types. It also allows us developers to extend the classification by adding new custom post types. This series shows you what you can do with the post types, both built-in and custom ones.

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Library of Docx, Labs, and Insights

Problem Solving Mastery Library

Problem Solving Library

As software professionals, our primary job is to solve problems. Programming demands logical thought and analysis. To help you level up, the Problem Solving Series presents a different take on the hands-on lab experience. The website is broken. Something is acting wonky. That's where you will start. Then through the lab, Tonya guides you through how to find the root cause and then solve the problem.

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Library of Docx, Labs, and Insights

PHP Mastery Library

PHP Library

WordPress is built with PHP including all themes, plugins, and Core. PHP is the server-side scripting language for many of the world's websites. This technical library provides you with practical, hands-on PHP web development projects, insights, master tips, improved documentation, and so much more.

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Library of Docx, Labs, and Insights

SQL and Database Libraries | Know the Code

SQL Library

Structured Query Language (SQL) is the programming language for databases. It is the language for MySQL database management system. WordPress uses SQL to interact and communicate with its MySQL database. This technical library provides you with practical, hands-on SQL and database projects, insights, master tips, improved documentation, and so much more.

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8 Labs
54 Episodes
10:58:04 Runtime

Computer Science Bootcamps

Computer Science Bootcamps

Web development, programming, and software engineering, even for WordPress, begin with a basic understanding of computer science. Your job is to get the computer to do what you need it to do. Understanding what the computer needs, how it processes, and what it does elevates your knowledge, effectiveness, and proficiencies. It will turn on so many light bulbs for you.

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4 Labs
58 Episodes
07:39:59 Runtime

Git Empowered Series

Git Empowered Series

Git is confusing. It can be intimidating and time consuming to master. This series wipes away the frustrations by focusing you on what you need to accomplish. Together, you and I walk through the entire process and workflow. We'll fine-tune your workflow, helping you to type less and get more code. You'll be empowered to contribute and handle any problems that may occur. It's time to master version control and git. Git empowered.

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Other Awesome Educational Resources

These series are specific for WordPress themes, plugins, and websites.

9 Labs
88 Episodes
04:19:13 Runtime

Absolute Beginner's Series: WordPress Web Development

Absolute Beginner Series

If you are an absolute beginner or aspiring developer who wants to start at the very beginning, then this series is for you. This series assumes that you do not know anything about code, programming, or web development. It starts at the beginning and incrementally builds your programming skills. It teaches you about how web requests are processed, web pages are built, WordPress loading, code syntax, variables, and so much more.

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4 Labs
72 Episodes
09:30:39 Runtime

Collapsible Content Plugin - Plugin Development A-Z

Collapsible Content Plugin Series - WordPress Plugin Development A-Z

Do you want to build plugins professionally? Then this is the series for you. You and Tonya will dive deep into the entire process of building a real world, fully-functional, custom plugin from scratch. You will learn deeply about architecture, planning, WordPress, PHP, jQuery, SQL, HTML, and so much more. This plugin includes a custom post type, custom taxonomy, shortcodes, and more. You'll build it, add to it, make it better, and then convert to OOP.

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6 Labs
94 Episodes
14:59:46 Runtime

Developer's Guide to Customizing Genesis: The Series

Developer's Guide to Customizing Genesis

Are you a professional WordPress developer who wants to work with or specialize in the Genesis framework? This is lab series is for you. You will walk through the entire codebase while learning how to customize and maximize the theming framework.

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14 Labs
106 Episodes
03:45:47 Runtime

Let's Build a Developer's Genesis Starter Child Theme

Let's Build a Custom Developer's Genesis Starter Child Theme

Let's build a custom Developer's Genesis framework starter child theme. A starter child theme is built to your needs, standards, and style. It gives you consistency from project-to-project and saves you a ton of time (and moola) as all you need to do is add in the custom bits for each project.

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Other Awesome Educational Resources

Check out these other awesome educational resources. Combine each of these with Know the Code to move your career to the next level.

JavaScript for WordPress

You already know that Zac Gordon and I are collaborating to provide you with a broad educational experience to help you advance to that next level in your career. His JavaScript for WordPress Master Course should be on your list. Actually you should be a member of both Know the Code and his program. Head over and sign up.

Laracasts – PHP Advanced

Laracasts knocks it out of the park for modern PHP web development webcasts. Jeffrey Way accelerates your OOP and Testing chops. Although Laravel-centric and WordPress-centric, you can learn a ton from his awesome libraries. Check it out Laracasts – Learn more

CSS to Sass – Treehouse

Guil Hernandez does an excellent job in showing you how to convert a stylesheet from native CSS to Sass. He gives you a simple project and then walks you through the process. Check it out CSS to Sass.

CSS Reference

CSS Reference on codrops is my go-to reesource for CSS. Sara Soueidan did an awesome job at detailing out the ins and outs of each construct, attribute, pseudo-class in CSS. Bookmark and use CSS Reference.

Front-end Styling Mastery

Sara Souedian will help you master front-end styling with her insightful and very detailed articles. You need to bookmark and read her stuff often. If you get a chance to go to one her workshops, I highly recommend you drop everything and go. It’s time to go to the next level in styling with Sara. Bookmark this.

Do More in Sass

James Steinbach continues to share his expertise in Sass-y development. He will help you not only learn Sass but to do more with it. Sass helps you to write modular CSS and makes you more efficient. Bookmark this.

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