Digging into ACF Blocks for the Block Editor

Aurooba and Brian dig into ACF Blocks and how taking a design from mockup to built with the Block Editor requires a mindset adjustment. They also talk through the code of a real ACF Block, coding LIVE on the episode and discussing the pros and cons of ACF Blocks versus native blocks – with support from GitHub Copilot, of course. PART TWO of the conversation is live! Watch here:    • Exploring Different Kinds of Gutenberg Blocks   A full transcript of the episode is available on the website. Watch the video podcast on YouTube and subscribe to our channel and newsletter (https://viewsource.fm/subscribe) to hear about episodes (and more) first! ✨ Helpful links from the episode ACF Blocks – https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/... Brian's website – https://briancoords.com/ Aurooba's website – https://aurooba.com 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:18 Our ACF origin stories 00:03:38 Switching to ACF Blocks from Flexible Content Rows 00:06:32 The pros and cons of JSON 00:08:18 Building blocks without a build process 00:09:20 The two main types of blocks 00:12:34 Why Aurooba never tried ACF Blocks before 00:13:57 The fragility of blocks in the early days 00:15:25 Approaching design atomically instead of as rows and columns 00:20:06 Building a block with ACF Blocks 00:23:25 Enabling Core Supports in ACF Blocks 00:26:11 Live Coding: Adding background color support to the block 00:31:37 Are ACF Blocks here to stay?