Top 5 Things to Learn in 2020

Bedrock

  • Bullet One
  • Bullet Two
  • Bullet Three

Why Bedrock?

  • The best way to setup your WordPress folder structure
  • Uses Composer for theme/plugin management

CD/CI

Why Learn CI/CD

  • Take advantage of Composer, testing libraries, linting, etc.
  • Helps smooth out team workflows
  • Makes deployment super smooth

WPGraphQL

Why Learn WPGraphQL or The REST API?

  • Headless WordPress is the future
  • Even if you're not 100% headless, you can still take advantage of these tools

Why Learn Gatsby?

  • Headless WordPress is coming Gatsby is a great tool for the frontend
  • Many WordPress sites should be static and Gatsby does a great job at providing static pages

Why Learn Docker?

  • Customize everything
  • Know exactly what's running on your local and production
  • Throw it on Digital Ocean for $5.00/month

WordPress Development 2020

By Alex Young

WordPress Development 2020

A shortlist of my goals of what to learn in 2020

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