2013
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To Test or Not To Test: Unit Testing and Privacy
Dec 1
Determining which methods in your application needed testing used to be easy – test everything exposed by the public API. But once you invite other developers to contribute, you are exposing a whole other set of internal APIs to the team. The behavioral consistency of these methods is just as important as that of the…
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WordPress, meet seoslides
Sept 26
Back in 2011, I was talking at WordCamp Portland with a few people about how we could use WordPress to replace our presentations. Fast forward to 2013, and I get to make that dream a reality. We just launched seoslides, and it’s already making a huge impact on my content!
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Modular WordPress
Jul 31
The future of WordPress lies in plugin development – so let’s make the core API more pluggable.
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WordPress, Forking, and the Road to 4.0
Jul 27
WordPress 3.6 is around the corner. Versions 3.7 and 3.8 are expected before 2013. Here’s my vision for 3.9 and 4.0.
2012
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The Case for Singletons in WordPress
Dec 28
Several WordPress developers have been discussing the singleton pattern lately. Here’s why I think singletons are actually useful in WordPress.
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Introducing WP_Session
Dec 1
Last week I proposed the development of a WP_Session object. This weekend, I took the time to actually build it!
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Universal User Support
Jun 22
Are developers required to support any arbitrary system their end user might decide to use?
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Classy Plugins
May 15
Someone asked why I structure my WordPress plugins the way I do. Here’s a full explanation …