Jack Reichert

Fullstack Philosopher

Category: Web Development

  • SUPER Simple React webpack Tutorial, so you can start ‘Getting Started’

    SUPER Simple React webpack Tutorial, so you can start ‘Getting Started’

    Update: This was written before create react app came out. Use that, it’s awesome. I was annoyed by how many people are trying to sound smart in their tutorials, and thus not really helping anything. I wanted a simple “Here is what you need to get started” tutorial and lost a day chasing rabbits down…

  • How to Back up Your Database on Vagrant Halt

    How to Back up Your Database on Vagrant Halt

    I’ve been exploring Vagrant lately. At work we need a better development workflow, and at home I’ve been reaping the benefits as well. One of the nice aspects of Vagrant is the ephemeral nature it gives to your environment. You can spin up a development box quickly and easily with a single command vagrant up…

  • Proof of Concept: I made my very own Foursquare (Swarm) on WordPress… and you can too

    Proof of Concept: I made my very own Foursquare (Swarm) on WordPress… and you can too

    I’ve always loved the concept of Foursquare. Sharing locations is awesome, although somewhat creepy. How do you leverage the awesomeness while avoiding the creepy factor? Sadly today it’s basically impossible to protect yourself against being tracked, if you have a mobile phone. But I’m not going to give away my apartment key to everyone around,…

  • How to use JSONP (AJAX to SSL) in WordPress, an EASIER way

    How to use JSONP (AJAX to SSL) in WordPress, an EASIER way

    I’ve already written about How to use JSONP in WordPress Development. I explain how it works, and why you would use it there. At work we work with several domains and I’ve had to use quite a bit of JSONP, I’ve rethought how to use it, and made this micro-framework to make it a LOT…

  • Web Typography – A quick and dirty guide to Enqueuing Fonts in WordPress

    Web Typography – A quick and dirty guide to Enqueuing Fonts in WordPress

    This coming Tuesday I will be speaking at WPNYC, the official New York City WordPress Meetup, on the topic of WordPress and Typography. Having started out as a front-end developer, I have always been inspired by beautiful typography used properly. I will post my slides once the recording of the talk goes live, but for…

  • If you feel that this site is running snappier, you’re probably right.

    If you feel that this site is running snappier, you’re probably right.

    I went to 3 meetups this week: Codepen.io, WPNYC, and Web Performance NY. At two of them people mentioned Percona. So I thought I’d check it out. Digital Ocean has a great tutorial if you’d like to check it out: How To Install a Fresh Percona Server or Replace MySQL. I got stuck for a…

  • How to use JSONP in WordPress Development. The Quick-and-Dirty QuickStart Guide

    Edit: Looking for an easier way to do JSONP in WordPress? What IS JSONP and why should I care? There’s been a lot of debate lately about whether to move your site to SLL (https) or not. It’s clear, though, that all your forms, at least the ones that handle sensitive data like logins, should…

  • Why I went to the cloud…

    I was asked to write a blogpost about my server setup. Specifically, about “the best fixes for wrangling all of those crazy cables.” To which I responded: “Oh, I just use the cloud. Never used anything else.” Why don’t I host my own physical server? Cold hard cash. For the level of scale I need,…

  • Setting up an Ubuntu Desktop LAMP development server

    So you’ve inherited a WordPress site and you want to start developing for it. But you don’t want to go commando on the production site. Smart. How do you set up a local development environment? In this tutorial I’ll walk you through setting up a simple dev environment on Ubuntu desktop. WordPress typically runs off…

  • Announcing IlanaCMyer.com

    Announcing IlanaCMyer.com

    I’m proud to announce the launch of the author site of my talented wife: Ilana C. Myer. The art is by the very talented Galen Dara; the site design and development is my own. I wanted to take a few words and go a bit into my thoughts behind that design. The design: The primary…