nirav January 30th, 2006
I want to create an action plan for OpenCerti. We have enough leaders now, and we can get cracking on the actual work now. I have not taken out time to work on the plan so far, but I will do that this week.
Some important things:
* Voice interview by a PHP-pro as part of the process
* Online tool to unit test PHP code submitted
* Question bank generation
Some people have raised their concerns about the project. One important thing we noticed was the lukewarm response by good php developers about the project. People feel certifications are about mugging up and ticking off one option from four. Hence there is not much value of certification.
Well, OpenCerti is not going to be like that. We will have real code that will be tested, and we will also have actual php programmers evaluate others.
More soon…
nirav January 25th, 2006
Vinay setup Drupal on OpenCerti website. There is no content on it yet, but it’s great to have the site up.
We welcome your comments and content on the site.
nirav January 21st, 2006
I am thinking about what tool to use for the OpenCerti website.
Are there any Drupal hackers who want to contribute to OpenCerti? We would be glad to have Drupal on the site - run surveys with it or have documentation in it.
Are you a PHP developer who wants to learn new things and contribute to OpenCerti at the same time? Then we can use Symfony and build things from ground up.
We look forward to hear from you!
nirav January 18th, 2006
Which one do you like? Here are some logos that Ashok Suthar created for OpenCerti. Voting starts now!
nirav January 12th, 2006
Swati Sani is coordinating the survey with PHP employers about what they would like to have in a PHP certification. While reviewing the BSDCertification, I thought we can even have a developer survey. What do you say? Anybody willing to put this online and run it?
* Name
* Email
* Years of experience in PHP
* Are you certified in PHP? (Zend / Brainbench / ExpertRating / Other / None)
* Would you like to take a certification in PHP?
* What should be the exam format? (less than 30 questions - 20 mins, about 50 questions - 45 mins, about 70 questions - 60 mins, about 90 questions - 90 mins)
* Should we have questions where the examinee has to submit PHP code as answer? Meaning, live, hands on testing?
* Would you be willing to pay for an exam like this? (about $200, about $100, about $50, about $25, No)
* What should the certification cover? (multiple choice) (PHP, MySQL, Linux, Apache, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Aptitude, Project Management, Communication skills, Practical problems, Debugging skills)
* Would you like to contribute to the project? (Yes / No / Maybe)
* Would you like to be notified when the certification is launched? (just one email) - (Yes / No)
* Any other comments / suggestions you have
* Send this survey to your friends.