Blog posts by Eating Elephant // Episerver World2023-08-16T19:04:41.0000000Zhttps://world.optimizely.com/blogs/eating-elephant--episerver-world/ Optimizely World The Web Project Guide Podcast: Episode 22: Test and Launch the Site (w/ Bob Davidson)Corey and Deane talk about the concept of the “Nails List.” Then, Bob Davidson, Director of Development at Blend Interactive, joins to talk about how to get your site ready for launch, what makes a good QA practitioner, the role of quality assurance and testing in the development process, and how to prep the site so it doesn’t fall over when exposed to the real world. We also spend a lot of time talking up Jenna Bonn, Blend’s QA Practice Manager.2023-08-16T19:04:41.0000000ZBlog post The Web Project Guide Podcast: Episode 20: Implement the Back-End Functionality (w/ David Knipe)Corey and Deane discuss a high-level philosophy of back-end development. Then, David Knipe, Vice President of Product at Optimizely, joins to discuss back-end development — how developers and project stakeholders work together to make decisions, the difference (and balance) between technical perfection and audience needs, and the reasons why AI will help, but not take over, back-end development. Deane also equates developers to lumberjacks.2023-06-20T16:16:21.0000000ZBlog post The Web Project Podcast: Episode 19: Implement the Design (w/ Ethan Marcotte)Corey and Deane talk about how front-end development has evolved past the early days. Then, Ethan Marcotte, author of Responsive Web Design and Partner at Autogram, joins to discuss front-end development and how the world has impacted how front-end design is treated and approached. We also joke about whether Deane actually “invented” responsive web design. (He didn’t.)2023-05-16T11:49:29.0000000ZBlog post The Web Project Guide Podcast: Episode 14: Know Your Integrations (w/Greg Dunlap)It’s The Web Project Guide Podcast, and we made you a new episode. The most stressful points of any project — at least, any project in which I’ve been a part of that includes technical planning — comes when the integrations are finally surfaced as a priority. Every time, integrations are understood as an important […]2022-12-14T14:44:32.0000000ZBlog post The Web Project Guide: Migrate and Populate the Content | Test and Launch the SiteContent migration and site launch are points in the web project process that begin overlapping practices quickly and often. This month, we look at the complexities within both.2020-06-04T21:41:00.0000000ZBlog post The Web Project Guide: Implement the Design | Implement the Back-End FunctionalityI began my life as a content strategist by, weirdly enough, handling all site QA for Blend. It was an invaluable experience: I gained confidence in not just what a site should include, but how it is actually implemented, which allows me to better understand the technical considerations that come into every content decision. This […]2020-04-03T20:19:51.0000000ZBlog post The Web Project Guide: Plan for Hosting | Select an Integration PartnerTwo new chapter releases focused on understanding how hosting affects your web project, as well as how to choose and engage with an integration partner.2020-02-12T16:35:10.0000000ZBlog post The Web Project Guide: Determine System Requirements | Select a Content Management SystemMore and more, strategic content planning has moved from understanding communication and organization to helping select the tools and features that will make that communication and organization work. If you’re talking about requirements, that means — hopefully — you’ve done a good chunk of work figuring out what those requirements are.2020-01-14T22:34:26.0000000ZBlog post