Interviews with content creators, developers and other professionals who use a headless CMS for omni-channel content delivery. New episodes every Thursday.
E31 | A Conversation about Microcopy | Melissa Burfitt
In today’s episode, we talk all about Microcopy, what it is, why it’s important and how to manage it in a headless CMS, with my guest Melissa Burfitt, a Senior Content Designer at Nationwide Building Society.
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Questions Asked
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Tell us about your background.
What kind of writing have you done in the past?
Define Microcopy.
What are design patterns?
What are design patterns based on?
What are some examples of microcopy beyond websites?
What about microcopy for iOT devices like Alexa?
What is the difference between a microcopy writer and UX writer?
Tell us about the team of microcopy writers?
Who comes up with the rules for Microcopy?
Define and giver an example of accessibility.
Tell us about the 2 types of error messages?
Describe the details of what an error message needs to accomplish?
How does personalization affect error messages?
Are field names microcopy?
How does a particular industry affect the microcopy?
What tips do you have about taxonomy and categories?
Tell us about form based content?
Are there specialized tools for microcopy testing?
Tell us how you monitor and refine content post live?
How do you maintain content?
What success criteria do you use for your KPIs?
Tell us about microcopy and mobile devices?
How important is the percerption of fast in the UX experience?
Who in the web team needs to understand microcopy?
How does a content author write with the brand voice in mind?
What other tips do you have for microcopy writers?
What resources do you recommend to keep up with microcopy?
11 Jan 2021
E30 | A Conversation about Testing Web Apps and APIs | Diego Aguilar
In this episode I’ll be chatting all about testing web apps and APIs, with my guest Diego Aguilar, a software engineer focused on cloud development with Contentful, Javascript and AWS and other headless technologies.
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Questions Asked
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Tell us about your background.
How did you get into headless technologies?
How is the market in Mexico for headless technologies?
Define code testing.
Tell us about the testing process and life cycle.
What are some requirements for testing?
When should tests be written and who should write them?
What is TDD?
What's the difference between a QA and tester?
What should and should not be tested in code?
What kinds of test can. a developer perform?
What are some common issues seen in test cases?
What are some of the common issues seen in API testing?
Can you give some examples of side effects in testing?
How does API testing differ from Web App testing?
Explain how to test a mobile app?
What is Lighthouse from Google?
How do you test headless CMS driven app?
Tell us about testing tools.
Are there tools focused on testing APIs?
How do you test integration with internal systems?
What is an assert?
What is a test runner?
Is there anything beyond test runners?
What is black box testing?
What is white box testing?
What is the difference between positive and negative testing?
What is regression testing?
Any final testing tips?
13 Nov 2020
E29 | A Conversation about DevOps | Vic Phan
In today’s episode, I chat with Vic PHan, a DevOps engineer, all about DevOps, what it is and why you should know more about it. We cover the methodologies of DevOps, what tools you should use and how companies can adopt a DevOps mentality.
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Questions Asked
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Tell us about your background.
How did you get into DevOps?
What is DevOps?
How is DevOps different from Agile?
What should developers know about DevOps?
How is code checked?
What are some popular DevOps tools?
Why is AWS so popular with DevOps?
What are the phases of DevOps and the tools associated with them?
What are some of the benefits of DevOps?
What are some challenges with DevOps?
Why is security so important to DevOps?
Is DevOps only for cloud based companies?
How can companies implement DevOps?
What are some DevOps resources people can use to learn?
What is continuous integration?
What happens with code after it's checked into GIT?
What is continuous delivery?
What is continous deployment?
What is configuration management and its role in DevOps?
Give some examples of configuration management.
What is continuous monitoring?
What is circuit breaker methodology?
Is DevOps a.high preassure job?
What is infrastructure as code?
What is content as code?
What is the role of GIT in DevOps?
Are there other tools similar to GIT?
What is Jenkins and how is it used in DevOps?
What is Selenium and how is it used in DevOps?
What is Docker?
What are some continuous monitoring tools?
What are kubernetes?
What are some tips for someone trying to get into DevOps?
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Reference Links
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Vic’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/vicphandevops)
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