Play a role in building the site you're currently on!

By joining this project you'll become part of a large, technically advanced team working toward huge impact. Our team works with modern web technologies and uses widely accepted standard practices in agile software development. 

This project is currently split into two sub-teams: the front end and the back end. We do weekly sync-ups  where the entire group gets together to be briefed on the overall status of the project and give input on product direction, then sub-team focus sessions are held to give hand on support to individual team members and small groups. The leaders of this project, along with all of our members, are open to guiding people of all skill levels as they work toward building cool new features into the platform!



Play a role in building the site you're currently on!

By joining this project you'll become part of a large, technically advanced team working toward a huge impact. We're seeking experts and leaders in various fields to help advise our organization and work with our project leaders to maximize the good we can accomplish together!



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Project Board

[Dev Launchers] Platform Governance

Our goal is to design a platform that brings together all the different tools necessary to deliver an engaging, memorable, unique, educational experience. These tools will be geared towards technology and programming content.

In addition, this project aims to provide a place for junior developers to explore, implement, and share their knowledge with the platform community.

Further, in order to achieve our primary goals, we believe that the platform should include various gamification aspects, achievements, and a sense of progression and accomplishment.

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Weekly Team Meeting

- Must be able to understand the vision of the project at a high level, and be able to design unique and engaging user experience.
- Must be willing to work closely with the Product Owner, Frontend Lead, and Backend Lead to bring UI/UX designs to life.
- Be willing to assist Jr. UI/UX developers in understanding their role and deliverables.
- Be able to use Figma to present your designs and wireframes.
- Lead roles will probably require at least 10 hour per week to be effective, however this could be more or less based on experience, organization, and communication ability.

[Platform] UI/UX Lead

- Must be able to understand the vision of the project at a high level, and be able to develop and implement a maintainable, flexible, and extendable platform/product.
- Must be willing to work closely with the Product Owner, UI/UX Lead, and Backend Lead to bring platform functionality to life.
- Must be proficient with React framework, or willing to quickly fill the shoes as the go to person for frontend related needs.
- Be willing to assist Jr. Frontend Developers in understanding their role and deliverables.
- Be willing to assist with code reviews and Pull Requests related to frontend work.
- Lead roles will probably require at least 10 hour per week to be effective, however this could be more or less based on experience, organization, and communication ability.

[Platform] Frontend Lead (React)

- Must be able to understand the vision of the project at a high level, and be able to develop and implement a maintainable, flexible, and extendable backend of the platform/product.
- Must be willing to work closely with the Product Owner, UI/UX Lead, and Frontend Lead to bring platform functionality to life.
- Must be proficient with Strapi or a backend technology of your choice, or willing to quickly fill the shoes as the go to person for backend related needs.
- Be willing to assist Jr. Backend Developers in understanding their role and deliverables.
- Be willing to assist with code reviews and Pull Requests related to backend work.
- Lead roles will probably require at least 10 hour per week to be effective, however this could be more or less based on experience, organization, and communication ability.

[Platform] Backend Lead

Use the tools provided by the platform to design various educational modules. You are free to use any technology that our platform tools support, and any content topic you are interested in exploring. Good for beginner and junior developers to advance their skills and knowledge, while gaining project experience, and providing educational content to platform users.

[Content] Developers/Creators

[DevLaunchers] BaseCamp

Help us create the backend infrastructure for the website you're currently on!

In this project, you'll be helping develop the backend systems to allow our platform to make a huge impact! We'll be using Strapi which is a headless cms that will help us develop at rapid speeds! We'll also be using other modern web technologies such as node js, PostgreSQL, Docker and using REST API principles to develop the backend.

We'll have weekly meetings where we meet with the front-end team to discuss the platform's direction and status and have a special backend-focused meeting where you can get one-on-one help.

We accept people of all skill levels to come join and make our goals possible!

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Platform Sync-Up

Backend Focus

Ensure that the team follows Agile principles and sticks to the practices agreed upon. Help facilitate productivity and a positive team environment. In charge of backlog management and helping the development team resolve any obstacles. 

Scrum Master

API Design Doc

[Dev Launchers] Site Backend

Build a Discord Bot that will improve and empower our community!

In this project, you will be using the Discord API to create a unique and custom bot to be used by all the members in our publicly open Discord Server. To create such product, we are using Discord's JavaScript library as well as some technologies like PostgreSQL and Docker for our backend needs. Together, we will build a very versatile project that involves many great tools.

We will meet weekly to decide the future of the bot and to catch up on all the cool things we have been working on!



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Catch Up & Planning

Work alongside other members to create bot-plugins for our community to enjoy! You will be using JavaScript, HTTP requests, and the DiscordJS Library to create unique plugins and features.
No experience required!


JavaScript Developer

Our goal is to create unique experiences for our community of creatives, which is why their feedback is greatly needed. We want to make features that members will enjoy, and to deliver them in the best way to engage their use. That is where YOU come in! Your role is to research WHAT the community wants, and HOW they want it. Help us build the best features for the best community!


UX Researcher/Designer

Repository

DiscordJs Docs

Discord Bot

We're building a platform that inspires people to build cool software project ideas that will follow the Dev Launchers ethos website. This platform will be able to take in ideas from members of Dev Launchers, display these ideas for other users to interact with, and finally allow members to adopt others' ideas. 

Often people have ideas that they do not have the bandwidth to address. These ideas will be further fleshed out by engaging members of the community. With our idea hub, we can brainstorm better, interact with other members' dream software projects, and build more together!


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Weekly Standup

Ensure that the team follows Agile principles and sticks to the practices agreed upon. Help facilitate productivity and a positive team environment. Assists the Product Owner or Project Lead with backlog management and helping the development team resolve any obstacles.

Our Subdomain

Our GitHub Repo

Our Roadmap

Ideas Platform

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Sessions component

Open roles component

Members component

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Redesign the page

Play a role in building the page **you're currently on!**

By joining this project you'll become part of a team pursuing the best user experience for team leaders, team members and even donors!

This project relies on innovation, We're seeking people with interest to spread ideas for a better version of the current page you're reading from.

If you think you're up for the challenge then don't be hesitant and join us on this journey where you'll learn all different kind of skills from agile software development to communicating with various project leaders.

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General Meeting

We are seeking a specialist user experience designer to join our team and be a part of building solutions and capabilities aimed at accelerating the platform innovations. The ideal candidate would do the following:

-Leading UI/UX initiatives and user workshops
-Analysing user behaviour using appropriate tools
-Providing recommendations on tools and methodologies to understand user behaviour and inform front-end developers
-Providing recommendations to improve user satisfaction and efficiency
-Communicating with project leaders periodically to provide the outcome of the researchers

UX Specialist

Github Repository

Site Projects

Bring blockchain and logic to a wide audience! Understand the basics of blockchain and coding while playing a game and earning real cryptocurrency!

Come join us in creating a game using cutting-edge technology! Develop with an interdisciplinary team, discuss the game's direction at weekly meetings, and help build something amazing! This project will leverage blockchain to create an engaging collectible and play-to-earn experience, while also teaching users code and logic through bot instructions! We hope to be the first of many projects in the bustling blockchain ecosystem at Dev Launchers, so get in early! 

About DevBots: Show your genius by pitting your custom-built bot against other players around the world! Your unique combination of parts and logical instructions will define your winning strategy. Defeat opponents and earn DevCoin ($DEVS), a real cryptocurrency exchangeable on the blockchain! Purchase powerful and stylish NFT collectibles, or even trade your DevCoin for real currency! Can your bot rise to the top of the battle arena?

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Weekly Team Jam -

Weekly Developer Co-Working -

Weekly Art/Outreach Jam -

Help refine the functionality of the game, and add incredible new features! Whether that means programming dynamic combat systems, collectibles and customization, menus, networking, or a variety of other tasks, we can find something for you! Project is being developed in Unity, so experience or willingness to learn required. Some skill and experience programming is necessary, but we'll try to meet you where you are!

Unity 2D Game Developer

Community Content Writer Lead

Social Media Manager

Help define the sound profile of our game! Create sound effects, music, or do audio processing for gameplay, menus, trailers, and more! Familiarity with tools for implementing sound into games such as fmod or wwise appreciated, but not required! Some skill and experience required, but we'll try to meet you where you are!

Music/SFX Artist

Help design fun and engaging gameplay systems to expand our unique gaming experience! Use our cutting-edge blockchain backend to make players’ wildest dreams come true with free trade of their NFT bot parts and other unique real-world economic systems. Plan immersive and highly strategic functionality to allow players to express their mastery in new, dynamic ways! Familiarity with video games and a knack for thinking through tough problems is required!

Game Designer

Backend Systems Developer

Blockchain Developer

UI Producer/Designer

Our Website!

Roadmap

Design Document

DevBots

Our goal is to develop a platform that will help aspiring technologists seek out experienced mentors, who can help them carve a path to a technology career of their choice. 

The platform will implement functionality to store and display mentor and mentee profiles and will provide the ability for mentees to search for and pair up with mentors of their choice. The platform will provide features for the users to manage the lifecycle of their relationship and shared content through time. 

Mission: Develop a mentoring platform that helps members of Dev Launchers find and connect with mentors and track the Lifecycle of their relationships.

Projects you can join!

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