WordCamp US 2019 – Code Like A Writer – Alex Ball

ByTim Nolte November 1, 2019November 4, 2019 Updated onNovember 4, 2019

Writing Principles

Punctuation Saves Lives
Separate your metaphors
- separate your concerns
- making good comments

Coding Principles

Syntax
Form – code formatting
Spellcheck – code linting
DRY – Don’t repeat yourself
- Redundant words just take up time
Code is Poetry
- Being creative
- Clean and concise
- Doing as much as it can with as little as possible
In Stories Someone Usually Dies in the End
- In AJAX function wp_die() at the end.

Tim Nolte

Technical Architect

A Christ-follower, husband, father, and WordPress Developer with Forum One.

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Looking Back on 2017, the Year of Firsts
ByTim Nolte December 24, 2017
I don’t recall if I’ve ever written any sort of year-in-review blog post or even social media post, but this year I have had so many firsts that I wanted to reflect on and share my thanks for. Health In the health department I not only reached my initial target goal weight but actually surpassed it, and my second target. I think this year I’ve weighed the least that I have in 26 years. I have always struggled with my weight and living a more healthy lifestyle. I attribute my success primarily to my wife, and also to the encouragement of many friends and family. I also had to have a lot of self-determination as well, but that was only had by seeing the impact my…
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WordPress Development On A Chromebook, Termux, & Neovim
ByTim Nolte June 13, 2018July 1, 2019 Updated onJuly 1, 2019
So about 6 months ago I decided to make some changes to my personal development environment. I’ve been using a Chromebook as my primary machine since about 2013. I first purchased an Acer C710 for my wife to use but compared to our Macbook Pro it was a frustrating and subpar experience for her, not to mention she was a heavy Adobe Suite user. Since sharing the Macbook Pro was challenging I set out to use the Chromebook as me development machine. Originally I went with the crouton option. It was pretty sweet to have a full Linux environment alongside Chrome OS. I was then running a full LAMP environment with PhpStorm as my IDE. This worked OK, I had performance and stability issues at…
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Working on Compatibility with Webmentions & the IndieWeb
ByTim Nolte January 10, 2021January 10, 2021
I’ve been working for awhile on trying to make my blog the central hub of my online presence, even on social media, taking a #POSSE approach. One issue that I’ve found is that the #Facepile setup of #Webmentions is getting blown away when using JetPack comments. #IndieWeb
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WordPress DevOps – WordCamp Grand Rapids 2018
ByTim Nolte June 30, 2018July 1, 2019 Updated onJuly 1, 2019
1. Introductions Development History High School 1996 – Personal School Website – image maps with cgi-bin processing written in C 1996 – Davisco Foods International (First Freelance Job) – static HTML site College 2000 – Inspiration Point Christian Camp & Retreat Center – perl for form processing, PHP template-based site Post-College 2002 – Cross Roads Range Christian Camp – PHP CMS 2004-2006 – Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America & related ministries – PHP CMS, PHP Authorize.NET Donation Processing, osCommerce 2006 – iPCS Wireless, Inc. (telecommunications) – PHP & Perl 2011 – Ericsson/Sprint (telecommunications) – PHP/.NET/C#/Java 2012 – Allen Extruders/SPI (manufacturing) – PHP/Ruby/C#/.NET 2016 – Sprint (telecommunications) – Java/C#/.NET WordPress History Personal 2006 – Personal Blog 2006 – Faith Shaping Podcast 2008 – The Stamp Box,…
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WordCamp US 2019 – How the WordPress Community Can Embrace the Next Generation (Talk + Panel)
ByTim Nolte November 2, 2019November 4, 2019 Updated onNovember 4, 2019
Talk – Olivia Bisset lemonadecode.com/WCUS If WordPress doesn’t become attractive to the next generation it will become a relic. WordCamps Don’t use the word kids, use words like teens and students Make regular tracks attractive to to young people Market to young people, don’t make it all about old people Meetups Don’t use foul language, make it family friendly Parents Take your kids to events Support your kids to see talks that are relevant for them Teachers WordPress is a good publishing tool for kids Writing content helps students develop their writing skills Have an “Hour of Code” Block Editor Students liked the Block Editor Panel Dina Butcher, Ema DeRosia, Emily Lema, Sophie DeRosia, Olivia Bisset, Natalie Bourn Kids are using the WordPress platform to…
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WordPress Meetup 3/21/19
ByTim Nolte March 21, 2019March 21, 2019
Show & Tell WPRig – Morten Rand-Hendrickson (to be next guest speaker) Bold Grid Cloud WordPress Repo Testing – WordPress Theme/Plugin Tester Poopy.Life – Temporary WordPress Installs BrowserStack – Website/Browser Testing Service Grav – Static Site CMS Statamic – Static Site Generator Hugo – Static Site Generator Strattic – Static Site Generator for WordPress Caldera Forms – WordPress Form Generator https://www.simplystatic.co/ https://www.hardypress.com/ WordPress Related Job Market Job Options Non-Technical WordPress Website Work Content – articles, documentation Editing Strategy Auditing SEO – implementing, auditing, specialization Services Marketing Social media management community engagement Help Others Administration Business Management Project Management Support Non-WordPress Businesses Looking to start something new in WordPress Finding A Job Continue Where You Started Examine Your Experiences Get Out There Have Conversations Getting Hired…
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