HTML5, NodeJS, responsive design, style pre-processors, CoffeeScript: we work in an industry that loves its buzzwords. Front-end technology is evolving faster than ever before—just as we’re finally getting comfortable building responsive, standards-compliant websites, a whole new set of tools and techniques are springing up around us. But what does any of that have to do with WordPress?
As theme and plugin developers we can leverage some of these new tools to make our WordPress sites and web apps even better. I will give a brief overview of stylesheet pre-processors like LESS, JavaScript code quality tools and testing frameworks, and command-line build tools for scripts and styles that you can use to make your sites faster, easier to maintain, and more fun to develop. Think outside the blog
