April Sides
Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat
April has over a decade of experience with Drupal web development. Her journey has taken her from higher education and federal government roots to agency and big tech opportunities.
Along the way, she's been involved in the Drupal community as lead organizer of Drupal Camp Asheville and a Drupal Community Working Group Community Health Team member. She often attends and speaks at Drupal events in North America and helps organize the Accessibility Talks virtual meetup.
April is passionate about connecting people in the community as well as providing knowledge and resources for new developers to grow professionally and personally.
Outside of work and volunteering, April enjoys collecting LEGO Harry Potter, watching Star Wars and Marvel media, and going on adventures with her step-grandchild.
Developing websites within a team is a very different experience than building a site alone or with one or two other developers. This hands-on training aims to build a surface-level understanding of Agile and Gitflow, two common web development workflows for teams, from a developer’s perspective. You’ll learn about tips and tools to get you started, as well as resources for deeper exploration.
Learning Objectives
- Define necessary project management and web development terminology.
- Follow the process from task creation to completion.
- Contribute to code in a collaborative way.
Target Audience
Developers interested in joining or contracting with an agency or organization that practices common team-based, collaborative workflows, Agile and Gitflow.
Prerequisites
- I am somewhat familiar with Git version control commands clone, add, commit, and push.
- Some familiarity with creating a website driven by code, like static HTML pages, Drupal, etc.
- To participate in hands-on activities bring a laptop and a register for a free GitHub account.