T3CON09 - Certified TYPO3 Integrator
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Almost one year after the launch, the TYPO3 Integrator Certification became a great success. About 300 people from all over the world are already certified with a growing demand. Not only individuals but more and more companies have discovered the advantages of this quality assurance measures. This talk will explain what the certification is for, what is needed to get certified, what are the experiences during the last year and what are the plans for the future.
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T3CON09 - Certified TYPO3 Integrator
- 1. Explanation of the TYPO3 Integrator Certification 11.09.2009 - 5th TYPO3 Conference 2009 Peter Niederlag & Patrick Lobacher Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 2. Agenda Introduction of the certification team What is the TYPO3 Integrator certification? Why do we need a certification? The exam: topics and procedure Some statistics & quotes Example questions What are the plans for the future? Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 3. The certification team Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 4. Position within TYPO3 TYPO3-Association Core Research&Development Certification Content rendering Design Documentation certification.typo3.org Security Typo3.org Quality Control Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 5. Member of the team Dominic Brander Patrick Lobacher (Leader, Founding Robert Meyer member of the TYPO3 Association) Peter Niederlag Sebastian Böttger Daniel Schiffner Michael Dengler Sacha Storz Tobias Hauser Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 6. Collaboration Voluntary collaboration Organized via mailing lists, mail and meetings We need locations (worldwide) and good questions Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 7. Tasks Arranging and evaluation of the certification Creating and rating of questions Improving the quality of the certification Founding of new certification types Establishing of the certification in the field Public relations Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 8. What is the TYPO3 Integrator Certification? Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 9. Claim TYPO3 certification helps to improve the quality of TYPO3-centered services Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 10. What the certification is Official test - invented, arraganged and evaluated by the TYPO3 Association Paper based multiple choice test - xx questions in yy minutes Ratings are based on a established method which are used for other popular tests as well Reliable concept for testing TYPO3 Integrator knowledge and experience Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 11. Certification - Why? Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 12. Benefits and success TYPO3 became one of the most important players in the CMS market within the last years. In this time the expectations of customers were growing continuously – web agencies became information consultancies. Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 13. Benefits and success With its growing success, the abilities but also the complexity of TYPO3 rose as well. Beside the basic knowledge of XHTML and CSS, profound knowledge of the underlying technology became essential for projects' success. Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 14. Certification is important... for TYPO3 Customers to assure the selected service supplier has the knowledge to implement a proper and successful TYPO3 solution. for the TYPO3 Project to show the market that there are lots of skilled specialists offering professional TYPO3 service Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 15. Certification is important... for TYPO3 Professionals to train and test their skills and to present themselves as certified professionals to the market for YOU because you are one of us :-) Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 16. Contents of the certification Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 17. Typical work areas Administration (Server, Infrastructure, Backup) Programming (Extension programming) Editorial (Maintenance of content) Integration (Build up the complete website: Templates, Menu, TypoScript, Extension handling, BE-Setup and Configuration,...) Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 18. Definition: TYPO3 Integrator The "TYPO3 integrator" develops the template for a website, configures all the necessary extensions and creates the access rights for backend users. The "TYPO3 integrator" does not install TYPO3 on the webserver and does not programm extensions. The "TYPO3 integrator" knows how to configure the preinstalled TYPO3 by using the installer. Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 19. Objectives - 8 topics to know TYPO3 in general (License, History, Events, Association, Community, ...) Installation (Configuration, Security, Handling,...) TYPO3-Environment (Caching, System requirements, ...) Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 20. Objectives - 8 topics to know Documentation (Manuals, TSref, ) Extension (Extension Manager, Installation, Configuration, ...) Backend-Administration (Modules, User management, Workspaces, TSconfig, RTE, ...) Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 21. Objectives - 8 topics to know Templating (Marker, Subparts, ...) TypoScript (Syntax, Objects, Logic, Conditions, Menus, stdWrap, optionSplit, ...) Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 22. Exam preparation Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 23. Preparation „What will be tested“ (http://certification.typo3.org/index.php?id=29) Offical documentation, like: TSref / TSconfig Books / Articles / Seminars Learn with TYPO3 4.2 Backend in english(!!) Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 24. Certified TYPO3 Integrator book 250 Questions german ATTENTION! (still) surreptitious advertising :-) with detailed explanations covers all relevant topics Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 25. The exam Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 26. The exam: registration Register for one of the certification dates at http://certification.typo3.org Registration is binding! Cancellation is possible 3 days before exam takes place Wait for email confirmation (about 7 days) Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 27. The exam - on site Fees (payable on site): 200 EUR for „normal“ participants 150 EUR for members of the TYPO3-Association 150 EUR for employess, if their company is „Supporting Member“ of the TYPO3-Association Fees are used for the administration, supporting the TYPO3-Association and further developement of the certification Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 28. The exam - on site NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement) Aggreement to protect the certification It‘s not allowed to publish questions anywhere (neither complete or in parts) Violating any of the terms of this agreement will result in the immediate revocation of any existing TYPO3 certification Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 29. The exam: procedure Language of the exam is english Paper-based Test Multiple-Choice (no hints how many answers are needed) Just a correct answers gives a point 75 questions / 90 minutes Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 30. The exam: afterwards Evaluation ist done manually at the TYPO3-Association Evaluation or rather the Cut-Off-Score is based on approved established methods Evaluation takes about 3-4 weeks - email after finished short time afterwards you get a certificate by mail Listing on certification website is possible Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 31. The certificate Certificate will not expire valid for the Major-Version (4.x, 5.x, ...) Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 32. The exam: not passed? Exam can be repeated as many times as you like Waiting time: 2 months Fees have to paid again Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 33. Statistics Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 34. Exams took place in Laax (CH) Munich (DE) Vienna (AT) Dallas (USA) Cologne (DE) Paris (FR) Warsaw (PL) Hamburg (DE) Berlin (DE) Arnheim (NL) Zurich (CH) Basel (CH) Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 35. The exam: statistics 19 exams since 17.11.2008 exams in 8 countries (more focus on international exams in future) 308 participants from 15 countries 57 have NOT passed Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 36. Sample questions From the book - not from the exam of course!! :-) Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 37. Sample question - very easy Which are offical TYPO3 events - organized by the Association? a) TYPO3 Usergroup b) T3BOARD c) TYPO3 Conference d) TYPO3camp e) T3DD f) TYPO3 Academy g) T3SAIL Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 38. Sample question - very easy Which are offical TYPO3 events - organized by the Association? a) TYPO3 Usergroup b) T3BOARD c) TYPO3 Conference d) TYPO3camp e) T3DD f) TYPO3 Academy g) T3SAIL Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 39. Sample question - easy level Is it possible to move elements within a workspace and if yes, since which version of TYPO3? a) No, this is not possible. Elements have to be copied and then deleted at the source b) Yes, this is possible since the first version of TYPO3 c) Yes, this is possible since TYPO3 4.0 c) Yes, this is possible since TYPO3 4.1 c) Yes, this is possible since TYPO3 4.2 c) Yes, this is will be introduced in TYPO3 4.3 Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 40. Sample question - easy level Is it possible to move elements within a workspace and if yes, since which version of TYPO3? a) No, this is not possible. Elements have to be copied and then deleted at the source b) Yes, this is possible since the first version of TYPO3 c) Yes, this is possible since TYPO3 4.0 c) Yes, this is possible since TYPO3 4.1 c) Yes, this is possible since TYPO3 4.2 c) Yes, this is will be introduced in TYPO3 4.3 Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 41. Sample question - medium level Your website has five pages A, B, C, D and E. What is the output with the following TypoScript? page = PAGE page.10 = HMENU page.10.1 = TMENU page.10.1.NO.linkWrap = 1 |*||*| 2 page.10.1.NO.allWrap = | a) 1A 2B 1C 2D 1E b) 1A 1B 1C 1D 2E c) 1A 2B 2C 2D 2E d) 1A 2B 1C 2D 1E Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 42. Sample question - medium level Your website has five pages A, B, C, D and E. What is the output with the following TypoScript? page = PAGE page.10 = HMENU page.10.1 = TMENU page.10.1.NO.linkWrap = 1 |*||*| 2 page.10.1.NO.allWrap = | a) 1A 2B 1C 2D 1E b) 1A 1B 1C 1D 2E c) 1A 2B 2C 2D 2E d) 1A 2B 1C 2D 1E Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 43. Sample question - hard level What has to be inserted (in place of the question marks) to output the pagetitle of the current page? page = PAGE page.10 = TEXT page.10 { dataWrap = DB:pages:{TSFE:id}:title ??? = <h1>Pagetitle: {|}</h1> insertData = 1 } a) data b) wrap c) innerWrap d) wrap3 e) stdWrap Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 44. Sample question - hard level What has to be inserted (in place of the question marks) to output the pagetitle of the current page? page = PAGE page.10 = TEXT page.10 { dataWrap = DB:pages:{TSFE:id}:title ??? = <h1>Pagetitle: {|}</h1> insertData = 1 } a) data b) wrap c) innerWrap d) wrap3 e) stdWrap Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 45. What are the plans for the future? Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 46. Future plans Company certification Developer certification Certification for the TYPO3 5.x branch ... Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 47. Future plans iPhone App - Questionaire (Developed with Thomas Hempel) English Study Guide ... Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 48. Further information Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 49. Further information Certification Website (incl. FAQ) http://certification.typo3.org Book for the certification preparation https://www.opensourcepress.de/index.php? 26&tt_products=264 Seminar for the certification perparation http://www.opensourceschool.de/schulung-typo3- zertifizierung.html TypoScript Videotraining (video2brain) Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 50. We need your help! Please send question :-) Locations where the certification could take place (worldwide!!) certification@typo3.org Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share
- 51. Thank you very much! Questions??? Inspiring people to TYPO3 Certified Integrator share