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Episode 39: Cory Webb
Introducing Cory Webb
Cory is a full-stack web developer from Waco, Texas. He’s the author of Beginning Joomla! Website Development. He’s a relative newcomer to WordPress after transitioning from Joomla work. Cory’s married, with three children. He loves public speaking and has given more than 15 talks at Joomla conferences and has now even given one WordCamp talk.
Show Notes
Website | Reactiv Studios
Twitter | @corywebb
Episode Transcript
Liam: This is Hallway Chats, where we talk with some of the unique people in and around WordPress.
Tara: Together, we meet and chat with folks you may not know about in our community.
Liam: With our guests, we’ll explore stories of living – and of making a living with WordPress.
Tara: And now the conversation begins. This is episode 39.
Liam: Welcome to Hallway Chats. I’m Liam Dempsey.
Tara: And I’m Tara Claeys. Today, we’re joined by Cory Webb. Cory is a full-stack web developer from Waco, Texas. He’s the author of Beginning Joomla! Website Development. He’s a relative newcomer to WordPress after transitioning from Joomla work. Cory’s married, with three children. He loves public speaking and has given more than 15 talks at Joomla conferences and is now even giving one WordCamp talk. Welcome, Cory.
Cory: Hi, thanks for having me.
Liam: Hey, Cory. Thanks for joining us today, great to see you. Tell us a little bit more about yourself, please?
Cory: Yeah, I’m a full-stack web developer, which means I do a little bit of everything. I’m from Waco, Texas. For those who are in the know, that’s the home of the Fixer Upper, the popular TV show on HGTV. It also is known for other things that are maybe a little less positive, but we won’t talk about that. I work full-time for a company called Reactive Studios. We are a one of about a dozen WordPress.com VIP partners. I spend my days building and maintaining websites on the VIP platform, and then on other various platforms for companies who use those. I spend most of my day buried in WordPress code.
Tara: I really want to hear about your transition from Joomla to WordPress and your comparison of the two of them. Of course, that’s going to be intriguing for a lot of our listeners who use WordPress. I have used Joomla in the past but I’d love to hear your perspective on the two and what your reason was for transitioning.
Cory: Sure. Actually, the one WordCamp that I did speak at, I talked about WordPress from a Joomla perspective. It’s basically just about how I made the move from being a Joomla guy to being a WordPress guy and generally, they’re kind of the same. They’re both PHP, MySQL-based CMSs, but there’s a lot of differences and the nuances of how they both work. For me, it was a pretty big jump in order to flip the mental switch, I guess, between thinking like a Joomla guy and thinking like a WordPress guy. I don’t like to do value comparisons because, honestly, I think Joomla’s a great platform and I think WordPress is a great platform. I know a lot of people like to try to make value judgments and say, “Oh, WordPress is better because it’s this.” Or, “Joomla’s better because of this.” Honestly, most of the time, yeah, that’s actually true. WordPress is better because of ABC and Joomla is better because of XYZ. They both are good at certain things. It’s just a different platform and different philosophy, and a different way of thinking about things. You just kind of have to jump through some mental hoops to get there, to go between the two. But ultimately, I really like both platforms, I love both communities as well.
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Introducing Cory Webb
Cory is a full-stack web developer from Waco, Texas. He’s the author of Beginning Joomla! Website Development. He’s a relative newcomer to WordPress after transitioning from Joomla work. Cory’s married, with three children. He loves public speaking and has given more than 15 talks at Joomla conferences and has now even given one WordCamp talk.
Show Notes
Website | Reactiv Studios
Twitter | @corywebb
Episode Transcript
Liam: This is Hallway Chats, where we talk with some of the unique people in and around WordPress.
Tara: Together, we meet and chat with folks you may not know about in our community.
Liam: With our guests, we’ll explore stories of living – and of making a living with WordPress.
Tara: And now the conversation begins. This is episode 39.
Liam: Welcome to Hallway Chats. I’m Liam Dempsey.
Tara: And I’m Tara Claeys. Today, we’re joined by Cory Webb. Cory is a full-stack web developer from Waco, Texas. He’s the author of Beginning Joomla! Website Development. He’s a relative newcomer to WordPress after transitioning from Joomla work. Cory’s married, with three children. He loves public speaking and has given more than 15 talks at Joomla conferences and is now even giving one WordCamp talk. Welcome, Cory.
Cory: Hi, thanks for having me.
Liam: Hey, Cory. Thanks for joining us today, great to see you. Tell us a little bit more about yourself, please?
Cory: Yeah, I’m a full-stack web developer, which means I do a little bit of everything. I’m from Waco, Texas. For those who are in the know, that’s the home of the Fixer Upper, the popular TV show on HGTV. It also is known for other things that are maybe a little less positive, but we won’t talk about that. I work full-time for a company called Reactive Studios. We are a one of about a dozen WordPress.com VIP partners. I spend my days building and maintaining websites on the VIP platform, and then on other various platforms for companies who use those. I spend most of my day buried in WordPress code.
Tara: I really want to hear about your transition from Joomla to WordPress and your comparison of the two of them. Of course, that’s going to be intriguing for a lot of our listeners who use WordPress. I have used Joomla in the past but I’d love to hear your perspective on the two and what your reason was for transitioning.
Cory: Sure. Actually, the one WordCamp that I did speak at, I talked about WordPress from a Joomla perspective. It’s basically just about how I made the move from being a Joomla guy to being a WordPress guy and generally, they’re kind of the same. They’re both PHP, MySQL-based CMSs, but there’s a lot of differences and the nuances of how they both work. For me, it was a pretty big jump in order to flip the mental switch, I guess, between thinking like a Joomla guy and thinking like a WordPress guy. I don’t like to do value comparisons because, honestly, I think Joomla’s a great platform and I think WordPress is a great platform. I know a lot of people like to try to make value judgments and say, “Oh, WordPress is better because it’s this.” Or, “Joomla’s better because of this.” Honestly, most of the time, yeah, that’s actually true. WordPress is better because of ABC and Joomla is better because of XYZ. They both are good at certain things. It’s just a different platform and different philosophy, and a different way of thinking about things. You just kind of have to jump through some mental hoops to get there, to go between the two. But ultimately, I really like both platforms, I love both communities as well.