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Quests

Concept

The concept of a Quest is that of a journey, taken to achieve a certain goal.

Quests used in this book follow the same concept in principle; as engineers, we set out on journeys to learn new skills to better ourselves in our chosen discipline. This journey can take us anywhere from several days, to several years, depending on the end goal.

How Quests Are Made

Quests in this book are made up of a high level Roadmap, which lays out a learning path for the given Quest. Each Roadmap is then backed by core sections to help facilitate learning;

  • Resources - these can be any type of resource; courses (online & in person), books, blog posts, videos, documentation
  • Certifications - any certifications which can be attained to show progress in given subject
  • Engineer Suggestions - any notes/thoughts from other engineers who've also been going through this quest, on things they've found useful or Gotchas

Roadmap Skills

The Roadmap is the core makeup of a Quest. For example, to become an experienced Java Engineer, there are several key skills which must be learnt or achieved along to the way, such as; Java fundamentals, object oriented design, build tooling etc. This is the same for all Quests, so by having a Roadmap at the high level to help identify the skill tree, it helps build a rough path of guidance through the learning journey.