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Exploring Different Kinds of Gutenberg Blocks
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Continuing where they left off, Aurooba and Brian recap their experience with ACF Blocks. Next, they look at two different ways to create native WordPress blocks: using nested inner blocks and using React components. They discuss the pros and cons of all three methods, how to plan your blocks, and when to just use block patterns.
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- The code from the episode - https://github.com/viewSourcePodcast/viewSource-blocks
- Brian + ACF Team – https://twitter.com/briancoords/status/1620442914110447619
- Brian’s ACF Blog Post - https://www.briancoords.com/documentation-for-dummies-like-me/
- Brian's website – https://www.briancoords.com
- Aurooba's website – https://aurooba.com
- (00:00) - Part 2: ACF Blocks vs Native Blocks
- (00:12) - Introduction and ACF's documentation
- (03:02) - Reviewing Aurooba's ACF block
- (05:55) - Estimated timeframe for different types of blocks
- (06:58) - A native block with innerBlocks
- (09:57) - The native block with React components
- (13:08) - Inner blocks versus block patterns
- (17:08) - The code behind the " wrapper" block
- (19:47) - Deciding which type of block to build
- (21:37) - Building a block with React components
- (24:52) - Matching the block editor's UI
- (28:21) - Wrap up - how to decide?
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