WordPress Dev Digest December 2019

Originally posted on my website on November 30th 2019

WordPress December in short.

In the final month of 2019 there two minor WordPress releases. Version 5.3.1 was a short-cycle maintenance release that included mostly security and bug fixes. Version 5.3.2 quickly followed to tackle some high severity issues reported after the previous release.

Gutenberg 7.1 introduces a header menu to switch between edit and select tool. Captions for the table block. A welcome guide modal. A custom gradient component. and a lot of bug fixes and Api enhancements.

WordPress:

• How to Include ReactJS in a WordPress theme by Zac Gordon.
• How to use Apollo and GraphQL in a WordPress theme by Zac Gordon.
• Gutenberg Components: ServerSideRender by Igor Benić.
• Community submitted free block designs and templates for Gutenberg editor to help you get started by Jeffrey Carandang.
• Video: Fast & easy Docker container for local WordPress development by Alex Young.
• WP Starter: WordPress whole-site Composer packages has never been so easy by Giuseppe Mazzapica.
• Remove the type attribute from link and script tags. (The new way in 5.3) by Stephan Nijman.

Php

• Video: What's new in PHP 7.4 by Coder's Tape.
• Upgrade PHP 7.4 with Homebrew by David Carr.

Javascript:

• 9 extremely powerful JavaScript hacks by Klaus Camarena.
• The Complete Guide to JavaScript Classes by Dmitri Pavlutin.
• Javascript Nullish coalescing -- Let falsy fool you no more by Laurie.
• Generate contrasting text for your random background color by David Dal Busco.

Css:

• CssEg: 500+ Css icons by Astrit.
• Video: SVG section divider by CodyHouse.
• Understanding positioning in CSS by HJ Chen.
• Pixels vs. relative units in Css: why it's still a big deal by Kathleen McMahon.

Misc:

• How to ease your team's development workflow with Git hooks by Konstantinos Leimonis.
• Hub: use GitHub from the command-line by GitHub.
• Cook: A CLI tool to create universal boilerplates by Eyk.

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Wishing you a loving and healthy 2020.