WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:03.209 --> 00:00:04.549 Matt: It's the WP Minute. 00:00:04.859 --> 00:00:08.709 I'm back from vacation, catching up on all the news, probably just like you. 00:00:09.099 --> 00:00:12.529 Let's see what's happening with WordPress this week, coming up. 00:00:12.529 --> 00:00:17.269 Today's episode is brought to you by our classified ads here at the WP Minute. 00:00:17.579 --> 00:00:20.759 Do you need an effective way to get the word out about your product or 00:00:20.769 --> 00:00:22.569 business in the WordPress space? 00:00:23.054 --> 00:00:26.464 Reach the Fortune 5, 000 of WordPress, that's what I like to 00:00:26.464 --> 00:00:30.484 call them anyway, with a classified ad listing here at the WP Minute. 00:00:31.014 --> 00:00:35.354 For as little as 15, you can get a spot in our newsletter and blog 00:00:35.354 --> 00:00:39.904 posts to highlight the message you want to get across to our audience. 00:00:40.229 --> 00:00:44.349 Let people know about your new product launch to register for an event or to 00:00:44.349 --> 00:00:48.629 highlight a resource that you've developed for your agency, whatever it is, the 00:00:48.629 --> 00:00:53.519 WP minute classified section is a cost effective way to reach our audience. 00:00:54.219 --> 00:00:59.209 Get your self serve listing for as little as 15 right now by visiting the 00:00:59.239 --> 00:01:00.699 WP minute dot com slash classifieds. 00:01:02.069 --> 00:01:03.544 That's the WPMinute. 00:01:03.544 --> 00:01:07.479 com slash classifieds or scroll to the bottom in the footer, click on 00:01:07.479 --> 00:01:10.449 the classifieds link at the WPMinute. 00:01:10.479 --> 00:01:10.889 com 00:01:10.889 --> 00:01:14.549 WordPress is amazing, not just because it's a great tool to publish words on the 00:01:14.549 --> 00:01:19.019 internet, but that it has the potential to encourage you to learn more about the web. 00:01:19.269 --> 00:01:20.069 If you want. 00:01:20.569 --> 00:01:22.719 If you remember the golden age of automobiles. 00:01:22.994 --> 00:01:26.704 Enthusiasts would change their own oil or make the repairs themselves to 00:01:26.704 --> 00:01:28.524 avoid bringing them to the dealership. 00:01:28.914 --> 00:01:32.114 An act to save a few bucks or just because you love the idea 00:01:32.114 --> 00:01:33.214 of doing the work yourself. 00:01:33.794 --> 00:01:37.884 Back then, cars weren't powered by computer chips or electronic motors. 00:01:38.404 --> 00:01:39.944 They were mechanically pure. 00:01:40.324 --> 00:01:41.624 This was your rig. 00:01:42.194 --> 00:01:45.494 You rolled up your sleeves, got out your toolbox, and slid under 00:01:45.494 --> 00:01:46.964 the chassis of your daily driver. 00:01:47.434 --> 00:01:51.294 Not only were you learning how cars were built, you were extending that 00:01:51.294 --> 00:01:53.314 knowledge to work on other cars as well. 00:01:53.844 --> 00:01:56.684 Industry knowledge that led folks to have a career in automobiles, 00:01:56.694 --> 00:01:57.624 wherever that took them. 00:01:58.684 --> 00:02:03.004 There was a whole economy of DIY auto mechanics, a whole industry, really. 00:02:03.534 --> 00:02:08.294 Chilton Books used to publish guides for the DIYers Which included detailed 00:02:08.294 --> 00:02:12.374 diagrams of the cars they were repairing until the internet, accompanied 00:02:12.384 --> 00:02:16.384 by the production of more complex cars, laid waste to their business. 00:02:17.034 --> 00:02:20.774 Breaking apart a car to learn how it worked just wasn't feasible anymore. 00:02:21.509 --> 00:02:25.279 You could even draw the parallels of open source WordPress to the likes of 00:02:25.279 --> 00:02:27.399 closed source Webflow, for instance. 00:02:28.099 --> 00:02:31.589 Sure, you can learn how to build and design a website with Webflow. 00:02:31.679 --> 00:02:34.809 In fact, you kinda need to know how before you dive into that. 00:02:35.249 --> 00:02:37.689 But the mechanical purity is what's missing. 00:02:38.389 --> 00:02:41.989 In other words, you can't dismantle Webflow and see how it's doing its 00:02:41.999 --> 00:02:43.839 thing, but you can with WordPress. 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:48.249 You can't bring closed source systems to a different hosting server and reconfigure 00:02:48.529 --> 00:02:52.819 the stack to get it dialed in for optimum performance, or to change where you store 00:02:52.819 --> 00:02:55.199 your data, but you can with WordPress. 00:02:56.129 --> 00:02:59.459 The big debate happening right now is understanding who WordPress is for, 00:02:59.459 --> 00:03:01.299 what kind of software are we building? 00:03:01.829 --> 00:03:05.199 It's certainly trending towards a more competent website builder for the everyday 00:03:05.199 --> 00:03:09.639 user, but I also think it's ushering in a new type of developer class as well. 00:03:10.189 --> 00:03:11.759 Look, developers are finicky. 00:03:12.209 --> 00:03:15.339 They're mostly stuck in their ways, have their preferred tool set, and 00:03:15.339 --> 00:03:16.799 come equipped with strong opinions. 00:03:17.189 --> 00:03:19.249 Artists, in the very sense, I'd say. 00:03:19.899 --> 00:03:23.019 Your typical development stack for WordPress, along with the definition, has 00:03:23.019 --> 00:03:26.659 been challenged over the last five years as page builders became more nascent. 00:03:27.459 --> 00:03:30.289 If you're not cracking open Notepad to change your theme, 00:03:30.479 --> 00:03:31.709 are you even a developer? 00:03:32.739 --> 00:03:36.339 Advancements in the Site Editor and the Gutenberg project aside, Automattic has 00:03:36.339 --> 00:03:40.719 been quietly changing the way people can get started with WordPress faster 00:03:40.729 --> 00:03:45.649 than ever before thanks to Playground and their recently launched Studio app. 00:03:46.574 --> 00:03:49.394 Now, to the point of the article, this is how WordPress 00:03:49.404 --> 00:03:51.264 is helping beginner developers. 00:03:52.324 --> 00:03:55.094 See, with Playground, you can export the site you build right 00:03:55.094 --> 00:03:56.864 into the browser as a zip download. 00:03:57.264 --> 00:04:00.894 Want to try a new feature that is only in GitHub and not committed to the release? 00:04:01.124 --> 00:04:02.654 Pull it from GitHub and try it out. 00:04:03.374 --> 00:04:06.504 Studio lets you run multiple WordPress installs locally on your 00:04:06.504 --> 00:04:08.014 Mac, with Windows coming soon. 00:04:08.359 --> 00:04:10.659 Along with a full file system to interact with. 00:04:11.259 --> 00:04:13.819 Want to share your customized site with somebody? 00:04:14.109 --> 00:04:16.389 They'll give you a temporary hosting account on WordPress. 00:04:16.389 --> 00:04:17.739 com to share the site you built. 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:21.869 This onboarding into WordPress is light years ahead of where 00:04:21.869 --> 00:04:23.119 we used to be in the past. 00:04:23.669 --> 00:04:26.819 Even if you're a curmudgeon developer stuck in your ways, you must admit, 00:04:27.039 --> 00:04:30.489 it's never been faster to start exploring WordPress than it is today. 00:04:31.129 --> 00:04:33.949 I haven't even told you about the Block Theme Builder plugin, which 00:04:33.949 --> 00:04:37.339 allows you to design an entire theme inside your WordPress install, allowing 00:04:37.339 --> 00:04:40.289 you to package it all up into a nice distributable WordPress theme. 00:04:41.209 --> 00:04:43.229 I love software that makes me feel powerful. 00:04:43.479 --> 00:04:48.089 A power user that isn't quite a full blown developer, but I can see the other side 00:04:48.089 --> 00:04:49.939 of the fence and I want to get there. 00:04:50.349 --> 00:04:52.079 This is what I love about WordPress. 00:04:52.419 --> 00:04:55.699 I'm not saying this experience is fully baked and it might even change 00:04:55.729 --> 00:04:59.179 course, but I think we'll see a whole new fleet of WordPress developers 00:04:59.219 --> 00:05:01.369 on board because of these efforts. 00:05:01.739 --> 00:05:05.729 A true open source no code solution may be coming soon. 00:05:06.099 --> 00:05:07.189 Let me know what you think. 00:05:07.189 --> 00:05:08.769 What if I never posted the news again? 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:12.969 I'm just catching up on all the things back from vacation so I don't have time to 00:05:12.969 --> 00:05:14.669 wrangle all the newslinks again this week. 00:05:14.989 --> 00:05:17.879 Which makes me wonder, what if I never did the newslinks again? 00:05:18.484 --> 00:05:22.194 Hit reply and let me know how you feel when you first hear that. 00:05:23.084 --> 00:05:26.014 Do you come just for my weekly five minute take on the state of 00:05:26.014 --> 00:05:27.224 WordPress like you just heard? 00:05:27.994 --> 00:05:30.004 Do you like the curation of links? 00:05:30.264 --> 00:05:33.464 Or are you getting that fill from some other WordPress newsletter? 00:05:34.294 --> 00:05:37.804 Hit reply and let me know if we didn't do the weekly news roundup anymore. 00:05:38.014 --> 00:05:38.964 How would that make you feel? 00:05:39.474 --> 00:05:42.494 I'd still cover major things happening in WordPress. 00:05:42.644 --> 00:05:46.434 I probably still link up some important Articles from time to time, 00:05:47.084 --> 00:05:50.714 but if I shifted away from just being a pure news source, 00:05:50.891 --> 00:05:52.001 how would that make you feel? 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