Want to level up as a WordPress Developer? Here is my talk about how I did, and some takeaways and tips from my journey.

1. 1
Becoming a
WordPress Artisan
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2. I am not going to
shield you from the
truth.
Be Warned

3. WordPress developer at
Disney
and the co-founder of
My first install of WordPress was
0.7 and been a user &
developer since
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Who is this geek?

4. a worker in a skilled
trade, especially one
that involves making
things by hand
What is an Artisan?
noun

5. WordPress Artisan Developer

6. Do you want to be an Artisan?

7. Learn which tools
are best for your
workflow
Pay for them
Tools

8. Step out of your comfort code
Stop Copy Pasting blocks of code
StackOverflow is not always the answer
Code

9. GoogleFu
Before you Google:
Don’t think about the whole problem, think about
the parts that make up the whole.
Drill down piece by piece of the code,
You may find that you know most of it

10. GoogleFu
“How to use a
JavaScript file in a
WordPress Theme”
“wp_enqueue_script”

11. Stop Using WordPress
You can learn a lot by just taking a few
steps away from WordPress and trying
to develop something else

12. What can I learn?
Front vs. Back End Coding
MVC architecture
New PHP Frameworks that might suit for your clients
New frameworks not even built on a LAMP stack
so much more

13. Coming back to WP
Not everyone comes back, but those that do are
usually the ones that produce the best code, the
best talks, and really get you thinking outside the
WP box

14. The dip sucks. Power through
Everyone has a “dip”
Developer “Dip” =
Learning something new
Get through it as
efficiently as possible
EFFORT
RESULTS

15. Awesome Resources
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Coda 2
Sublime Text
GitHub
WP Codex
Gravity Forms
AWP Facebook Group
WordPress API list
TutsPlus.com

16. Thank You
Find me online:
Twitter: @royboy789
Github: @royboy789
CodingOfficeHours.com
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