THE PENDING DRAFT

Xdebug with WordPress

June 24, 2015

Proper debugging and unit testing are both very high on my list of things i need to get my head around and implement into my development workflow as soon as possible. Luckily, there are people like Jonathan Christopher who wrote this great introduction on how to use Xdebug for WordPress Development.

He goes into great detail on how to install and configure Xdebug with MAMP (Pro) and use it with either a separate application or right inside an IDE.

Monday by Noon – Improving Your Process: WordPress Development Using Xdebug

Brainpickings Legendary Designer Charles Eames

June 20, 2015

In addition to all of the “good goods” that they produced, the Eameses were prolific as educators, making many important contributions to the world of ideas.

Underlying all of their work is the principle that design should not be an act of creative self-expression but rather a process of problem solving.

Great article on brainpickings about Charles and Ray Eames. Now i want to read “an eames anthology” even more.

Brainpickings – Legendary Designer Charles Eames on Creativity, the Value of the Arts in Education, and His Advice to Students

Code Examples by WordPress Theme Review Team

June 18, 2015

The WordPress Theme Review Team released a library of code examples on GitHub. The first section is all about the Customizer and they plan to add more code snippets in the future. If you build themes and want them to meet the guidelines for the official WordPress.org Repository, you should definitely keep an eye on this.

GitHub – Code Examples

JavaScript.com

June 16, 2015

JavaScript_com

Code School just launched JavaScript.com, a page dedicated to all things JS. Basically, the page is split into Resources and News, which can also be subscribed to via an Email Newsletter called FiveJS (5 Minutes of JavaScript).

First thought: Heck, i wanna to know what they paid for this domain.

Second thought while looking through the news and resources: After all these years working with the web it still amazes me how much knowledge you can get for free.

JavaScript.com

Joseph Walla on growing revenue from $0 to $1+ mio, twice

June 15, 2015

A great article about growing revenue as a Startup, especially with a SaaS product. He talks about a lot of points that many startups get wrong or struggle with, from being too cheap (or free) to early split-testing, what metrics to use and missed marketing opportunities.

And, above all, how important it is to charge for your product as soon as possible:

Charging is a powerful indicator that you’re building something people want. If you’re not charging, you’re likely spending money (development time = money) building features your users don’t really want. People who pay you have opinions about what to build next. Making them happy will lead to more people like them paying you (with this caveat: Don’t build a Galapagos product)

It’s a very refreshing post which debunks some of the popular truisms about pricing or startup business in general. Worth a read.

43 lessons growing from $0 to $1+ million in revenue, twice