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Just take a look at these:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<strong>Design<\/strong><\/p>\n<li>Good UI &#8211; How to recognize it and put it to use from a dashboard perspective<\/li>\n<li>Accessibility in Theme Design &#8211; how to make what you\u2019re building work for everyone<\/li>\n<li>Modifying the Customizer &#8211; how to give your users more configurable options<\/li>\n<li>Photoshop to WordPress &#8211; a step by step breakdown<\/li>\n<li>Building a Political Website &#8211; what&#8217;s needed to run<\/li>\n<li>Collaborating with Developers &#8211; Things a designer should know and do to make a developer happy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<ul>\n<strong>Development<\/strong><\/p>\n<li>The JSON REST API &#8211; what it is and how to use it<\/li>\n<li>Javascript &#8211; it\u2019s been on everyone\u2019s lips since the release of Calypso, let\u2019s break it down<\/li>\n<li>Decoupling WordPress &#8211; using WordPress with other backends<\/li>\n<li>CLI &#8211; don\u2019t be afraid of the command line<\/li>\n<li>Git Basics &#8211; how to get started with git and why it\u2019s important<\/li>\n<li>WordPress Coding Standards &#8211; learn them and work with them, let\u2019s all get on the same page; and how to start the debate to change them<\/li>\n<li>Responsive Images &#8211; RICG integration and how to use it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<ul>\n<strong>Business<\/strong><\/p>\n<li>Teamwork &#8211; working well with others\n<li>Role Definition &#8211; what should you know to be a designer? 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