BEST™

Act I
Build

Hold L10 Weekly Meetings

• Start with the end in mind
• Proactively solve issues

Set up Your PowerStation

• Install Python
• Install IDE
• Install Docker desktop

Audit Your Access

• Access to specifications
• Access to source control
• Access to VPN
• Access to secrets management
• Access to API keys
• Access to communication tools

Contribute to a Collaborative Culture

• Ask for and give help
• Lean in and stand up

Establish Living Documentation

• Living Specbook
• Issue tracker management

Adopt Coding Standards

• The Zen of Python
• PEP8
• Idioms for good code hygiene

Act II
Execute & Iterate

Commit to a Growth Mindset

• Codewars challenges
• Git katas

Use Source Control Like Your Life Depends on It

• Commit your code frequently
• Use good commit messages
• Workflow
• Obtain commitment

Instrument What's Important

• Log & Metric Collection
• Alerting
• Analytics & Reporting

Run Code Reviews

• Select a protocol
• Establish a cadence

Act III
Step Up & Automate

Leverage configuration management

• "The Rules of DevOps Club"

Commit to orchestration

• Segment your environments
• Have repeatable deployments
• Scale out easily
• Automate common tasks
• Respond to events in the environment

Test and run Continuous Integration

• Automated tests should run after each release
• The Build should be separate from the Run
• Known security vulnerabilities should be automatically rejected
• Code style checks

Act IV
Think Forward

• Forecast
• Anticipate
• Innovate