Originally posted on my website on November 30th 2019

WordPress December in short.

In the final month of 2019 there two minor WordPress releases. Version 5.3.1 was a short-cycle maintenance release that included mostly security and bug fixes. Version 5.3.2 quickly followed to tackle some high severity issues reported after the previous release.

Gutenberg 7.1 introduces a header menu to switch between edit and select tool. Captions for the table block. A welcome guide modal. A custom gradient component. and a lot of bug fixes and Api enhancements.

WordPress:

• How to Include ReactJS in a WordPress theme by Zac Gordon.
• How to use Apollo and GraphQL in a WordPress theme by Zac Gordon.
• Gutenberg Components: ServerSideRender by Igor Benić.
• Community submitted free block designs and templates for Gutenberg editor to help you get started by Jeffrey Carandang.
• Video: Fast & easy Docker container for local WordPress development by Alex Young.
• WP Starter: WordPress whole-site Composer packages has never been so easy by Giuseppe Mazzapica.
• Remove the type attribute from link and script tags. (The new way in 5.3) by Stephan Nijman.

Php

• Video: What's new in PHP 7.4 by Coder's Tape.
• Upgrade PHP 7.4 with Homebrew by David Carr.

Javascript:

• 9 extremely powerful JavaScript hacks by Klaus Camarena.
• The Complete Guide to JavaScript Classes by Dmitri Pavlutin.
• Javascript Nullish coalescing -- Let falsy fool you no more by Laurie.
• Generate contrasting text for your random background color by David Dal Busco.

Css:

• CssEg: 500+ Css icons by Astrit.
• Video: SVG section divider by CodyHouse.
• Understanding positioning in CSS by HJ Chen.
• Pixels vs. relative units in Css: why it's still a big deal by Kathleen McMahon.

Misc:

• How to ease your team's development workflow with Git hooks by Konstantinos Leimonis.
• Hub: use GitHub from the command-line by GitHub.
• Cook: A CLI tool to create universal boilerplates by Eyk.

Suggestions?

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Wishing you a loving and healthy 2020.