Switch from Windows to Linux
Linux is also easier to work with when setting up WordPress development through VVV — especially on older laptops.
www.slashgear.com/reasons-to-abandon-windows-for-linux-06572307/
Vue Intro Article
A quick intro to Vue. If you are a jQuery fan I highly recommend looking into adding Vue to your developer toolbox.
Typescript Popularity Increases
Typescript is a strongly typed JabaScript preprocessor. For complex applications it helps reduce errors, especially during refactoring.www.techrepublic.com/article/is-javascript-about-to-be-superseded-by-typescript/
Firefox / Edge Media Vulnerability
The short version:
Make sure your Firefox and Edge browsers are on the latest release.
Sites can gather sensitive data if a prior site served up video or audio files.
Full article:
thehackernews.com/2018/06/browser-cross-origin-vulnerability.html
Cypress.IO WordPress Login Management
Keeping the WordPress login intact between Cypress.IO tests was a challenge. There are plenty of Cypress.IO articles about login management and just as many about “anti-pattern” which lean toward the “login/authenticate between each test”. I don’t really want to test the WordPress login that often. I’m pretty damn sure it works. What I want to do is run my tests efficiently.
Unfortunately the “out of the box” examples, which I’ve been following, forgets about your login state between each test. Take my original Cypress.IO test — it logs in, configured the WordPress permalinks, logs out, does the Cypress.IO WordPress login again, sets the theme.