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On: 2010 / 09 / 14
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… where "making an UI" means coding the plugin option page, making it understandable, carefully pick some wording, don't overwhelm with unneeded explanations but make sure everything is crystal clear, throw a bit of jQuery to make the page more functional.

… and sometimes I'm a bit fed up with this pattern. Note that it's probably because I lack UI design skills.

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  1. You forgot the big chunk of coding that should be labled "Error Checking". This is usually a significant percentage. Though, some of that can overlap into UI, as well.

  2. Jeff Starr says:

    So true about the i18n – I'm so guilty of this ;)

  3. Ozh says:

    Jeff Starr » Heh :) Personally I skip the i18n step because that would add another 60% of boredom to the process :Þ

  4. Otto says:

    I generally spend about 80% on coding and debugging. Since I learned the Settings API and going for the "attempt to have no options" approach, I find I save a ton of time there.

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