Links | Programming

To PUT or to PATCH, That is The Question

ByTim Nolte March 11, 2017

The Simple Guide to HTTP Verbs: PATCH, PUT, and POST – DZone Integration

Tim Nolte

Technical Architect

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

Links / Running

Running Your First Marathon

ByTim Nolte February 8, 2017February 8, 2017

While I’m not actually training for a marathon right now, as my first actual race is to be the Fifth Third River Bank Run 5K, I think this is good stuff to start thinking about. I am looking to do the Grand Rapids Half Marathon in the Fall and I will need to work on a lot of these points.

Development / Featured / Geek / Programming / Tech / WordPress

WordPress Meetup – February 2019

ByTim Nolte February 21, 2019February 21, 2019

Show & Tell Grammarly – Proofreading Google Docs – for writing Zoho – online productivity suite Invoicely – Small business client management & automation Plutio – Project management WordPress.org Favorites – When installing new plugins you can use favorites and use any WordPress.org username. WordPress Plugins TablePress Advanced Custom Fields Block Lab WordPress Themes Hestia WordPress Theme Development Foundation 6 JointsWP FoundationPress WordPress Management WP All Import DVS, Grand Rapids, MI

Programming

I Ascribe To Dreams Like These…I’m A Developer That Is Certain

ByTim Nolte January 11, 2017January 11, 2017

Notes / Programming

WordCamp GR 2017 – Development With Material Design – Matt Christensen

ByTim Nolte August 26, 2017August 26, 2017

Matt Christensen – https://www.mattchristensen.net/ History Announced 2014 2015 Most Google apps use it Intended for Android Focused on Native Mobile, web was an afterthought What Is It? – https://material.io/ A metaphor – think paper Uniting Style – look the same everywhere Design as a physical medium Paper and Ink Seams & Edges Motion has meaning Web Features – https://getmdl.io/components/ Cards – base component (could be used as a means to layout “table” data) Drawers Snackbar – nice feedback component, can hide automatically Tables Out of the box there is styling but not responsive jQuery Alternative – https://datatables.net/ Frameworks MDL (Material Design) Materialize – http://materializecss.com/ (stay away from Materialize WP, not much development) MDLWP – http://mdlwp.com/ (most features in commercial) Bootstrap Material Design – http://fezvrasta.github.io/bootstrap-material-design/ How Do You Design? What are you…

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Have I Arrived? Maybe In The Eyes Of Some

ByTim Nolte July 15, 2019July 15, 2019

Notes / Programming

WordCamp GR 2017 – WP-API: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – J Andrew Scott

ByTim Nolte August 26, 2017

J Andrew Scott – http://rubberchickenfarm.com/ History of APIs RSS Advantages Fast & reliable Easy to consume Almost no technical footprint Disadvantages Read-only Static content No authentication No user-driven content (i.e. comments, favorites, etc) DIY API Advantages Dynamic content User-driven content App & user authentication Roles & permissions based Connected applications Disadvantages DIY OAuth Redundant URI scheme Mediocre performance Large technical footprint WP-API Advantages Succinct URI scheme Improved performance Small technical footprint Available in WordPress core Disadvantages Granular transactions No batch uploads Increased number of API calls What once required 2 web servers now required 12-15 servers WP-API Disadvantage Factors & Solutions Number of content types Solution: consolidate endpoints Volume of individual API calls Solution: batch processing endpoints Frequency of individual API calls Solution: page-level caching Lessons…