Posted on April 2, 2015
WP_Error vs PHP Exceptions in WordPress
So today, I instigated a lively discussion on the topic of WP_Error vs PHP Exceptions. I’m curious why try/catch exceptions are rarely used in WP dev? Any insight? — Justin Sternberg (@Jtsternberg) April 2, 2015 A great deal… Read More
Posted on March 4, 2015
A function timer… function
Handy function that calculates your function/method execution time so you can optimize your code’s performance.
Posted on March 1, 2015
Using Class Autoloaders (in WordPress?!)
The other day, I tweeted out that I believe there is hesitancy in the WordPress world to use autoloaders. Don’t believe me? I feel like there’s hesitancy in the WP world w/ autoloaders. spl_autoload_register is your friend. Namespaces… Read More
Posted on January 15, 2014
Gary Jones’ Recommended Resources on Avoiding Singletons
The Clean Code Talks – “Global State and Singletons” Why Singletons have no use in PHP Testing Code That Uses Singletons Making Singletons Safe in PHP The “Missing” Patterns of the PHP Manual — Singleton Why Singletons are… Read More
Posted on October 2, 2013
A print_r() or var_dump() replacement that expands the variable into valid PHP code.
Occasionally you want to expand an object or array variable to see what it contains. Typically we would use a variation of print_r() or var_dump() to do this, but the down side is there is no way simple way… Read More
Posted on August 10, 2013
Sublime Text WordPress Debugging Snippets
Debugging, if not THE top, is close to the top of a web developer’s activities. That being the case I think every developer should have a personalized and custom set of debugging tools at their disposal to make… Read More
Recent Comments