October 8, 2019 — If you like writing object-oriented and easy-to-read code, then this article is for you. You’ll learn how to write your own plugin and why October may be a good choice for your next project. Read more…

March 18, 2019 — Many people are currently looking for alternatives to WordPress. This article compares WordPress and October CMS by exposing the important concerns that need to be kept in mind when looking for a suitable CMS for your projects. Read more…

March 4, 2019 — WordPress is modernizing, allowing us to rethink how to make the most out of newer tools and technologies. In this article, Leonardo Losoviz explains how you can integrate WordPress with Composer, Packagist, and WPackagist in order to produce better code. Read more…

February 22, 2019 — This article makes a tour of the PHP features newly-available to WordPress, and attempts to suggest how these can be used to produce better software. Read more…

January 25, 2018 — Before deploying a new plugin in WordPress, it’s a good idea to keep a list of easy-to-misuse functions by your side. Let’s take a closer look at some functions which you can and should use as part of a broader security strategy. Read more…

December 14, 2017 — You really don’t want to spend hours manually testing every part of your WordPress plugin to ensure nothing is broken every time you deploy a new version — do you? In this tutorial, you will learn how to test efficiently with automated testing. Read more…

July 9, 2015 — In this article I’ll be taking a look at how to build a simple yet robust workflow for developing sites that require PHP and MySQL. I’ll show you how to use Vagrant to create and run a web server on your own computer, with the version of PHP your live site runs. I also … Read more…

May 29, 2015 — Building and maintaining a WordPress plugin can be a daunting task. The bigger the codebase, the harder it is to keep track of all the working parts and their relationship to one another. And you can add to that the limitations imposed by working in an antiquated version of … Read more…

March 13, 2014 — In this tutorial, we will create a new “brand” entity in Magento that can be managed through the admin panel. Once we are finished, you will be able to create, update and delete brands that can be viewed in the front-end independently, much in the same way that you can … Read more…