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Set up Playwright for testing a locally installed WordPress theme. Write your tests in JavaScript within a ‘tests’ directory using .spec files for different cases like login functionality or responsive design checks and run them locally using `playwright test`. Use multi-browser tests with Playwright’s capabilities in local environments for performance optimization of WordPress themes.
Ryan explains how to create a Next-Gen React App in 2025 with Vite for lightning speed and efficiency. Guiding you through the installation of Node.js, npm, and using Vite CLI. This results in a development server on localhost:3000 where you can view a simple “Hello World” message in your browser.
If you exist in the Engineering world of React, then you’ve likely heard about React 19’s new compiler that promises to optimize your code for you (to a certain extent). I was really excited about it when I heard so I couldn’t wait to set it up. I use Vite these days rather than Create …
Learn to build React Server Side and Client Side components in a NodeJS app. Building React Server Side components doesn’t have to be this hard. Let me show you a simplified walk-thru with up to date technologies on how to build a simple Node app that uses both Server and Client Side React Components. Let’s …
I’m a Software Engineer with two years experience. I was recently laid off with about 20 other engineers with varying years of experience, all of us extremely talented. On the job hunt recruiters have all been telling us how to format our resume’s, cover letters, and profiles to get noticed. After searching through hundreds of …
Hey WordPress developer! If you’re just getting started with WordPress, and want to learn how to set up package management and development, you’ve come to the right place. This guide will quickly walk you through how to set up webpack for your WordPress project. I’ll cover setting up webpack for vanilla Javascript along with SCSS …
If you want to learn how to create a fluid CSS grid with static measurements (such as px), this article is for you! What is a fluid grid? Creating a responsive CSS Grid is pretty easy in theory. You could set up your body tag as a 3X3 fluid grid by setting the display to …
I’m so excited about a new CSS feature that should make designing layouts much simpler. Thanks to interop 2023, CSS now has a snazzy new feature that allows you to set up child elements to a grid as a subgrid element. In this article, I’ll explain what CSS subgrid is and how to create a …
Looking to create your own PluginSidebar but want to use React or Material UI for your components instead of createElement? Look no further! This post walks you through creating a Plugin, Creating the Plugin Sidebar, Webpack & Babel Configurations, and Using WordPress Data stores to hook up to Material UI components. This post has everything …
If you’ve just recently started learning how to create WordPress Blocks, then you’re probably familiar with the @wordpress/create-block package that allows you to quickly create a plugin and block all at once! This is an amazingly fast build tool, but it can be hard to know how to update your brand new plugin to feature …
If you’re familiar with React hooks but don’t know how to create a custom hook in React, this post is for you. I’ll provide you with a simple to understand custom hook from scratch so that you can get started making your own custom React hooks today! Before we begin Before we get started, I’ll …
If you’re looking to test a React text input by typing into it with userEvent, you are in the right place. I’ll show you how to test that text has been typed into a text input. This post will walk you through how to update to userEvent 14, and how to write a simple unit …
This post will walk you through how to unregister a block to successfully hide a WordPress block from the inserter depending on the template or template part of a Block Based Theme. This post is meant for theme and plugin developers looking to dynamically control where a specific block can be added to a WordPress …
Looking to get React Testing Library set up in your Vite project quickly? You found the post you’re looking for. Let’s dig in. This post is broken down into 2 sections. One to set up React Testing Library with Vite in a regular Javascript project and the other to set up React Testing Library in …