Best Practices
by curtismchale
WordPress Coding Standards
If in doubt space it out
No one line conditionals
One line Conditional Example
BAD BAD BAD
Fixed
YODA Conditions
Don't be Smart
Readability is more important than clever code
Future you is not as smart as coffee fuelled current you
Other Best Practices
Single Responsibility
A function should do 1 thing
So what if we wanted to let people that can see holes download something as well?
Always GET and show
Look at WordPress Core
- get_the_title()
- the_title()
Shortcodes need data returned
Write a PHP Docblock First
Yup before you write code write down what it's going to do
My first stop in understanding a new project is to write docs for every function
Inline Explanations
If you need more than a docblock then you're likely being clever
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