Supper Club × Fabian Kägy - Modern WordPress - Blocks, Page builders, Headless, Custom Fields

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

Technology, News, Tech News

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Fabian Kägy about modern WordPress development, including what the local dev experience is like, changes to the block editor, how version control is handled, and more! Show Notes 00:34 Welcome 01:20 Who is Fabian Kägy? Fabian Kägy Fabian Kaegy (@fabiankaegy) Fabian Kägy (@fabiankaegy) on Instagram fabiankaegy on GitHub 10up | finely crafted websites and tools 03:32 What is the local WordPress development workflow like in 2023? @wordpress/env Free Local WordPress Development 05:35 Why do people still want to use WordPress? Builder.io - Drag & Drop Headless CMS Website Builder — Create a Website in Minutes — Squarespace Website Builder | Wix.com Build optimized websites quickly, focus on your content | Docusaurus 09:08 Changes because of the block editor 11:50 Using a JSON file to configure design styles for your site 13:48 What is it like to develop with headless WordPress? 10up/10up-toolkit: Official 10up asset building toolkit. 16:59 Are people using WordPress for applications besides websites? 19:20 What does version control look like in WordPress? 21:57 Are plugins using the database or the file system? 23:38 Is jQuery still a must have for WordPress? 25:30 How do you enqueue JavaScript? 27:56 Does WordPress support live reloading? 28:22 How can you host WordPress on the web? WordPress Hosting | WP Engine® WordPress for the Enterprise | WordPress VIP 29:11 What is the editing experience like in WordPress in 2023? The Composable Content Cloud - Sanity.io WPML - The WordPress Multilingual Plugin Polylang – Making WordPress multilingual 34:01 How is WordPress handling CSS in 2023? 41:44 How do you make WordPress fast? Simplenote Tumblr Pocketcasts 47:23 Where can you learn about WordPress development? Learn WordPress - There’s always more to learn | Learn WordPress 10up - Gutenberg Best Practices | 10up - Gutenberg Best Practices 50:12 With blocks, do you write less PHP? ACF | Advanced Custom Fields Plugin for WordPress 50:59 Supper Club Questions 55:09 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Watch Shrinking | Apple TV+ Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

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0:00.0	I sure hope you're hungry who I'm starving wash those hands pull up a chair and secure that feedback
0:08.0	Because it's time to listen to Scott Tolinsky and Wes Boss attempt to use human language to converse with and pick the brains of other
0:16.0	Developers, I thought there was gonna be food so buckle up and grab that a
0:21.1	Handle because this ride is going to get wild
0:25.7	This is the syntax supper club
0:30.8	Oh
0:36.7	Welcome to syntax today. We have got Fabian Kagi on today to talk about
0:44.1	WordPress in general modern WordPress where it's at like should our people still using it is it what parts do people not know about
0:52.4	Lots of people have tried WordPress 11 years ago and think that it's exactly the same as it is today
0:59.2	So
1:00.2	Fabian is actually a funny story is that Fabian sent me like a DM and
1:04.8	He's like, hey, I work at 10 up which I'm very familiar with 10 up. I've trained a bunch of their employees one-on-one
1:11.6	It's been buying my courses for years and 10 up is like a
1:15.6	A big agency company. I'll let him explain in the WordPress world and does a lot of the big stuff
1:21.6	So thanks so much for coming on Fabian. Thanks so much for having me excited to be on let's
1:26.8	Give us a rundown. Who who are you? What do you do all that good stuff?
1:30.8	So my name is Fabian. I work for 10 up as you already mentioned as an associate director of editorial engineering
1:38.8	Meaning essentially I spend 50% of my time on actual client projects and then the other 50%
1:45.7	on
1:46.5	Helping the rest of the team level up with modern WordPress development and
1:51.0	Curating and creating editorial experiences and about 10 up in general 10 up
1:56.1	Is a large agency with about 300 employees that operates mainly in the WordPress space and has kind of its roots in the WordPress space
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