Programming when you aren’t writing code

Description: No, you are not going to become a “WordPress developer” without having to write code. But you can become a better developer by improving your processes. Rather than thinking of “coding” and “programming” as synonymous disciplines, consider coding as but one phase of programming. We often dive into implementation without planning or design, promoting and prioritizing coding above all else (“patches welcome”, anybody?). What are these other parts of programming and how can we work them into our individual and group practices?

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Author: Helen Hou-Sandi

I'm the Staff Software Engineering Manager for Accessibility at GitHub and a Lead Developer for the WordPress project. Previously the Director of Open Source Initiatives at 10up.

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