As someone who started with PHP as a self-described "WordPress hacker", I had a hard time finding the path to becoming a knowledgeable programmer. Having now stumbled a short way up that path, I think we can make it easier for anyone who's interested in finding it. I'll share a brief overview of the tools and concepts I wish I'd known getting started, including why the command line matters, how version control fits with WP, MVC architecture, interfaces/adapters, general PHP tips, etc.
6. WordPress, as described by various PHP developers
Terrible design buried under a mountain of spaghetti code
Reading through [WordPress code] is like jabbing red-hot fire pokeys into your eyes.
BEHOLD WORDPRESS, DESTROYER OF CPUS
remote shell with cms on side, aka: shit
shit plugins
WordPress is for cat pictures and diary entries.
code is crapcrapcrap
F$%@ THAT F$%@ THAT F$%@ THAT F$%@ THAT F$%@ THAT F$%@ THAT
WordPress is... just adequate
WordPress is for amateurs.
WordPress is... terrifyingly insecure.
No good default caching, it will kill your server if you don’t know what you’re doing
A really terrible database structure
Stack Overflow spam questions
Not a “real” CMS and definitely not a “real” framework
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35. What’s the difference between
actions and filters?
Filters filter.
Actions (usually) have side effects.
http://wp.smashingmagazine.com/2012/02/16/
inside-wordpress-actions-filters/
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36. CALLABLE
add_action(“action_name”, “function_name”);
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45. MORE GOOD THINGS
‣ Load JS/CSS with enqueue functions
‣ Write tests (PHPUnit and QUnit)
‣ Experiment with WP-CLI
‣ Fun with caching
‣ Use the APIs
‣ Deploy smart
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46. ‣ Database API ‣ Rewrite API
‣ HTTP API ‣ Settings API
‣ File Header API ‣ Shortcode API
‣ Filesystem API ‣ Theme Modification API
‣ Metadata API ‣ Theme Customization API
‣ Options API ‣ Transients API
‣ Plugin API ‣ Widgets API
‣ Quicktags API ‣ XML-RPC WordPress API
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47. mysite
current -> releases/1362181983
/releases
/1362181983
/1362153455
/1362141927
/shared
/config
/files
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