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Unit Testing Private Methods

Should we be unit testing private methods? Good practice says no. Are there reasons why having this ability in our toolbox is desirable?

Coding

C# Nulls – Part 3 – Null Coalescing and Conditional

In Part 2 we covered the enabling C#’s nullable option to subtly change how we handle reference types. Once enabled reference types are by default no longer [expected] to be nullable. In this final part of the series, I will be covering the use of the Nullable Reference Type, Null-Conditional and Null-Coalescing operators that we briefly introduced in Part 1….

Coding

C# Nulls – Part 2 – Nullable Reference Types

What Are Nullable Reference Types? In Part 1 I dove into various improvements with the C# language in relation to null handling and new operators. In this part, I am going to discuss Nullable Reference Types. The direction in how C# has evolved has provided better tools and constructs to assist with the creation of safer code. In my view,…

Coding

C# Null; Nullable; Null Operators; Null-Coalescing – Part 1

The C# language has developed to include a better toolset and compiler warnings. Thus, assisting development in producing null-safer code with a more robust approach.

Screenshot of CCS Editor in a WordPress Widget

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Using CodeMirror CSS Editor in a WordPress Widget

WordPress uses CodeMirror for the CSS editor within its Customiser. CodeMirror provides support for syntax highlighting, linting, and code competition. Would it not be great to be able to use that in your own Widget? First off, we are going to start with a basic bare-bones demo widget that allows the user to input some text to be displayed and…