Board Thread:Wikia Discussion/@comment-28069733-20170528042325/@comment-25637142-20170529090655

Sorentao wrote: Tsubakura wrote :

Common languages used on wikia are HTML/CSS, Lua, JavaScript, PHP, Python and Ruby.

Fujihita wrote :

Wikitext templates + HTML layouts.Lua modules. Kinda confused here. From what I get, content staff (or strategy, whatever you call them) uses mainly the strange markdown that is wikitext. Dev staff however has to create tools for the content guys to let them focus on what is their job : creating content. Two questions here :

Do those tools include other things than templates ? I can't think of anything else, and they shouldn't need much work once the main ones are build, do they ?What are the dev skills needed in the end ? I get the Wikitext/HTML part for layout and maybe Lua for the dynamic content part. Are they others, like stated in the main post ? In what part are they involved ? As a substitute for Lua  ? Didn't intend to dive too much in the community, but I'm looking forward to playing around with your stuff, and maybe I'll end up doing something usefull afterall. Edit : Nevermind, I found my answers. Still think that your staff issues is probably more content based, and your existing community and dev staff is plenty enough.

The guy who wrote the first post was uninformed and misunderstood my intention. First of all, the languages he mentioned are not required. They can be useful, sure, but I'm not expecting that level of expertise from our staff. As long as you can create wikitext templates and have done some practical dev works, you're good to go.

Second of all, I'm not offering a recruitment test. I'm offering a training workshop. No matter what your current skill level is, you are free to sign up for the workshop and you'll receive technical training that will benefit you as an editor regardless of your position.