Jack Reichert

Fullstack Philosopher

It’s broke: how do I fix it? Debugging your code in WordPress

I had the great honor of speaking at WPNYC this past week. I promised to publish my slides. I also wrote a post about the Tools of the Trade slides.

April 21, 2017
Debugging your code in WordPress: Tools of the Trade

As this is going live I am currently giving a talk at @WPNYC the WordPress New York Meetup group. There are two slides I skimmed over due to lack of time, but they are an essential part of the talk. In order to fulfill my promise to provide the complete story I am publishing this…

April 18, 2017
How to see if a class was added to an element using JavaScript

If you need to see if a class has been added to an element the easiest way is to trigger a new event when you add the class. The problem with this solution is what happens if you do not have control over the function where this happens. Like if it happens in the WordPress…

March 14, 2017
A Weekly Book Project

I’ve taken a step back from following all the podcasts I’d been listening to, for obvious reasons. I have the 3 I listen to, to keep up with the news… And that’s it. At a certain point, reading more news stories will only make me less effective. In 2015 I set out to read a book…

January 29, 2017
Plugin Concept: Request Post Feedback (with revisions)

I was listening to the Post Status Draft podcast from about a year ago where Brian, the founder of Post Status, interviews Matt Mullenweg. In their discussion they Brian mentioned the Drafts with Friends plugin and how he’d like to see something like Google Docs collaboration, editing. That got me thinking about what the MVP,…

January 20, 2017
Developing A Theme for WordPress Using ReactJS, Redux, and the WP REST API

To being, check out the project here. This is a work in progress, but I got enough done this weekend that I’d like to share. I wanted to work on a project using ReactJS and Redux. I’ve heard a lot about it, and wanted to explore it on my own. I do that with every…

January 16, 2017
Thoughts about “Who” and Hiring

Finished reading “Who” this week. I found it an interesting approach to hiring. I’d read it if I were looking for a job as well to prepare for interviews, though it’s not designed for that. Takeaways: Take hiring seriously, this should be obvious but it’s easy to let it get lost in all the other…

January 6, 2017
Is npm not installing properly on Vagrant running on Windows?

Get a Mac! Kidding. (I actually think Microsoft has been more innovative lately.) Run the flag –no-bin-links when you install anything with npm and it will fix your issue. I have a dev Vagrant that I share with my team. I tend to mock things up when I’m playing around at home in the evenings.…

December 7, 2016
Refactoring a WordPress plugin, Object-oriented, a start

I recently dissected an Object Oriented WordPress plugin boilerplate. This exploration was part of a project I am undertaking to explore best practices for implementing Object Oriented principles in WordPress development. When it comes to implementing coding principles, I’m generally not a purist — I aim to be utilitarian. One of the dictums I drum into my team…

November 2, 2016
Technological Evolution, Microsoft vs Apple

I’m writing this from my iPad Pro with the Smart Keyboard. It’s a beautiful experience. It’s also a natural evolution of where technology has been going. This past week Microsoft has displayed that it understands this. Apple has not. Writing here is not a perfect experience: I still think multitasking on iOS could benefit by…

October 28, 2016