Aurooba Ahmed
(she/her) Developer building bespoke #WordPress solutions, tools, and blocks. My name is pronounced "oo-ROO-ba" — Default to kindness, folks.
Appears in 22 Episodes
Delving into more than just WordPress
Season 2 starts in October! Tune in to find out what we'll be chatting about in this second season of viewSource and when it begins.A full transcript of the episode is...
Reflecting on WordPress: the recent updates, the near future, and other things
The Season 1 finale of viewSource is a draft style episode where we reflect on our favourite WordPress conversations over the last 20 episodes, chat about what's comin...
Wishlist for Modern WordPress Development
Season one moves closer to an ending as Aurooba and Brian share their biggest wish list items for modern WordPress development. With a focus on both User Experience an...
Lessons from producing season 1 of viewSource
In this episode, Aurooba and Brian discuss the four main challenges they faced and learned from in while producing this first season of viewSource. They also dive into...
Passing Props and Toggling an Element in React.js
Aurooba and Brian complete their accordion in React.js as part of their series on building an accordion block. They discuss how components are loaded into the Dom, bin...
Getting started with GitHub pull requests and review
Brian and Aurooba walk through the process of submitting a pull request in GitHub, reviewing it, and merging it into a repository – discussing best practices and persp...
Explore one of the coolest new features of WordPress 6.2
Aurooba and Brian explore the new WP_HTML_Tag_Processor that landed in WordPress 6.2, and how handy it would be in scenarios where they've had to use regular expressio...
Managing State in React
Aurooba and Brian are back with the series on building with React inside WordPress! In this episode, they dive into how state works in React and why ternary expression...
Transitioning from ACF Flexible Content Fields to ACF Blocks
In this episode, Aurooba and Brian discuss his recent recent experience speaking at WordCamp Phoenix. Then, they dig into the presentation topic: transitioning from Ad...
Tips on how to to debug your WordPress code
On today's episode, Aurooba manufactures a little bug in her code and then Brian helps debug what's going on. As they debug the code, they discuss the high level appro...
Reusable Components in React
Aurooba and Brian convert their simple React accordion into separate, reusable components and discuss the importance of components as foundational parts of the web. Ne...
Building an accessible accordion
Aurooba and Brian dig into the semantics of not only what makes an accordion accessible, but also why a11y should be a first class consideration when you build anythin...
What is a React Component?
Building on our simple React app, Aurooba demonstrates a component and sets up state to track variables. While discussing return statements, Brian cringes about JSX an...
Getting started with React inside WordPress
Dig into what React is and how it works, especially inside WordPress, with Aurooba and Brian as they set up the basic environment and load up a little React component ...
Communicating When You Work Remotely
Two long-time remote workers share their history and their best practices for working from home. Aurooba covers how to socialize yourself and fight loneliness, and Bri...
Building Websites with CSS Frameworks like Bootstrap
Brian walks Aurooba through how Bootstrap works and the conversation turns into a discussion about common design languages and the core concepts of CSS most people, fr...
Exploring Different Kinds of Gutenberg Blocks
Continuing where they left off, Aurooba and Brian recap their experience with ACF Blocks. Next, they look at two different ways to create native WordPress blocks: usin...
Digging into ACF Blocks for the WordPress Block Editor
Aurooba and Brian dig into ACF Blocks and how taking a design from mockup to built with the Block Editor requires a mindset adjustment. They also talk through the code...
Starting a New Project
Brian gets Aurooba to spill all the details about how she starts a new client website project. They discuss the tech stack, when to use WordPress, using plugins versus...
Local WordPress Environments
Today’s episode explores the range of local WordPress environments, starting with MAMP and making it to Docker, Vagrant, and Local WP. Brian discusses the built-in Wor...
GitHub Copilot
Listen in as Aurooba and Brian recount their experience of trying out GitHub Copilot, debate its gender (!!), how it will affect developers in and out of the WordPress...
Introducing viewSource
Introducing viewSource: a weekly conversation around tech, web development, and WordPress with hosts Aurooba Ahmed and Brian Coords. Listen in to learn a little about ...