Student checklists #

Copy the list you need into your notes and tick it off.

Contents #

1. Before your first session
2. A study site that is ready
3. Every study session
4. Before you hand in a project
5. Before a pull request
6. Before a presentation
7. Before you buy the Student level

Before your first session #

• To do: I chose a learning path (Choosing a learning path).
• To do: I started a study journal (Keeping a study journal).
• To do: I have PHP 8.0 or newer (PHP 7.4 usable without support) and Composer, or I start with the public demo (Your first site: three ways).
• To do: I have a password manager for the passwords the installer prints.

A study site that is ready #

• To do: php bin/php/console --version works and the release is in my journal.
• To do: The site answers at its address, and I signed in to the administration.
• To do: I changed the administrator password and deleted var/log/initial-admin-password (Installing a study site in one command).
• To do: Test accounts use addresses at example.invalid.
• To do: I know how to back it up and rebuild it (Resetting and rebuilding your study site).
• To do: It is on my own computer or a training machine, never a live site.

Every study session #

• To do: One goal, written down before I start.
• To do: Read a section, do it, compare with "Expected" (How to study with the help).
• To do: When something differs: log, cache, siteaccess (Reading logs and errors).
• To do: Journal entry written; work committed; nothing secret committed.

Before you hand in a project #

• To do: Every task done, or the report says why not.
• To do: Every project check answered with evidence (Grading your own work).
• To do: No core file edited; overrides, .ini.append.php files and extensions only.
• To do: Every printed value in templates escaped.
• To do: No passwords, keys, settings/override/ or kickstart.ini in the repository or screenshots.
• To do: Only invented content; no personal data.
• To do: The release named; the pages used cited.
• To do: Self review done a day later (Grading your own work).

Before a pull request #

• To do: The task is small and real (Your first contribution, step by step).
• To do: I searched the tracker for an existing issue.
• To do: Work is on a branch; the commit subject starts with Added:, Updated:, Fixed:, Removed: or Renamed:.
• To do: For the kernel: make hooks installed, share/filelist.md5 current, CLA signed (The CLA for students).
• To do: The description says what, why and how I tested it.
• To do: I am ready for review rounds and will squash and rebase when asked.

Before a presentation #

• To do: The study site runs; a backup is ready in case it does not.
• To do: No password or key on screen; the browser shows no saved logins or private tabs.
• To do: Demo data only.
• To do: If I show a public demo, I know its content may change or be reset (Trying the public demo).
• To do: I name the release and use the right names: Exponential, 7x, the Exponential Foundation (Names and history for learners).

Before you buy the Student level #

• To do: I read The Student partner level and the live program pages.
• To do: I compared it with what is free (Student level or free community: what to choose).
• To do: I asked the partner team what "sandbox access" includes.
• To do: I understand the order: apply, review, pay, then sign (How to apply).
• To do: I know it is not a certification, and that official certifications are planned but not available yet (Certifications and certificates).

Related pages #

• Student FAQ
• Student reading path
• Trainer toolkit
• Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.