Wednesday 17 April 2019

Getting better as a WordPress Developer


When you’re a developer working with any kind of software, you are striving to get better with years. Well, at least, that’s something I think we all as people are always trying to do (get better in any skill with practice). On April, 11th 2019, a developer has asked how he can become a better WordPress developer. He asked that in the Advanced WordPress Facebook group. And the reason behind that question is that he is still writing the same kind of code he wrote 3 years ago.
This is a sign of a developer who is aspiring to get better and wants to learn how to do it. I love that!
I’ll go over some answers that he got in the comments and then add my own view on it.
1. Code Reviews
Jason Bahl has suggested to ask for code reviews from other fellow developers. Here is a part of his comment:
When I started working at an organization that code reviews every pull request to the codebase I started learning a lot, often more so from reviewing others code than them reviewing mine.
Jason Bahl – WP GraphQL
He also mentions to read from open source projects. Since we are here talking about WordPress, he mentioned several big and successful plugins such as WooCommerce, Easy
Source: https://managewp.org/articles/18540/getting-better-as-a-wordpress-developer



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