How to survive your first high profile Drupal project

Track: 
Theming
Experience: 
Beginner

Have you developed a few basic Drupal sites but have never really faced the challenges of a high profile client? If so, this session might be for you.

As more businesses seek to use Drupal for their high profile web strategies, more web developers will need to transition their coding and theming skills to adjust to the higher scale of the sites they are developing.

In this session I will share my experience being part of a high traffic site development team and I will walk you through some of the issues you might encounter on your quest to become a better Drupal developer.

Intended audience: 

Anyone who has an interest in becoming a better Drupal developer, specially if you are a beginner front-end developer.

Questions answered by this session
Question 1: 
How can I scale my coding skills according to the site I am developing?
Question 2: 
How to deal with theming boundaries and when to ask for help.
Question 3: 
How can I avoid jQuery and javascript cross-browser incompatibilities?
Question 4: 
How to use subversion clients in multiple developing environments and why is it important?
Question 5: 
How can I prepare myself to interact with high profile clients and talk "Drupal" with them?
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