Persona Path
New Developer
Complete lifecycle overview at surface level - understand the full development map without drowning in details
2h 5m Total Time
16 Topics
7 Milestones
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What You'll Learn
- Understand the complete software development lifecycle
- Know what happens in each phase without implementation details
- Identify which areas need deeper learning for your situation
- Build mental model of how everything connects
Journey Milestones
1
Understanding the Problem Space
Learn to validate problems before building solutions
S job to be done 10m
S concept of operations 10m
S threat modeling 8m
2
Designing for Success
Learn architecture and design fundamentals
S architecture design 15m
S data flow mapping 12m
S database design 15m
3
Writing Quality Code
Development fundamentals everyone needs
S secure coding practices 10m
S code quality 10m
S secret management 8m
4
Verifying It Works
Essential testing knowledge
S unit integration testing 10m
S security testing 10m
5
Shipping to Production
Get your code running reliably
S deployment strategy 12m
S infrastructure as code 10m
6
Keeping It Running
Operations fundamentals
S monitoring logging 10m
S incident response 10m
7
Learning and Improving
Continuous improvement practices
S retrospectives 10m
Completion Criteria
- Can describe all 7 development lifecycle phases
- Understands the purpose of each major activity
- Knows which topics to dive deeper on for their specific needs
- Has mental model of how development phases connect