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WordPress Block Editor: Creating a Custom Block
In the evolving world of web development, the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg) has revolutionized how we design and manage content. In this blog post, we’ll walk through the entire process—from setup to seeing our custom block in action. Why Create Custom Blocks? While WordPress provides plenty of built-in blocks, we often find ourselves needing tailor-made…
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Basic React: Conditional Rendering, Lifting State Up, and Testing
As developers diving into the world of React, we quickly realize that while building components is simple, building smart, efficient, and testable applications takes a deeper understanding. In this blog post, we’ll walk through some fundamental React concepts — Conditional Rendering, Lifting State Up, and Testing — that help us write better and more maintainable…
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Understanding Basic React Hooks: A Developer’s Guide
As developers, we’re constantly striving to write cleaner, more efficient code—and React Hooks are an essential part of that journey. Introduced in React 16.8, hooks let us use state and other React features without writing a class. In this post, we’ll dive into some of the most commonly used hooks: useState, useEffect, useCallback, useMemo, useReducer,…
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Basic React Course: Hooks — useState and useEffect
React has completely changed the way we build user interfaces, and one of its most powerful features is Hooks. In this post, we’re diving into two of the most essential React Hooks: useState and useEffect. If you’re just getting started with React, or if you’ve only worked with class components before, this guide is for…
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Basic React Course: Components, States, and Component Lifecycle
As we continue evolving our front-end projects and building increasingly dynamic user interfaces, React remains one of the most essential tools in our development toolkit. Its component-based architecture gives us the flexibility to design reusable, scalable code, while its modern features push us to think differently about how we structure and manage logic. In this…
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Understanding React Components and the Virtual DOM
As developers, we aim to build fast, scalable, and maintainable web applications. Over time, we’ve tried various frameworks and libraries, but React has truly changed the way we structure our UI logic—thanks to two of its most powerful features: components and the Virtual DOM. In this blog, we’ll break down what React components are, how…
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Introduction to React and JSX
In today’s world of web development, building interactive and dynamic user interfaces (UI) is more important than ever. One of the most popular and powerful tools for achieving this is React. As developers, we are always looking for ways to make our applications faster, more efficient, and scalable. React helps us do exactly that. In…
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Understanding WordPress Decoupled Architecture: Headless vs Decoupled WordPress
As developers and content creators, we’re always looking for better ways to build fast, flexible, and scalable websites. One approach that’s been getting a lot of attention lately is the decoupled WordPress architecture. In a traditional WordPress setup, the front end (what visitors see) and the back end (where content is created) are tightly connected.…
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Advanced Theme Development in WordPress: WP_Widget
When we’re building advanced WordPress themes, we often focus on custom post types, taxonomies, and template hierarchies. But there’s one powerful tool that’s often overlooked: the WP_Widget class. Mastering widgets can unlock new possibilities for dynamic, user-configurable areas within our themes. Today, let’s dive deep into WP_Widget and how we can use it to create…
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Advanced Theme Development in WordPress: Theme Initialization Process
As developers, we know that crafting powerful and performant themes isn’t just about beautiful templates—it’s about understanding the engine that powers them. One of the most fundamental, yet often overlooked, aspects of advanced theme development is the theme initialization process. In this post, we’ll walk through how WordPress initializes themes, what files are involved, and…