Learning Exponential

Learning Exponential: learning paths, first sites, study projects and certifications.

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Your first contribution, step by step A learner's first contribution to Exponential in three paths - a documentation fix through Edit on GitHub, a translation, or a small code fix through a fork and a pull request - with the commands from Develop with Git… Students and learners Learning Exponential
Bugs you find while learning How a learner tells a bug from a misunderstanding, chooses the right tracker (the software, Velocity, an extension, or the community issue tracker), writes an issue others can reproduce with the Report an error page… Students and learners Learning Exponential
Improving the help as a student How learners improve the Exponential help - why learners find the best documentation bugs, the quick way with Edit on GitHub, the thorough way with a clone, the front matter and style rules of help pages, what the GNU… Students and learners Learning Exponential
Translating as a student How language students and native speakers contribute translations to Exponential - where the administration's translations live, how to pick a language and check its completeness, the translation workflow, quality… Students and learners Learning Exponential
The CLA for students What the Contributor Licensing Agreement means for a student - when it is required (code contributions to the core kernel), what you give up (the copyright is assigned to the Exponential Foundation and 7x), what it does… Students and learners Learning Exponential
Using Git as a student How learners use Git with Exponential - three repositories every learner keeps (the kernel clone on your own branch, your own extensions, your notes), daily habits, reading the project history to learn, commit messages… Students and learners Learning Exponential
Git quick reference for learners A one-page reference of the Git and Composer commands a learner uses with Exponential - setting up clones, checking state, branching and committing, reading history, finding a breaking change, contributing through a… Students and learners Learning Exponential
Building a portfolio How a learner turns Exponential study work into a portfolio an employer or a school can check - what to include (projects, capstone, contributions, extensions, certificates), how to present each piece honestly, what to… Students and learners Learning Exponential
Asking for help and study groups Where learners get help with Exponential and how to ask so they get an answer - look it up first, the free community channels (forums, Telegram, Discord, Slack, eZpedia), how to write a question, what never to post, and… Students and learners Learning Exponential
Names and history for learners The names a learner meets and how to use them - Exponential, 7x, the Exponential Foundation, Velocity, Exponential Layouts, Exponential Intelligence, Exponential Basic - the short history from 1999 to today, why kernel… Students and learners Learning Exponential
For teachers: assigning these pages For teachers, lecturers and course leaders who assign the student pages - how the learning paths and study projects fit a semester, how to set up the lab, how to grade with the rubrics, how to use the trainers' courses… Students and learners Learning Exponential
Glossary for learners The words a learner meets first in Exponential, each explained in one or two sentences with the page that teaches it - from administration, attribute and cache to siteaccess, template, version and zone - plus the… Students and learners Learning Exponential
Student FAQ Short answers to the questions learners ask most about Exponential - cost, what to install, which path, certification, the Student partner level, the demo, contributing, the CLA, Git, getting help and the old name… Students and learners Learning Exponential
Student checklists Checklists for learners - before your first session, a study site that is ready, every study session, before handing in a project, before a pull request, before a presentation, and before you buy the Student partner… Students and learners Learning Exponential
Student reading path The order in which to read the student pages and the help pages they build on - week one orientation, a first site, the core explanations, the learning path of your choice, the study projects, contributing, and the… Students and learners Learning Exponential
Help pages by topic, for students A topic index for learners into the rest of the Exponential help - installing, editing, content model, templates and design, layouts, languages, search, users and roles, extensions and development, the REST API… Students and learners Learning Exponential

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