An extensive tutorial where Ahmad Awais shares how he's building a Custom WordPress dashboard which connects several hundred IoT devices,...
Ahmad Awais
Ahmad Awais 🥑 OSS Developer Advocate 🔥 Ridiculously hard-working Full Stack Web Developer ⓦ Regular WordPress Core Contributor 📣 TEDx Speaker ✌️ Spends 50% of his time building FOSS (Free & Open Source Software) used by over 60,100 Developers 🎖 WordPress Advocate & 🙌 Community Evangelist 🎯 JavaScript & DevOps fanboy 😂 Cracks silly jokes 💜 Loves his wife (Maedah) 🍕 Learn more about Ahmad ↣
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2017What Does “Pragma” Mean in Programming?
Programming is hard. Well, anything technical is inherently hard. With that out of the way, today I'm writy a short post to let you in on a secret about what is pragma in the world of programming languages.
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Create Guten Block Toolkit: Launch, Introduction, Philosophy, & More! 🚀
I am excited to launch Create Guten Block. `create-guten-block` is a zero-configuration dev-toolkit (#0CJS) to develop WordPress Gutenberg blocks in a matter of minutes without configuring React, Webpack, ESLint, Babel, ES6/7/8/Next, etc.
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[PODCAST INTERVIEW] Ahmad Awais — Open Source as a Lifestyle
A couple of weeks ago, I got interviewed by the WordPress PressThis Podcast about my favorite topic, i.e. Web & Open Source. I enjoyed talking about how I got into open source, grew a huge network of followers especially over 10,000 developers who use my open source code, got half a million open source software downloads, and how it has [...]
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Remove the `p` Paragraph Tags From Author Description in WordPress
Since WordPress 4.9 by default WordPress adds paragraph tags to the author descriptions. This sometimes breaks your theme styles.
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WordPress 4.9 Tipton & My Core Contributions with WPCouple Team!
⚡️ WordPress 4.9 Tipton just got released! Update your sites and enjoy a fantastic update this time. The customizer, widgets, security, and the code editor have seen major updates. So, much more to share. 🍒 If you’re not reading my blog for the first time, you probably know about my commitment to the WordPress software and that [...]
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Command-Line ZSH Syntax Highlighting Is Dope!
Command-Line ZSH Syntax Highlighting is a total win. It helps me visualize if I am about to run a dangerous command `rm -rf *` (anyone?) — and also if a program exists in the $PATH or not. Check it out.
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Did WordPress Just Influence Facebook to Relicense React Under MIT License
Facebook just announced that they are relicensing React under MIT license and I think this is huge for so many reasons. Also, did WordPress had something to do with this decision? Did I help?
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WordPress-React Breakup: My Vue on P*react + WordPress Development!
WordPress is breaking up with ReactJS due to the patent clause. What I think about Vue JS & Preact JS in the WordPress Gutenberg and the WordPress Core. Also, Calypso (WordPress.com) and Jetpack will follow the pursuit, says Matt.
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QuickTip: How Do I Install pip on macOS or OS X?
Install pip for Python on macOS or OSX in one single command via command line. Easiest possible way!
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How Do I Find the Amount of Free Space on My Hard Drive with Command Line?
This is a quick-tip for Ubuntu users who'd like to find the amount of free space on their hard disk via command line.
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