Web Developer

Starting Checklist

1. Read the development CONTRIBUTING document and set up your development environment.

2. Review our Site Architecture

3. Review our Technical Research Log

4. Review the project board by the type of issue you are looking for. The Front End Coding Project Board or the Back End Coding Project Board. Or you can check out the entire project board here.

5. Communicate with the PM about your interest in being assigned a task.

6. Your first commit will likely be an issue labeled good first issue. Check the board for those issues. Don't worry if you don't see anything now, we are working on it.

7. As you go through the onboarding process there will be things that are unclear or no longer make sense. As this is an ever-evolving process, please document anything you find unclear or extra steps that was not included in your onboarding in our Onboarding Issues page

Additional Reading

1. Read about WCAG 2.0 accessibility standards and set up third-party tools for compliance testing.

2. Review notes on security updates.

3. Development Testing