You can write code.
Now ship it like a teammate.
Sprint planning, pull requests, code review, team communication — practiced inside a simulated engineering environment with the standards and feedback you'll face on your first team.
Current task
Add zip code validation to checkout form
● Empty zip shows required error
● Invalid zip blocks submit
● Tests updated, PR opened
Terminal
$ git checkout -b fix/zip-validation
Switched to new branch 'fix/zip-validation'
$ npm run test -- checkout
✓ 4 tests passed
$ git push origin fix/zip-validation
remote: Create PR → begindevs.com/pr/47
PR Review
@alex_sr
Clean approach. Can you add a test for the empty-string edge case?
@qa_maria
What happens if the user pastes a zip with spaces?
Changes requested
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