The Developer Evangelist handbook
Version: 3.0 (HTML format)
Released 28th of July 2009
Updated 2nd of August 2009 (Working with your own company chapter)
Updated 15th of December 2009 (Prepare great slide decks for presentationc chapter)
Written in HTML and PHP using TextMate.
Print or ebook version
The handbook is also available as a print copy from Lulu.com.
Book history
I am right now working as a developer evangelist and was asked by several of our offices abroad (India, Brazil, Korea) to give evangelism trainings. After each of these training sessions people asked if they can get some handbook to train others - well, here we are.
License and usage
Licensed with Creative Commons, which in this case means:
- You can use and redistribute the book - please tell everybody about it.
- You can not use the book for commercial purposes - for example sell trainings or workshops with it.
- You can however use it in company internal training - and I would love to hear about that.
- You must mention that the information you use is based on this book and its author.
- You must not change the book's content and redistribute it without the author's consent.
Future plans
Printed version: Right now there are some plans to release this book as a printed version, but nothing definite is on the horizon. If you are a publisher and want to release it, contact me.
Translations: A German version might soon be available.
Like the Handbook? Support it.
I've spent quite some time assembling this handbook, and if it works well for your company and you use it in your training, I'd be very happy to get a donation for it. Just hit the Paypal button below to show some love.
Get a printed copy or ebook version
The Developer Evangelism Handbook is now also available as a print copy from Lulu.com.
The Author
I am Chris Heilmann and I am a web developer evangelist working for the Yahoo Developer Network.
I've been a web developer for 12 years and delivered projects ranging from my first own web site, to enterprise level products like Visitbritain.com, etoys.com, HP EMEA, Yahoo maps and Yahoo Answers.
I've organised several unconferences and my own conference Scripting Enabled.
I've had four books with chapters by me and one full book published. The topics were accessibility, JavaScript, general web development and how to promote web sites. I've been tech editing three books on JavaScript and CSS.
I've published dozens of web articles over the years including a large part of the Opera Web Standard Curriculum.
In my current role I blog, train and write inside and outside Yahoo, speak at conferences, hack days, brown bags and Universities and work with the product teams before launches to get great documentation about new products out.
The easiest way to contact me is via Twitter where I am known as @codepo8. I also have a portfolio site at icant.co.uk and a blog at wait-till-i.com.
