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Episode 77: How to Build a Batch Processing System with Drew Jaynes

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Our guest today is Drew Jaynes. He works for Sandhill Development with Pippin, and today we’re going to talk about batch processing. Drew will talk about his recent projects, and he’ll share tips on batch processing, data sets, and more.

Some of the highlights of the show include:

  • What batch processing is and why it’s important, including examples of why you might need to use it with your WP site.
  • Challenges Drew ran into when building a new batch processor with API.
  • The differences between batch processing and step processing.
  • Detailed information on how Drew’s new batch processing works and how it’s an improvement over the last one. Also, he goes into Ajax callbacks.
  • Examples of things Drew has done that depend on PHP 5.3 or later.
  • Possible applications that the batch processor might be used for in the future.
  • How a batch-processing failure is handled.
  • Advice that Drew would give to someone who is building their first batch processor with their plugin.
    • Links and Resources:

    Pagely

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    AffiliateWP batch processing API:

    • https://github.com/AffiliateWP/AffiliateWP/blob/master/includes/admin/utilities/class-batch-process.php
    • https://github.com/AffiliateWP/AffiliateWP/blob/master/includes/interfaces/interface-batch-process.php
    • https://github.com/
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