WordCamp Phoenix 2016

1. Develop & Deploy Outside
the Repo Directory

2. What's the Goal?
Develop in local development environment
Push code to git server
Update your code seamlessly in WordPress

3. Everyone Should Use
Version Control
GitHub
Bitbucket
GitLab
Other git server

4. Semantic Versioning
Everyone should tag your releases using semantic
versioning
https://semver.org

5. MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH
MAJOR - incompatible API changes, something that
definitely breaks backwards compatibility
MINOR - add functionality, maintaining backwards
compatibility
PATCH - bug fixes, maintaining backwards
compatibility

6. MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH.DEV
DEV - increase version number during in the develop
branch

7. Develop in your local environment
Push commits
Tag releases

8. Now What?

9. How to Deploy Your Code
FTP/SFTP
Add updater library to every project
Use an updater plugin
Continuous Integration

10. FTP/SFTP
Upload changed files or complete project everywhere
Doesn't scale well
Dependent upon remembering where all your
deployments are located

11. Updater Library
WordPress-GitHub-Plugin-Updater
https://github.com/radishconcepts/WordPress-
GitHub-Plugin-Updater
Requires additional code in every project
Difficult to update the updater code

12. Updater Plugin
Updater code outside of your projects
Easy to maintain updater plugin
Examples
GitHub Updater
WP Pusher

14. Demo

15. Continuous Integration
Use of RESTful endpoint to automatically update your
code on every push/commit
Webhooks

17. Demo

18. Questions?

19. WhoAmI?
Acute Care Surgeon in Palm Springs, CA
Twitter: @andyfragen
GitHub: https://github.com/afragen
Occasional blogger: https://thefragens.com
WordCamp Sponsor/Speaker
Developer of GitHub Updater

21. What's Next!
GitHub Languages: https://github.com/afragen/github-updater-translations
Decoupled language pack updates for your plugins/
themes.