Ignite WordCamp: You'd Beta' Test Your Plugins

You’d Beta’ Test Your Plugins! mitcho (Michael Erlewine) mitcho.com @mitchoyoshitaka January 23, 2010 WordCamp Boston CC BY-NA-SA ﬂickr.com/photos/13287882@N03/4277656690/

YARPP (Yet Another Related Posts Plugin)

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TESTING IS HARD CC BY ﬂickr.com/photos/cushinglibrary/3617869738/

EX: Your PHP uses decimal commas, but your MySQL doesn’t.

THE SOLUTION: BETA TESTING

BETA ≠ MORE BUGS

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How to beta test #1: BACK IT UP CC BY-NA-SA ﬂickr.com/photos/ymbiont/2681111600/

How to beta test #2: GET BETA’D: WordPress Beta Tester plugin

How to beta test #2: GET BETA’D: Plugin Beta Tester plugin

How to beta test #3: DOES IT WORK?

How to beta test #4: GIVE FEEDBACK include information on your setup, such as PHP and MySQL versions

How to beta test #5: BE NICE twitter.com/cabel/status/7638826458

Tips for developers #1: GET BETAS OUT with Plugin Beta Tester upload and tag versions on wordpress.org which are greater than the “stable” version EX: 3.0 < 3.1b1 < 3.1b2 < 3.1

Tips for developers #2: BE RESPONSIVE

Tips for developers #3: BUILD FEATURES YOU USE CC BY ﬂickr.com/photos/hooverine/2802881741/

Tips for developers #4: USE A PRIVATE BUG TRACKER CC BY ﬂickr.com/photos/wheatﬁelds/1803278949/

Tips for developers #5: RELEASE EARLY & OFTEN

MAKE THE WORLD A BETA’ PLACE Thank you!

Ignite WordCamp: You'd Beta' Test Your Plugins

by Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine on Jan 23, 2010

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Ignite WordCamp: You’d Beta’ Test Your Plugins — Presentation Transcript

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