Digital Service Handbook
Using the Technical guide
Expectations
Teams working on the Veteran-facing Services Platform are required to have “Technical” as a skillset, including architecture, development, quality assurance, testing, and deployment (see Team Roles).
Teams working on the Veteran-facing Services Platform are responsible for building services that follow guidelines in this Technical guide and in the Veteran-facing Services Platform Developer Documentation.
If you have any questions, ask your DSVA contact.
Getting started
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Complete all the “Getting Started” tasks for developers.
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Be sure to confirm that you have access to the code repositories and shared testing environments and that you can use the Internal Tools.
Development
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Review the developer documentation starting with the “Development Workflow” section.
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If you’re creating a form, review the Vets Website documentation and check out the Basic Form Tutorial to get familiar with how forms work on the Veteran-facing Services Platform.
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If you’ll be interacting with an API, review the API documentation.
Getting help
DSVA technical and engineering resources are available to provide guidance and support throughout development and deployment.
- For process-related questions, ask in the #support-external Slack channel.
- For product-related questions, ask in your team’s “Product” Slack channel.