WordPress Plugin tutorial part 1 Planning
Before starting any new project it’s a very good ideal to do a little planning first. Building a WordPress plugin should be no different.
There are many ways to to plan out your project. I’ll outline a few for you here.
Flow chart:
Using a flow chart program or just drawing one up on a white board is a great way to outline the decision processes your plugin will follow. It’s a great way of building yourself a road map.
StarUML is a nice open source flowchart software.
Outline
This is the method I tend to use. Simply make a short outline of every thing my plugin needs to do. I sometimes expand this to include note cards or post its to add to the out lines.
This is truly just a short list of ways to plot your course (Can 2 be a list?…). There are many more. What do you use to keep track of your projects?
Nice post. Have you tried using SmartDraw for flowcharts? It’s super easy, works great, and they offer a free trial download on the website:
http://www.smartdraw.com/specials/flowchart.asp
You can also save your charts to PDF, export to Word, PowerPoint, and JPEG, TIF, etc.
Thanks Christine,
I’ll give that one a try.