Other development tools.
While a local development environment and a code editor are the two fundamental pieces of
developing for WordPress, there are other community tools and resources that you might find useful.
If you're developing a WordPress theme, the WordPress.org theme test data provides an option
to import XML files containing dummy data for testing your themes.
This lets you see how your theme performs with different types of content and layouts.
You can also install the Theme Check plugin, which tests your theme for compliance with the
latest WordPress standards and practices.
Similarly for plugin developers, there is a plugin check plugin, which tests your plugin to ensure
that it's up to the base required standards from the WordPress plugin review team.
There are also a number of plugins that can help with debugging your code.
These include Debug Bar, which adds a debug menu to the admin bar that shows query, cache,
another helpful debugging information, and Query Monitor, which enables debugging of database
queries, PHP errors, hooks and actions, block editor blocks, enqueue scripts, style sheets,
HTTP API calls, and more.
There is also the Log Depricated Notices plugin, which logs incorrect function usage,
deprecated file usage, and deprecated function usage in your plugin or theme.
You will learn more about these and other tools in future lessons.