WordPress Dev Digest November 2019
Tags: wordpress, webdev, php, tutorial
Published: 2019-11-30 18:33:49

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title: WordPress Dev Digest November 2019
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description: A curated list of WordPress development related news articles, tutorials and other resources written or updated in November 2019.
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[Originally posted on my website on November 30th 2019](https://since1979.dev/wordpress-dev-digest-november-2019/)

### WordPress November in short.

In November we saw the release of [WordPress 5.3 Kirk](https://wordpress.org/news/2019/11/kirk/). I listed the most important changes for developers in [a previous edition](https://since1979.dev/wordpress-dev-digest-october-2019/).

The Gutenberg 6.9 release, [among other things](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/11/13/whats-new-in-gutenberg-13-november/), enabled themes to define [custom gradient presets](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/developers/themes/theme-support/#block-gradient-presents). And [Gutenberg 7.0](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/11/27/whats-new-in-gutenberg-27-november/) introduced some new APIs like [safe Html string internationalization](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/17963) [](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/17376) , and a new [Card component](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/17963).

November also brought the annual [WordCamp Usa](https://2019.us.wordcamp.org/livestream/). If you missed any of it you can find all the live streams [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tBmTWR52P8&list=PL1pJFUVKQ7ETHl165LvLVXfB3yBZEzV-q), and the State of the Word [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LezbkeV059Q).

### WordPress:

-   [Reusable Blocks accessible in WordPress admin area](https://www.billerickson.net/reusable-blocks-accessible-in-wordpress-admin-area/) by [Bill Erickson](https://twitter.com/BillErickson).
-   Video: [How to test your WordPress plugin on Travis CI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI439myGvNg) by [Daniel Persson](https://twitter.com/kalaspuffar).
-   [Creating custom Gutenberg blocks with React and WordPress -- Part 2](https://www.iamtimsmith.com/blog/custom-gutenberg-blocks-with-react-and-wordpress-part-2/) by [Tim Smith](https://twitter.com/iam_timsmith).
-   [Github actions to release WordPress plugin](https://lubus.in/blog/github-actions-to-release-wordpress-plugin-3656) by [Ajit Bohra](https://twitter.com/ajitbohra).
-   [The Gutenberg layout problem](https://aristath.github.io/blog/the-gutenberg-layout-problem) by [Aris Stathopoulos](https://twitter.com/aristath).
-   [Fantastic hooks and where to use them](https://unfoldingneurons.com/2019/fantastic-hooks-and-where-to-use-them) by [Darren Ethier](https://twitter.com/nerrad).
-   [Explore Gutenberg components with WP Storybook](https://lubus.in/blog/explore-gutenberg-components-with-wp-storybook-3648) by [Ajit Bohra](https://twitter.com/ajitbohra).
-   [WPack.io: Front-end tooling for WordPress themes & plugins](https://wpack.io/) by [Swashata Ghosh](https://twitter.com/swashata).
-   [10up releases GitHub actions for simplifying WordPress plugin deployment](https://wptavern.com/10up-releases-github-actions-for-simplifying-wordpress-plugin-deployment) by [WordPress Tavern](https://twitter.com/wptavern).
-   [WordPress: Server-side block styles](https://since1979.dev/wordpress-server-side-block-styles/) by [Stephan Nijman](https://twitter.com/Vanaf1979).

### Javascript:

-   [Javascript Reduce for beginners](https://dev.to/rhode/reduce-for-beginners-kl6) by [Rhodé Zwijnenburg](https://dev.to/rhode).
-   [5 package.json magic scripts that you don't use!](https://dev.to/kumar_abhirup/5-package-json-magic-scripts-that-you-don-t-use-4n3p) by [Kumar Abhirup](https://twitter.com/kumar_abhirup).

### Css:

-   [12 amazing CSS tips and tricks you should know](https://dev.to/duomly/12-amazing-css-tips-and-tricks-you-should-know-4anf) by [Duomly programming courses](https://twitter.com/duomly).
-   [Uncommon use cases for pseudo elements](https://ishadeed.com/article/unusual-use-cases-pseudo-elements/?ref=dailydevlinks.com) by [Ahmad Shadeed](https://twitter.com/shadeed9).
-   [Let's create a floating label input with HTML and CSS only](https://dev.to/adrianbdesigns/let-s-create-a-floating-label-input-with-html-and-css-only-4mo8) by [Adrian Bece](https://twitter.com/AdrianBDesigns).
-   [Show search button when search field is non-empty](https://css-tricks.com/show-search-button-when-search-field-is-non-empty/) by [Chris Coyier](https://twitter.com/chriscoyier).
-   [:nth Tester](https://css-tricks.com/examples/nth-child-tester/) by [Css-tricks](https://twitter.com/css).
-   [CSS variables with inline styles](https://ishadeed.com/article/css-variables-inline-styles/) by [Ahmad Shadeed](https://twitter.com/shadeed9).
-   [Some things you oughta know when working with viewport units](https://css-tricks.com/some-things-you-oughta-know-when-working-with-viewport-units/) by [Css-tricks](https://twitter.com/css).
-   [Learn CSS animation by creating pure CSS loaders](https://dev.to/devmount/learn-css-animation-by-creating-pure-css-loaders-3lm6) by [Andreas Müller](https://dev.to/devmount).
-   [Learn Sass](https://dev.to/codepanda/learn-sass-4k4i) by [Code Panda](https://dev.to/codepanda).

### Misc:

-   [Understanding Homebrew](https://zellwk.com/blog/homebrew/) by [Zell Liew](https://twitter.com/zellwk).
-   [Writing good commit messages: A practical guide](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/writing-good-commit-messages-a-practical-guide/) by [Bolaji Ayodeji](https://twitter.com/iambolajiayo).
-   [Philosophy of a good developer](https://dev.to/teamxenox/philosophy-of-a-good-developer-30c2) by [Sarthak Sharma](https://twitter.com/Sarthology).

### Suggestions?

**I**f you have any suggestions for good article please do let me know! Follow me on twitter [@Vanaf1979](https://twitter.com/Vanaf1979) or on Dev.to [@Vanaf1979](https://dev.to/vanaf1979) to be notified about the next article in this series, and other WordPress development related stuff.

Have a great December.