Heather James (Heather), Manager of Learning Services at Acquia and Peter Manijak (LinkedIn profile), Global Certification Lead at Acquia join Ted Bowman and Mike Anello to talk about the first test-based certification program for Drupal developers.
Interview
- Acquia Certification Program Overview
- Acquia Certified Developer Exam Blueprint
- Developing the Acquia Certification Program with Heather James video.
- Get Certified: Acquia Certification Program video.
- Grumpy Swedish developer try to setup for the Acquia Certified Developer exam, and you could not guess what happens next blog post by Mikke Schirén.
- Grumpy Swedish developer gets tilted and need to change his name blog post by Mikke Schirén.
- Getting Acquia Certified blog post by Jim Faes.
- Taking the Acquia Certified Drupal Developer Exam blog post by Daniel Sipos.
- Does Acquia Certification Give You Personal ROI? blog post by Tomi Mikola.
- Drupal core committer takes the Acquia Certification exam. You won’t believe what happens next! blog post by Angie Byron.
- Acquia Certification for Drupal blog post by Dries Buytaert.
Five Questions
Each podcast we ask our guests the same five questions. Here are the answers:
Heather’s first, then Peter’s
- Mac, Mac/PC
- Kris Vanderwater (eclipseGC), Joe Haskins (jhaskins)
- Portugal, Rome
- Services, Everything
- Kick-butt base theme, agree with Heather
##Three Stories
- NYC Camp Wrapup
- Drupal.org Response to the Heart Bleed Security Incident blog post by Joshua Mitchell (joshuami).
- Drupal 8 and the slow death of IE8 blog post by David Corbacho (corbacho).
Sponsors
Picks of the Week
- Ted - Drupal 8: The Challenges Ahead Presentation at NYC Camp by chx on NYCCamp YouTube Channel.
- Mike - Colorbox Node module by Dennis Blake (iLLin) - put any node inside a Colorbox. Works with Views or manual links.
- Heather - Field formatter class module by Matt Farina - add classes to fields. Works well with Bootstrap theme.
Upcoming Events
- DrupalCon Austin - June 2-6, 2014. Mike will be one of the mentors at the BuildAModule.com mentored training, “Drupal for Beginners” on June 2. Mike and Gwendolyn are also organizing the double-length career lab, Drupal Career Trailhead; Embark on a Path to Success.
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Intro Music
Drupal Way by Marcia Buckingham (acmaintainer) (vocals, bass and mandolin) and Charlie Poplees (guitar). The lyrics by Marcia Buckingham, music by Kate Wolfe.
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Comments
FIRST!
So it really WAS my first podcast :) Ha ha! Thankfully my memory isn't *that* bad :)
That was lots of fun. Thanks for the great questions.
- Heather