Take Advantage of your Gen™ EDGE Community
The Gen EDGE Community is a group within the Broadcom Communities platform where Gen™ stakeholders stay informed about all things related to Gen and connect with other users. This blog will explain how you can take full advantage of being a member of the Gen EDGE Community.
What will I find on the Gen EDGE Community?
The Gen EDGE Community is the home base for all your Gen information. You will find:
- Product News like enhancements, digital badges, partner opportunities, and service updates.
- Events like roadmap webinars and product training.
- Helpful Links to support, documentation, training, and install or maintenance resources.
- Posts from the product team, like invitations for beta testing and demos, roadmap plans, monthly summary of knowledge articles, and links to informational blogs or news articles.
- Discussion threads from users seeking advice and sharing best practices.
Are there email notifications about all this stuff?
Yes! Members of the Gen EDGE Community can adjust notification settings. I recommend a “daily digest”.
How to edit your notification settings:
- Make sure you have logged into the Broadcom Community, and are a member of the Gen EDGE Community.
- At the top of the Gen EDGE Community, click “Settings”.
- Click “Manage Notifications”.
- Update your notification settings to your preference.
How do I talk to other Gen users in the community?
- The best way to start a conversation is by adding a discussion thread. This will be visible to everyone in the Gen EDGE Community.
- On the community home page, go to “Threads” and click “Start New Thread”.
- Similarly, you can reply to someone else’s discussion thread.
- You can also go to someone’s profile to “Send Message”. This is a good option if you are looking for a one-on-one conversation.
Who is part of the Gen EDGE Community?
In the broadest sense, everyone who interacts with Gen is a part of the Gen EDGE Community. Gen is represented in 37 countries, used by Fortune500 and Global500 corporations, and supports numerous local and federal governments. The use of Gen spans many industries including financial, transportation, and retail, just to name a few.
In the context of this blog, there are over 200 members in the online forum called the Gen EDGE Community. This includes application developers, admins, contractors, trainers, partners, and so on. This makes for a diverse group of people to support any need you may have when using Gen.
To view a list of Gen EDGE Community members: On the community home page, go to “Members”.
How do I invite my colleagues to join the Gen EDGE Community?
I’m so glad you asked! Broadcom is investing in Gen, and that includes revitalizing the Gen EDGE Community. This community is as strong as you want to make it.
Start by sharing this link with your colleagues: Join the Gen EDGE Community HERE.
Here are more details you can share with colleagues:
What is Gen™?
Gen is a single, integrated development environment that can help your teams create and maintain large-scale business applications for multiple platforms. Check out the Gen Product Brief to learn more.
How do I become a member of the Gen EDGE Community?
- Go to Gen EDGE Community.
- Click “Join Community”. (You must be logged in to the Broadcom Community site.)
- You will be offered Community Notification settings. Select “Include” and frequency of Real Time or Daily.
- Click “Yes join the community”.
Conclusion:
The Gen EDGE Community is a group within the Broadcom Communities platform where Gen™ stakeholders can connect with other users and stay informed about all things related to Gen. Email notifications make it easy for you to stay information of community activity. The Gen product team posts a lot of valuable content.
You are invited to contribute too!
- Reply to threads with your expert insights.
- Start your own discussion threads.
- Invite your colleagues to join the community.
