Tide Chat Summary: November 23rd

This post summarizes the Tide chat from November 23rd in the #tide SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel (agenda, Slack archive).

Reminder that the current Tide focus is integrating PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. https://www.php.net/manual/en/preface.php. Compatibility data from Tide into WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/.  Once PHP Compatibility is integrated into WordPress.org, we’ll assess the next focus to provide the biggest impact to the community.

Node refactoring

  • @derekherman continues to work on additional polish for the Tide v1 release, will share in the #tide channel once updates are available (since our next synchronous meeting won’t be until January 2022)
  • No additional updates from @antpb on the PHP Compatibility Checker pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party’s efforts to integrate Tide

Next meeting

Due to upcoming end-of-year holidays we are canceling the next couple Tidechats until we get into 2022. The next meeting, a 30-minute Tide status update and open floor discussion, will take place on January 18, 2022 at 18:00 UTC in the #tide Slack channel.  Please feel free to drop in with any updates or questions.  If you have items to discuss but cannot make the meeting, please leave a comment on this post so that we can take them into account.

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Tide Chat Summary: November 9th

This post summarizes the Tide chat from November 9th in the #tide SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel (Slack archive).

Reminder that the current Tide focus is integrating PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. https://www.php.net/manual/en/preface.php. Compatibility data from Tide into WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/.  Once PHP Compatibility is integrated into WordPress.org, we’ll assess the next focus to provide the biggest impact to the community.

Node refactoring

  • No major update from @derekherman, going to merge the PR and dump the staging DB to prepare for it
  • @derekherman also to create a bug report for the two issues still remaining that require some context to the entire system and may be difficult for others to triage, then there’s a little left to write in the docs about the services
  • No updates from @antpb, busy on WP 5.9 and moving, but aiming to get back into the PHP Compat Checker pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party later this week

Next meeting

The next meeting, a 30-minute Tide status update and open floor discussion, will take place on November 23, 2021 at 18:00 UTC in the #tide Slack channel.  Please feel free to drop in with any updates or questions.  If you have items to discuss but cannot make the meeting, please leave a comment on this post so that we can take them into account.

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Tide Chat Summary: October 12th

This post summarizes the Tide chat from October 12th in the #tide SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel (agenda, Slack archive).

Reminder that the current Tide focus is integrating PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. https://www.php.net/manual/en/preface.php. Compatibility data from Tide into WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/.  Once PHP Compatibility is integrated into WordPress.org, we’ll assess the next focus to provide the biggest impact to the community.

Node refactoring

  • @derekherman looking to resolve a couple bugs ahead of merging breaking change PR to way reports are stored
  • @jeffpaul noted that @antpb and folks working on PHP Compat Checker plugin do not appear to have started on their refactor to utilize Tide, so now may be better time to merge breaking PR
  • @alexcuadra to review staging docs site and open issues for any concerns from review on contributing to Tide

Next meeting

The next meeting, a 30-minute Tide status update and open floor discussion, will take place on October 26, 2021 at 18:00 UTC in the #tide Slack channel.  Please feel free to drop in with any updates or questions.  If you have items to discuss but cannot make the meeting, please leave a comment on this post so that we can take them into account.

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Tide Chat Summary: September 28th

This post summarizes the Tide chat from September 28th in the #tide SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel (agenda, Slack archive).

Reminder that the current Tide focus is integrating PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. https://www.php.net/manual/en/preface.php. Compatibility data from Tide into WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/.  Once PHP Compatibility is integrated into WordPress.org, we’ll assess the next focus to provide the biggest impact to the community.

Node refactoring

  • @antpb finishing a deployment/release for PHP Compat Checker plugin, will then get into refactoring to utilize Tide APIs
  • @derekherman working on docs and deployment scripts while testing and standing up the production GCP project, found two small bugs in the sync server to trace and patch

Next meeting

The next meeting, a 30-minute Tide status update and open floor discussion, will take place on October 12, 2021 at 18:00 UTC in the #tide Slack channel.  Please feel free to drop in with any updates or questions.  If you have items to discuss but cannot make the meeting, please leave a comment on this post so that we can take them into account.

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Tide Chat Summary: July 6th

This post summarizes the Tide chat from July 6th in the #tide SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel (agenda, Slack archive).

Reminder that the current Tide focus is integrating PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. https://www.php.net/manual/en/preface.php. Compatibility data from Tide into WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/.  Once PHP Compatibility is integrated into WordPress.org, we’ll assess the next focus to provide the biggest impact to the community.

Node refactoring

Next meeting

With WordPress 5.8 due on Tuesday, July 20th and @jeffpaul out on PTO later in July and early August, we’re setting our next Tidechat a bit off schedule for a Thursday so please update your calendars accordingly.

The next meeting, a 30-minute Tide status update and open floor discussion, will take place on July 22, 2021 at 18:00 UTC in the #tide Slack channel.  Please feel free to drop in with any updates or questions.  If you have items to discuss but cannot make the meeting, please leave a comment on this post so that we can take them into account.

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Tide Chat Summary: June 22nd

This post summarizes the Tide chat from June 22nd in the #tide SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel (agenda from postponed June 8th meeting, Slack archive).

Reminder that the current Tide focus is integrating PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. https://www.php.net/manual/en/preface.php. Compatibility data from Tide into WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/.  Once PHP Compatibility is integrated into WordPress.org, we’ll assess the next focus to provide the biggest impact to the community.

Node refactoring

  • @derekherman working on storing reports in storage bucket, requires a bit more work and will push up PR when ready hopefully around end of week
  • @antpb works on PHP Compatibility Checker plugin integration with Tide on Wednesday’s, so better update in next Tidechat
  • @jeffpaul noted that WordPress 5.8 is due out on July 20th and having Tide and the PHP Compat pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party released around then will overlap well when many other plugins update and site owners are most likely to update
  • @antpb noted that current best case estimate has a plugin release by end of July

Next meeting

The next meeting, a 30-minute Tide status update and open floor discussion, will take place on July 6, 2021 at 18:00 UTC in the #tide Slack channel.  Please feel free to drop in with any updates or questions.  If you have items to discuss but cannot make the meeting, please leave a comment on this post so that we can take them into account.

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Tide Chat Summary: May 25th

This post summarizes the Tide chat from May 25th in the #tide SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel (agenda, Slack archive).

Reminder that the current Tide focus is integrating PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. https://www.php.net/manual/en/preface.php. Compatibility data from Tide into WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/.  Once PHP Compatibility is integrated into WordPress.org, we’ll assess the next focus to provide the biggest impact to the community.

Node refactoring

  • @antpb‘s progress on integrating Tide into the PHP Compatibility Checker pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party has been blocked by role changes at work and work on Media tasks ahead of coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.’s Feature Freeze this week
  • @antpb otherwise has a function setup that lists active plugins/themes, otherwise progress has been slow
  • @derekherman worked on updating dependencies, working to move away from storing raw reports in Firestore to Google Cloud Storage
  • @derekherman noted deprecating the Golang version of Tide will drop serverless version to $5/month versus $650/month for the Kubernetes-based version

Request for help

  • Looking for folks to help review the docs, attempt to set Tide up locally, and call out where docs could be made more clear
  • This is best handled by folks who have never seen the platform before, but anyone who can help will be a benefit to ensuring the docs are accurate

Next meeting

The next meeting, a 30-minute Tide status update and open floor discussion, will take place on June 8, 2021 at 18:00 UTC in the #tide Slack channel.  Please feel free to drop in with any updates or questions.  If you have items to discuss but cannot make the meeting, please leave a comment on this post so that we can take them into account.

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Tide Chat Summary: May 11th

This post summarizes the Tide chat from May 11th in the #tide SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel (agenda, Slack archive).

Reminder that the current Tide focus is integrating PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. https://www.php.net/manual/en/preface.php. Compatibility data from Tide into WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/.  Once PHP Compatibility is integrated into WordPress.org, we’ll assess the next focus to provide the biggest impact to the community.

Node refactoring

  • Waiting on insight from @antpb on PHP Compatibility Checker pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party refactoring to Tide APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways.
  • Two additional tasks as part of Tide v1 are final review/update of docs and storing JSONJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML. reports in storage bucket instead of Firestore

WCEU

Next meeting

The next meeting, a 30-minute Tide status update and open floor discussion, will take place on May 25, 2021 at 18:00 UTC in the #tide Slack channel.  Please feel free to drop in with any updates or questions.  If you have items to discuss but cannot make the meeting, please leave a comment on this post so that we can take them into account.

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Tide Chat Summary: April 27th

This post summarizes the Tide chat from April 27th in the #tide SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel (agenda, Slack archive).

Reminder that the current Tide focus is integrating PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. https://www.php.net/manual/en/preface.php. Compatibility data from Tide into WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/.  Once PHP Compatibility is integrated into WordPress.org, we’ll assess the next focus to provide the biggest impact to the community.

Node refactoring

  • @derekherman continues to progress towards a v1 launch of Tide refactored to use Node
  • @antpb finished scoping out a complete rebuild of the PHP Compatibility Checker plugin, getting started on development phase and expects to begin integrating the Tide APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways. in next two weeks but initial manual tests of endpoints looked positive
  • @antpb planning for the pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party to make an initial AJAX call to the endpoint to get the latest report / prime the report, considering hitting endpoint in a batch of ~100 at once
  • Plugin currently has an option to check all active and inactive plugins, but @antpb may focus first on active plugins
  • @jeffpaul suggested holding off the batch request until next plugin version to simplify initial refactor to using Tide API
  • @antpb goal for plugin refactor is to look and perform exactly the same as the non-Tide API version, “with some personal opinionated changes sprinkled in” ✨

Automatically Catching Bugs in Plugins

  • @jeffpaul shared plugin static code analysis post from @iandunn as “potential overlap with things Tide can help with”
  • @jeffpaul stressed need to get Tide to a v1 with PHP Compat via Node refactor first, but from there looking to assist on @iandunn‘s concept could be a good next step
  • @iandunn‘s main focus is building a consensus around what a Plugin Repository “standard” should include, likely more narrow than WPCSWordPress Community Support A public benefit corporation and a subsidiary of the WordPress Foundation, established in 2016. and Tide, Psalm, but could definitely rely on them

Next meeting

The next meeting, a 30-minute Tide status update and open floor discussion, will take place on May 11, 2021 at 18:00 UTC in the #tide Slack channel.  Please feel free to drop in with any updates or questions.  If you have items to discuss but cannot make the meeting, please leave a comment on this post so that we can take them into account.

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Tide Chat Summary: April 6th

This post summarizes the Tide chat from April 6th in the #tide SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel (agenda, Slack archive).

Reminder that the current Tide focus is integrating PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. https://www.php.net/manual/en/preface.php. Compatibility data from Tide into WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/.  Once PHP Compatibility is integrated into WordPress.org, we’ll assess the next focus to provide the biggest impact to the community.

Node refactoring

  • @derekherman confirmed remaining tasks for 1.0.0 is continuing to update documentation, resolving any bugs found during next full ingest of plugins/themes, and a potential breaking change on how JSONJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML. reports from Lighthouse and PHPCSPHP Code Sniffer PHP Code Sniffer, a popular tool for analyzing code quality. The WordPress Coding Standards rely on PHPCS. are stored (current stored in DB, might switch to a storage bucket)
  • @derekherman noted that size of JSON payload for Lighthouse is causing some slowness in the DB during deletions, sometimes 20k lines of JSON for particular plugins (PHPCS reports are typically small but can also be very large on a codebase with lots of issues and code)
  • Final item that may require updates is integration and testing results from @antpb on utilizing the APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways. in the PHP Compatibility Checker pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party, no immediate needs in terms of the plugin refactoring to using Tide endpoints

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  • @oglekler asked about interest in participating in the virtual/remote Contributor Day, WCEU team aiming to share more details later this week
  • @oglekler estimated it’ll be around June 7th or 10th, likely European evening time / US morning time so both EU and US folks can attend
  • @jeffpaul noted that the Tide team should generally be available assuming a Zoom or other video chat service is available to use alongside WordPress Slack and Tide’s GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ repo
  • @derekherman noted that its likely a Tide participation would be focused on discussion and planning rather than development as there isn’t a backlog of issues to work on (at least not yet)

Next meeting

The next meeting, a 30-minute Tide status update and open floor discussion, will take place on April 27, 2021 at 18:00 UTC in the #tide Slack channel.  Please feel free to drop in with any updates or questions.  If you have items to discuss but cannot make the meeting, please leave a comment on this post so that we can take them into account.

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