July: Comparing block plugin scaffolds, a round table discussion
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🗣 Round table discussion: editor block scaffolds for beginners
The new block editor (aka Gutenberg) has been around for a while now – we're all getting used to it in varying degrees and block plugin scaffolds for developers are popping up left, right and center.
But which one is best? As always, it depends on many many many things so we're narrowing down the discussion a bit and asking which one might work best for developers new to blocks. It would be great if whoever is interested to give one or more a go and report back!
The ones we've tested thus far (and that work out of the box) include:
– the one from WordPress: https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/packages/packages-create-block/
– the one that's been around for a while, this might be the first choice for people completely new to block development and coming from the php WP side: https://github.com/ahmadawais/create-guten-block
– a more involved one which might be good for people who are already familiar with React but not so much with the "making a plugin" php side of things: https://www.npmjs.com/package/wp-block-builder (but also server side rendering is possible in this scaffold and there's a working example)
All of these scaffolds assume a working local WordPress environment and an ability to run command line scripts like `npm run start` even if you don't quite understand what it's doing – copy and paste is fine!
Come discuss what you think of these or any others you like in the WPUK Slack here: http://wpslack.uk/ Then on Tuesday, anyone is welcome and encouraged to give a report back about how they've gotten on or listen in to the conversation.
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Digital doors open at 18:30 and we start around 19:00.
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Food & Drinks
Whatever you have at home.
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Location & Transport
Home. Your home. Maybe the sofa? Or in your office. Somewhere with a comfy chair.
We recommend remembering to keep your laptop charger to hand, and have the Zoom app installed on your device of choice!
If you have any questions beforehand, feel free to message us via meetup.com or in our #meetup-wphooked channel in wpslack.uk
Thanks!