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Stacy Kvernmo is a UX/UI Developer at OddBird. I met Stacy on another podcast and was really excited to talk to her about a number of tools and views she has about creating good code while working on a team. We talk about process, UX, and more in this episode. She and her team are doing some really cool things in Frontend Development, and it was very interesting hearing about all of it.
Beth Soderberg is a self-taught Front End Developer and speaker, and in this episode, I get to talk to her about how she learned her craft. It was fun exchanging stories of our different learning experiences. Beth offers truthful and encouraging words for if you want to start on your journey to web development.
In today’s episode, I chat with Blair Williams, a WordPress veteran with lots of great plugins. We’ll talk specifically about MemberPress and what it’s like creating that, the decision-making that went into their pricing, wp-cron, and lots more.
In this very special live episode, I had the opportunity to interview WordCamp US attendees and ask them 3 questions:
What advice for Frontend Development optimizations do you have for us?
How do you level up your skills?
If you could go back in time and tell your younger self one thing, what would it be?
Special thanks to everyone I interview, and to Pantheon for sending me to WordCamp US and making this episode possible!
Gravity Forms is one of, if not the, oldest premium form builders for WordPress. Alex Cancado, one of the founders, and I talk about the research that went into creating such an integral part of any website. We also talk about refactoring, automated testing, what it was like creating add-ons for Gravity forms, and a whole lot more.
If you like this episode, you can catch a bonus episode with Alex where we talk about business, copyrights, and more over on Patreon.
Show Notes
Gravity Forms
Gravity Form Add-ons
Jeff Matson’s How I Built It Episode
Bonus Interview on Patreon: Alex and I go deeper about pricing model, the price of support, copyrights, the importance of Paypal, and more.
Andy and I continue our conversation from last week, about general theme development. We discuss our favorite tools and learning resources, plus much more! If you’re interested in making WordPress themes, these episodes are must-listens!
Jeff Matson is a WordPress man about town, making contributions to several big plugins and projects, and even WordPress itself. In this episode, we talk all about development, knowing when to cut your losses, developer tools, and much more. It was great having Jeff on the show!
Tom is a man of many hats! He’s a WordPress user, avid blogger, developer, editor for Envato, and much more. He also takes the approach that he’ll scratch his own itch if he needs to. In this episode, we talk about how he tackles problems, why and how he built the plugin Page Template Dashboard, and his development tools.