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A consultant mindset for developers isn’t just about tech stacks, knowing how to approach engagements as partnerships is a big part of its efficacy. We recently tapped into a consultant mindset on a complex engagement to foster collaboration and boost outcomes.
Cultivating a consultant mindset is integral to regular, repeatable development success—it’s where iteration becomes second nature. Here are a number of resources that will help you understand the concept, put the concept into practice, and bring the concept to your teams and organizations.
The tech you choose to power your project will have a ripple effect far beyond launch. One Sparkboxer shares the story of a recent engagement where the client brought their own framework suggestion and had to be guided away from adopting it. Thanks to a consultant mindset, the client selected a framework that not only met their immediate needs but also set them up for an easier future.
In this case study, one Sparkboxer explores the power of the consultant mindset when it comes to the right tech, at the right time, for the right project. It’s not just about selecting the tech, but implementing it in a responsible, thoughtful way.
All developers have the potential to be innovative, disruptive, game changers on each project they touch…as long as they adopt a consultant mindset. The consultant mindset—a frame of mind that embraces measured, creative, critical thinking—isn’t just about projects, it can empower entire organizations.
Learn how to take React further by embracing composability. Instead of messing around with the code for several components, modify a single source. This is the idea behind composability, and it’s easy to do with React—in fact, it’s one of the platform’s biggest benefits.
In the final installment of the Eleventy Starter Repo series, learn to round out your project with maintenance and collaboration tools. From building dependency updates and continuous integration checks to including pull request and issue templates, you’ll have a well-supported project after this tutorial.
Drawing inspiration from their previous work as an educator, one Sparkboxer learned how to make a “prefers reduced motion” media query. Learn how this CSS rule searches an end user’s accessibility configuration and introduces unique settings that can reduce—but not always eliminate—motion.
Learn how to include Progressive Web App (PWA) support in your Eleventy Starter template. By leveraging service workers, web manifests, and other best practices, PWAs are responsive, resilient, and installable.
How do you test and develop your npm packages in your project locally without republishing to npm? With npm link! Learn to test changes in real-time with this guide on how to link and unlink your component library to your projects.
Katie Jennings
Director of Business Development
