While there are many ways to customization your command line prompt, one that can help readability is adding a blank line at the beginning of each prompt.
Dev Tips
WordPress Gutenberg Functional Component useState
When creating a block for the WordPress block editor (a.k.a. Gutenberg), I find that most of the documentation is for class components. However, with React hooks we can use functional components. When you need to import ‘useState’ from React, you can do it as follows in a WordPress block.
WordPress and SQL Injection
An SQL injection vulnerability occurs when you use a variable in your SQL statement and someone uses the variable to add unexpected code. In this article, we’ll look at how this occurs and how to prevent it.
MySQL Query for Multiple Strings with LIKE
I recently learned that doing a MySQL “LIKE” with multiple strings separated with ‘%’ behaves the same as multiple “LIKE” statements.
Test WordPress REST API Endpoints from the Browser with jQuery
You can make WordPress REST API calls from the browser console. Here is one way I work with WordPress REST API endpoints in the browser using jQuery.
Gutenberg JS
My notes on JavaScript available methods in Gutenberg.
Git Preview Changes in Commit Message
You can set Git to preview all of the changes in your commit when you write your commit message. I find this to be a big help in writing my commits (and reminds me to keep the changes in my commits small).
Vim JSON Format
Vim allows you to run all (or some) of your content through an external program. In this case, we want to use Python to format (i.e. pretty print) our JSON with ‘python -m json.tool’. We an also setup a Vim user defined command to reduce typing (and make it easier to remember).
Jira Link to Comment
I find it frustrating in JIRA that I can not link to a specific comment in an issue. By triggering the old Jira view, you can link directly to a comment.
Git Diff Ignore Mode Changes
When the permissions on a file change in a commit, Git will include this in the diff. Git refers to this as a mode change. When I’m looking at a “git diff” (or specifically a “git diff –name-only” where I’m looking for a list of files that have been changed), I often want to ignore mode changes (a.k.a. permission changes). By adding “-G.” to the command, mode changes will be ignored.