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Tim Nolte

Technical Architect

A Christ-follower, husband, father, and WordPress Developer with Forum One.

Notes / WordPress

WordCamp GR 2019 – Confidently Testing WordPress – Steve Grunwell

ByTim Nolte July 13, 2019November 6, 2019 Updated onNovember 6, 2019

https://stevegrunwell.github.io/confidently-testing-wordpress/#/ Testing Fundamentals Automated Testing Reduces time + chance of human error Easily reproducible Gateway to CI/CD Test Types Unit – Test the smallest possible unit of an app. Often a single function Integration – How individual components interact End-to-End(E2E) – An entire path through an application Automated Testing Pyramid ROI for Testing System Under Test (SUT) The system we’re currently testing: A single method A class A whole feature WordPress Testing is Complicated Tightly-coupled system Difficult to test anything in true isolation Testing Toolbox PhpUnit – https://phpunit.de/ Structure Test Suite – Collection of test classes Test Class (class) – Collection of test methods Test Case (method) – A single scenario to be tested Assertions True or False Equality Verify Contents – contains, regular expression…

Blogging / Daily Thoughts / Friends / Traveling

Nothing Exciting, But Frustrated…

ByTim Nolte September 3, 2005

Well, nothing special today. I didn’t even get up until like noon. I was up late, as is most nights. Did some lunch then back to the blog. This blog thing has really taken over. I think the big thing is it’s my only outlet for for talking, don’t really have anyone to hang out with. I really don’t know that anyone would want to sit and listen to me talk about this stuff anyways. I’d be surprised if people even want to read all my dribble. Didn’t connect with any of my friends today, either. They’re probably out of town for the holiday weekend.

Blogging / Daily Thoughts / Relationships

So What’s My Problem?

ByTim Nolte April 19, 2006

In short, life, more specific, work. So as it grinds on even later in the evening I just felt I needed to get back to this things called blogging. So obviously the daily anecdotes of my life haven’t made their way to this space in cyber-space much. When life get’s crazy you have to take a hard look at what you are spending your time on. I have days that I wish I wasn’t so willing to do things for people. It’s in my nature to give, and give, and give, and give until I’ve got nothing left for me. I don’t regret giving of so much of my time. The time we have here in this is so short, I just want to be…

Notes / WordPress

Talking to Other Sites with the WP HTTP API – Topher DeRosia

ByTim Nolte July 13, 2019July 13, 2019

Why Talk To Other Sites? Ask them questions – Getting Data Tell them things – Process Requests. How is This Done? GET – wp_remote_get() POST – wp_remote_post() HEAD – wp_remote_head() Cache API Content WordPress Sites (/wp-json) – pull public WordPress site data

Blogging / Featured / IndieWeb

Working on a Better POSSE

ByTim Nolte February 5, 2021February 5, 2021

Spent some time working on my #POSSE setup with #syndication along with #IndieWeb. I have some challenges with the translation to the #WordPress Block Editor and how #Micropub posts are handled by my theme.

WordPress

Contributing to WordPress: Moving From User to Contributor – WordCamp Grand Rapids 2019 Lightening

ByTim Nolte July 13, 2019July 18, 2019 Updated onJuly 18, 2019

1. Introduction WordPress History 2005 – First Blog 2006 – First Podcast 2008 – First Custom Theme/Plugin 2013 – First WordCamp 2014 – First Time WordCamp Volunteer 2018 – First WooCommerce Site 2018 – First Time WordCamp Speaker 2018 – Full Co-Maintainer to WordPress.org Plugin 2. What Does It Mean To Be A Contributor All you need is a desire to help. Give Your Time Share Your Knowledge & Experience Use Your Talents 3. Give Your Time Help Organize A Local Meetup Volunteer at a WordCamp 4. Share Your Knowledge & Experience Share your favorite Themes & Plugins on your blog, social media, at a local meetup Help others in the WordPress.org Support Forums 5. Use Your Talents Non-Developers Help maintain the website content for…