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WordPress Playground: A WordPress that runs entirely in the browser

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Re: WordPress Playground: A WordPress that runs entirely in the browser

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Genuine question, can anyone explain what the practical applications of this are to someone who's never developed with Wordpress? Is this a gimmick? A game changer? A nice-to-have?

It could be pretty handy for WP training...fresh environment with whatever setup you want, separate for each trainee.

Re: WordPress Playground: A WordPress that runs entirely in the browser

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Genuine question, can anyone explain what the practical applications of this are to someone who's never developed with Wordpress? Is this a gimmick? A game changer? A nice-to-have?

Seems like a great way to test plugins and themes in a clean environment. Premium themes could use this as their demo too instead of having to keep a demo Wordpress running.

Re: WordPress Playground: A WordPress that runs entirely in the browser

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WordPress was where I got my start, a while ago now. From poking around with PHP files, to building my own things, to Django, and on. It would have been inconceivable back then (mid noughties) that the whole thing could be done client side. The Web has come on a long way. These days I tend to hate WordPress with a passion. Occasionally I will be asked to peek at some technical problem with a WordPress installation an…

What no-code alternative would you recommend for pro web designers?

Webflow

Re: WordPress Playground: A WordPress that runs entirely in the browser

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"Whether you want to build a note-taking application for mobile devices, an automated testing environment, or demo a live WooCommerce store on your site – Playground will support you."

The last two make a ton of sense, but the idea of building a mobile app that's powered by Wordpress running PHP in webassembly in the browser is wrecking my brain.

Re: WordPress Playground: A WordPress that runs entirely in the browser

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WordPress was where I got my start, a while ago now. From poking around with PHP files, to building my own things, to Django, and on. It would have been inconceivable back then (mid noughties) that the whole thing could be done client side. The Web has come on a long way. These days I tend to hate WordPress with a passion. Occasionally I will be asked to peek at some technical problem with a WordPress installation an…

What no-code alternative would you recommend for pro web designers?

Lern to code (at least a little bit) and if not ... Contao. CSS isn't considered "coding"

Re: WordPress Playground: A WordPress that runs entirely in the browser

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WordPress was where I got my start, a while ago now. From poking around with PHP files, to building my own things, to Django, and on. It would have been inconceivable back then (mid noughties) that the whole thing could be done client side. The Web has come on a long way. These days I tend to hate WordPress with a passion. Occasionally I will be asked to peek at some technical problem with a WordPress installation an…

Wordpress is one of those things I've plenty of experience with, but leave off my résumé and avoid mentioning to bosses and colleagues, so I won't get roped into that bullshit if it comes up—and it often does, sooner or later.

"Wordpress? I can take a look if you need me to, but I don't really know much about that. I think Fred said something about Wordpress the other day, maybe ask him...."

I've known others who confided they do the same thing. I think it's fairly common.

Plus the PHP market, and especially the Wordpress market, doesn't tend to do great in the compensation department (short of making and selling a successful plugin yourself, anyway) so I'm not exactly eager to put more weeks/months/years of experience in that column when it's not worth much.

Re: WordPress Playground: A WordPress that runs entirely in the browser

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WordPress was where I got my start, a while ago now. From poking around with PHP files, to building my own things, to Django, and on. It would have been inconceivable back then (mid noughties) that the whole thing could be done client side. The Web has come on a long way. These days I tend to hate WordPress with a passion. Occasionally I will be asked to peek at some technical problem with a WordPress installation an…

Wordpress is one of those things I've plenty of experience with, but leave off my résumé and avoid mentioning to bosses and colleagues, so I won't get roped into that bullshit if it comes up—and it often does , sooner or later. "Wordpress? I can take a look if you need me to, but I don't really know much about that. I think Fred said something about Wordpress the other day, maybe ask him...." I've known others who co…

Similarly, I do not mention to anyone that I have touched Drupal in the past.
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