Jenna Ritten (@jritten) is a cloud software developer turned developer advocate for IBM Cloud. She works on expanding the reach of IBM's technology to Austin's open source developer community. Her areas of interest include hackathons, design-thinking workshops, NLU/NLP, gamification, and Blockchain technologies. Originally from Detroit, prior to living in Austin Jenna was living in San Francisco where she attended Dev Bootcamp to learn full-stack web development and transitioned from a career in healthcare. She mainly works in Ruby and Javascript, however, she also teaches Python at a local Austin high school as an instructor for Code2College. She is passionate about Blockchain technologies and their applications to provide global impact to developing countries. She is a strong believer in supporting underrepresented and non-traditional people in tech, much like herself, and providing support by building and fostering communities that need it the most.

Session

2:00pm | March 4

Lightning Talk - Git Cloud Native Applications Up & Running in Under 10 Minutes Using IBM’s Developer Tools CLI

Whether you are an experienced developer or just starting your career, creating an app from scratch is never easy. This is especially true when learning a new language. We tend to leverage examples or tutorials as a base and iterate from there. This alone can be daunting, and we have not yet considered testing and deployment of the app yet. Luckily, IBM’s Cloud Developer Tools CLI can help you overcome these issues. The Cloud Developer Tools CLI is a command-line driven tool for creating and deploying applications to IBM Cloud, and the tool uses two containers to facilitate building and testing of applications.

4:30pm | March 4

The “How-To" of Creating Open Source Content

Writing documentation for your team is one thing, but writing content that anyone can follow, who doesn’t necessarily understand all the tech jargin, and incorporating the tools you need to get things working properly can be very tricky. I have some tips and tricks that can make this process much easier and a roadmap for making writing technical documentation feel like a breeze. Think of this workshop as the “How-To" of writing technical content. We will explore best practices for writing content that anyone at any skill level can understand and follow. I will also introduce GitBooks and show you how to make your content look more streamlined and professional.



Pre-Requisites - GitHub Account & IBM Cloud Account, Sign Up @ http://ibm.biz/gitmerge2020