#A GOOD WORKFLOW SAVES YOUR TIMES & MONEY.

##Development Process

Develop the entire website in localhost Commit changes to git and push to Bitbucket or github. ###1. Starter theme

Make Your Own Starter theme based On Underscores or Twenty Seventeen (New version of Wordpress default theme) and Underscores (made by Automattic)

After Complete your starter theme save this on GitHub or Bitbucket.

###2. Start Work For New Project

Cloning your starter theme (or a fork of it) into /wp-content/themes/ folder

###3. Use task runner Like Grunt or gulp For What ?

• prefixes to use in CSS
• Compressing my images
• Linting and minifying JS files
• Creating sprites
• Constantly refreshing my browser

####GULP RESOURCES

• Getting started with gulp
• An Introduction to Gulp.js
• Using Gulp for WordPress Theme Development
• WordPress theme development with Gulp, Bower, and Sass
• Youtube

####GRUNT RESOURCES

• wordpress-grunt
• Automated WordPress Deployment with Grunt

###4. Use Preprocessor Like Sass Or Less

• Youtube

###4. Use git Why Use Git:

• Never have to remember which files you changed
• Super easy to keep all copies in sync

Git Resource:

• Learn Version Control with Git
• git - the simple guide
• tryGit
• Youtube

Desktop Tools

• For Github : Github for desktop.
• For bitbucket: Sourcetree for bitbucket

####WORDPRESS-SPECIFIC GIT RESOURCES

• Version Controlling WordPress
• A WordPress & Git Workflow
• WordPress Development and Deployment With MAMP, Git and Dropbox

###5. Use Trello Theme development is managed with Trello. Trello is a task management app that gives you a visual overview of what is being worked on and who is working on it. The team sets about beta testing the theme. A list of bugs, tweaks and solutions is compiled, a hackathon is scheduled, and everything is completed by the developer.

http://lifehacker.com/how-to-use-trello-to-organize-your-entire-life-1683821040

###6. Clean Up Your Source Code

• Messy source code is a developer’s nightmare. It makes finding things difficult, and it makes it extremely difficult for anyone else to work with it.
• Indent nested lines.
• Indent tabs always.
• Be consistent with formatting.
• Include concise, descriptive comments.
• Mind your line breaks.
• Strive for clean markup.

###7. Keep In Mind While Developing a theme:

Add this to wp-config.php define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );

#####Escape Everything

// Use anytime HTML element encloses a section of data:

echo esc_html( $no_html );

// Use on all URLs, including those in the 'sr####c' and 'href' attributes of an HTML element:

<img src="<?php echo esc_url( $escaped_url ); ?>" />

// Use for inline Javascript:

<a href="#" onclick="<?php echo esc_js( $escaped_js ); ?>"><?php esc_html__( 'Click Here', 'text-domain' ); ?></a> 

// Use for an HTML attribute:

<div class="<?php echo esc_attr( $escaped_class ); ?>">

#####Prefix Everything

// Functions

function prefix_setup()


Prefix_Class {}

// Global Variables

global $prefix_passengers;

// Action Hooks

do_action( ‘prefix_start_engine’ );

// Filter Hooks

$register = apply_filters( prefix_register );

// Non Third-Pary Script Handles

wp_enqueue_script( 'prefix-functions', get_theme_directory_uri() . 'js/custom/functions.js' );

// Non Third-Pary Style Handles

wp_enqueue_style( 'prefix-minified-style', get_theme_directory_uri() . 'style.min.css' );

// Images

add_image_size( 'prefix-large', 800, 600 );

#####Do Not Prefix Third Party Scripts

// Incorrect 
wp_enqueue_style( 'prefix-font-awesome', get_template_directory_uri() . '/css/font-awesome.css', array(), '4.2.0', 'all' );

// Corrrect 

wp_enqueue_style( 'font-awesome', get_template_directory_uri() . '/css/font-awesome.css', array(), '4.2.0', 'all' );

// Incorrect 

wp_enqueue_script( 'prefix-fitvids', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/jquery.fitvids.js', array( 'jquery' ), '1.1.1', true );

// Corrrect 

wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery-fitvids', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/jquery.fitvids.js', array( 'jquery' ), '1.1.1', true );

#####Properly Include Plugins Using TGMPA

// Include a plugin from the WordPress Repository:
array(
  'name'      => esc_html__( 'WooCommerce', 'text-domain' ),
  'slug'      => 'woocommerce',
  'required'  => false,
),
// Include a plugin bundled within a WordPress theme:
array(
  'name'      => esc_html__( 'Example Plugin', 'text-domain' ),
  'slug'      => 'example-plugin',
  'source'    => get_template_directory() . '/inc/plugins/example-plugin.zip',
  'required'  => false,
),

#####Provide Offline Documentation Offline documentation ensures that your customers are not hanging when there is not an Internet connection available or when your files are inaccessible – for any reason. Additionally, you do not have to ensure the assets will be infinitely accessible.

##Test theme

###8. Run Tests

• Run Theme Check. Must meet all Theme Check requirements
• Run Theme Mentor for themeforest

Check Plugins

• Developer Plugin
• Monster Widget Plugin.

##Conclusion If your theme complies with the following Workflow, you’ll probably have a much quicker time getting your WordPress theme approved on ThemeForest.

###Credits: Rich Tabor, Dara Skolnick

####Copyright Ataurr ####Licence GPL 2+