I’ve never been a professional WordPress developer, but a long time ago I designed themes for a few of my own websites and developed them “from scratch” based on Underscores.
I stopped actively working with WordPress around 2017. Back then, I used a local server app such as MAMP or Local and the app CodeKit. CodeKit was used to compile Sass files, minify JavaScript and display errors. So, yes, I’m a UI guy.
Now I want to get back into WordPress a bit more, as I inherited a site that runs locally based on Lando with Composer & Webpack. Lando doesn’t look bad (Webpack on the other hand … 😬), but I’d still be interested to know what other solutions (as simple as possible) are “out there”. I’ve read about Roots and Bedrock, for example, but I have reservations about learning an opinionated system with my current level of knowledge.
In particular, the topics of live reloading, compiling SASS files and the build process are also things that are often barely or not addressed at all.
If there were even easy-to-follow tutorials for the solutions, that would be an absolute plus. It’s not that I wouldn’t dare to use Docker (Lando for example is Docker-based) or the command line, I’m just not entirely familiar with them.
I, of course, know and read through the Theme Handbook, but it also only scratches the surface of advanced topics like the build process.
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