Labs

Throughout your training, you will learn to design your code into reusable modules. These modules can then be packaged as dependencies, making them portable and modular. You then add the dependencies to your project, thereby adding them to your application. How do you add these packages? How can you add external packages, such as Zurb’s Foundation or Carbon to your project? You use a package manager. What are the Benefits? When your project depends upon a package/module/library, i.e. some external piece of software, a package manager loads the packages as well as each dependency into your local project. For example, let’s say you need […]

Recorded: March 24, 2018 My preferred localhost is Local by Flywheel. It’s the one I use for all of my WordPress work. In this episode, we’ll talk about why I prefer it. Then we’ll install and set it up. I’ll show you how you can quickly enable SSL and switch environments (like change the PHP version) in seconds. Why? Why not WAMP or VVV? Here are the main reasons why I use Local: Sites are isolated into separate Docker containers. That means I can switch environments on one site without affecting any of my other projects. In a couple of […]

Re-recorded: March 24, 2018 In order to securely communicate with a remote server, we use SSH. In this episode, you will generate a SSH key pair on your computer and then on GitHub. We are going to walk through each of the steps indicated in this GitHub document.

PhpStorm is a professional integrated development environment (IDE) which is specifically made for PHP-powered projects. Right out of the box, you get the WordPress Coding Standard and WordPress Core documentation built right into the environment. There are no plugins you need to install and you get full control of the key mappings. In this episode, let’s walk through the installation process.