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Next Wave Dev
Next Wave Dev (NWD) is a nonprofit organization supporting graduates of North Seattle College’s Application Development program. NWD partners with real clients who need technical solutions such as websites, applications, and automation tools, and provides these projects to developing engineers for paid or volunteer work experience.
NWD creates a bridge between education and industry, offering graduates opportunities that build their portfolios and prepare them for employment.
Public-facing website for Next Wave Dev that provides information about the organization, its mission, services, and portfolio projects.
Repository: https://github.com/next-wave-dev-org/nwd-static-website
Wiki Page: Next Wave Dev (NWD) - Static Website
Centralized platform designed to support collaboration, project coordination, onboarding, and operational workflows across Next Wave Dev teams and projects.
Repository: https://github.com/next-wave-dev-org/nwd-central-hub-prototype
Wiki Page: NWD Central Hub Prototype
[[NWD Central Hub Prototype]]
[Central Hub Project](NWD-Central-Hub-Prototype)
[Tech Stack](NWD-Central-Hub-Prototype#tech-stack)
[[Home]]
[[Next Wave Dev (NWD) -- Static Website]]📍 Repository: https://github.com/next-wave-dev-org/nwd-static-website
🔒 Private Repository — access required
📌 Tech Stack: Next.js (React), Node.js, Google Analytics
This repository contains the public marketing site for Next Wave Dev. Its goals are to:
- Represent NWD as a professional development organization
- Provide an outlet for volunteers to contribute to a real production website
- Display NWD’s mission, developer community, and portfolio projects
- Collect inquiries from potential clients
Contributions include design, development, content creation, QA, accessibility improvements, and deployment improvements.
The NWD organization and its repositories are not public.
To request access:
Contact the current TPM (Technical Program Manager): Taylor Papke
Access is granted to:
- Approved volunteers with signed use agreements
- Graduates working on active NWD tasks or client projects
- Selected practicum leaders helping align workflows
You do not need access to NWD to graduate, but contributing may support your portfolio and career development.
The NWD GitHub organization uses the same developer workflows as the practicum:
✔ IssueOps project status bot
✔ Auto-assign on PRs
✔ CI linting and tests
✔ Branch protection + code review standards
✔ Deployment pipelines (future)
Students who have worked with automation in the practicum will find the exact same systems in the NWD organization.
Full setup, running instructions, and build steps are located in the project README:
📄 https://github.com/next-wave-dev-org/nwd-static-website/blob/main/README.md
Potential future contributions may include:
- Analytics-driven redesigns (using GA data)
- Style refactoring (Tailwind, SCSS modules, UI component libraries)
- SEO optimization and metadata improvements
- Client submission portal and intake workflow
- Deployment improvements (Render, Vercel, Netlify, or custom CI/CD)
- Adding developer profiles and featured work
- Expanding automation across NWD repositories
Updates will be added to this page as NWD evolves.
If you are interested in volunteering or becoming part of the NWD development team:
- Speak with your Professor or TPM
- Attend practicum workshops or NWD onboarding meetings
- Ask about roles through official cohort channels (Slack)
Contributing to NWD is encouraged but optional — your success does not depend on joining NWD, nor is NWD a requirement for graduation.