Training Archives - OpenJS Foundation

Dec 14

Training Course on Diversity in Open Source

By rromoff Blog, Training

This post is written by Dan Brown with Linux Foundation Training. This post first appeared on the LF Training blog.

Inclusive Open Source Community Orientation (LFC102) is a new training course from The Linux Foundation and National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) and is designed to provide essential background knowledge and practical skills to create an inclusive culture in the open source community.

The course delves into facts about diversity in tech, the importance of diversity for innovation, the basics of unconscious and societal bias, and how to recognize the different ways unconscious bias presents itself in technical environments. The course also provides the knowledge and skills to recognize, appreciate, and include people of differing races, ethnicities, genders, ages, abilities and other identity categories and promote inclusivity and diversity in open source communities.

“The research is clear: a variety of cultural factors and implicit biases prevent many people from meaningful participation in technology cultures,” said Dr. Catherine Ashcraft, Director of Research, NCWIT. “The practices we suggest in the course are intended to address these multiple biases and make the open source community a more inclusive place where currently underrepresented groups are able to thrive and make meaningful contributions to future technical innovations.”

While the 2020 Open Source Jobs Report found efforts by employers to increase diversity in open source hiring activities have increased, there is still progress to be made. 11% of those surveyed for the report stated they have been discriminated against or felt unwelcome due to their personal characteristics, an increase from 8% just two years ago. This course is meant as a starting point for everyone in the community – from technical staff to managers, executives, support teams and more – to learn more about these issues and how to ensure everyone feels comfortable in the workplace and broader community.

“Open source projects are best when they cultivate contributions from a wide range of individuals with different backgrounds from all over the world, so it is prudent for community members to ensure everyone feels welcome,” said Chris Aniszczyk, CTO of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). “This course will guide open source projects on how to build inclusive communities, which is why we will be planning to require all CNCF project leadership to complete this training starting next year.”

LFC102 is available for immediate enrollment at no cost to students. The course complements the existing LFC101 – Inclusive Speaker Orientation which provides knowledge of how to ensure inclusivity in presentations, messaging and other communications. Enroll today and help build an inclusive open source community!

May 21

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New Node.js Training Course Supports Developers in their Certification, Technical and Career Goals

By rromoff Announcement, Blog, Certification, Node.js

Last October, the OpenJS Foundation in partnership with The Linux Foundation, released two Node.js certification exams to better support Node.js developers through showcasing their skills in the JavaScript framework. Today, we are thrilled to unveil the next phase of the OpenJS certification and training program with a new training course, LFW211 – Node.js Application Development.

LFW211 is a vendor-neutral training geared toward developers who wish to master and demonstrate creating Node.js applications. The course trains developers on a broad range of Node.js capabilities at depth, equipping them with rigorous foundational skills and knowledge that will translate to building any kind of Node.js application or library.

By the end of the course, participants:

Understand foundational essentials for Node.js and JavaScript development
Become skillful with Node.js debugging practices and tools
Efficiently interact at a high level with I/O, binary data and system metadata
Attain proficiency in creating and consuming ecosystem/innersource libraries

Node.js Application Development also will help prepare those planning to take the OpenJS Node.js Application Developer certification exam. A bundled offering including access to both the training course and certification exam is also available.

Thank you to David Clements who developed this key training. Dave is a Principal Architect, public speaker, author of the Node Cookbook, and open source creator specializing in Node.js and browser JavaScript. David is also one of the technical leads and authors of the official OpenJS Node.js Application Developer Certification and OpenJS Node.js Services Developer Certification.

Node.js is one of the most popular JavaScript frameworks in the world. It powers hundreds of thousands of websites, including some of the most popular like Google, IBM, Microsoft and Netflix. Individual developers and enterprises use Node.js to power many of their most important web applications, making it essential to maintain a stable pool of qualified talent.

Ready to take the training? The course is available now. The $299 course fee – or $499 for a bundled offering of both the course and related certification exam – provides unlimited access to the course for one year to all content and labs. This course and exam, in addition to all Linux Foundation training courses and certification exams, are discounted 30% through May 31 by using code ANYWHERE30. Interested individuals may enroll here.