• Hashing passwords
• Comments template
• Compiler vs Transpiler
• HMR

WordPress provides function wp_hash_password(), it takes a string password as input and returns the hashed value.

$my_pass = 'very-secret-password';
wp_hash_password( $my_pass );

WordPress has a function to check the password : wp_check_password()

The function comments_template(); can be used to load the comments template, but where to put the comments.php?

We can put it anywhere, just have to give the file path as a parameter to the function, by default it will check for comments.php in the theme root.

 comments_template('/template/comments.php');

A compiler is a tool used to translate high-level language code to low-level language code, like from cpp to machine code

Transpiler translates the code from one high-level language to another high-level language

So the Babel tool must be a transpiler, then why on the official site do they say it is a compiler and not a transpiler? 🤨

First, in the configuration, we have to enable the HMR or do we?

The HMR is enabled by default for the latest versions of webpack dev server, but if it is not we can enable using this configuration

const path = require('path');
module.exports = {
	entry: {
		index: './src/index.js',
	},
	devServer: {
		static: './dist',
	    hot: true,
	  },
	output: {
		path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist') ,
		filename: '[name].js',
	},

	mode : 'development',
	
}

then run the server using

 % npx webpack-dev-server --hot

If it is still reloading and HMR is not working, you may need to put below code at the top of your entry point.

if (module.hot) {
	module.hot.accept();
}

References that I refered to learn today:-

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/postMessage
• https://www.anthonysteele.co.uk/TheSingleReturnLaw.html
• https://youmightnotneedjquery.com/
• https://wordpress.tv/2017/06/22/alain-schlesser-demystifying-the-wordpress-bootstrap-process/