Engineering Standards
Standards for project structure, documentation, code style, testing, and secure WordPress development.
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Introduction - Development Environment
Use this standard when the work involves development environment setup. It keeps TechAbout products, plugins, themes, and client projects consistent enough for another developer to maintain.
Guidance
We recommend using these tools for your development machine:
- Valet: Your local development server
- Sequel Pro: MySQL client
- Editor/IDE: Sublime Text, Visual Studio Code
- Git client: Sublime Merge, SourceTree, GitKraken, GitHub Desktop
- API Development: Postman – design REST API.
Updated on 6 July 2026
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