Djangonaut Space: A Fun Way to Be Familiar With Open Source

Slide deck for PyCon APAC 2024.

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1. Djangonaut Space: A Fun Way to Be Familiar With Open Source Shafiya Adzhani @adzshaf @shafiya@fosstodon.org
2. - Don’t know where to start 🤯 Challenges with Open Source
3. - Don’t know where to start 🤯 - Afraid of making mistakes 😨 Challenges with Open Source
4. - Don’t know where to start 🤯 - Afraid of making mistakes 😨 - Requires huge discipline 󰝮 Challenges with Open Source
5. - 8-week group mentoring program for folks (we call them Djangonauts) who want to be involved in Django contributions - Guided by Navigators and Captains - Not limited only to work in Django Core (ORM, accessibility, docs), but also third party Django plugins Djangonaut Space
6. - Can be anything! Start from small: - learn advanced Git like rebase, etc.. Set Goal during Session
7. - Can be anything! Start from small: - learn advanced Git like rebase, etc.. - My goal back then: Open 1 Pull Request to Django Core Set Goal during Session
8. How Djangonaut Space Helped Me Achieve The Goal - Weekly sync with team - Ask any questions, blockers during the sync - Healthy mindset: “Everyone makes a good progress, I should too!”
9. Working with Trac
10. Working with Trac - Trac is similar to GitHub Issues - Tips: find equivalent tool when working with different open source project
11. Working with Trac - Trac is similar to GitHub Issues - Tips: find equivalent tool when working with different open source project - Pick tickets that are already accepted - Meaning it is a valid ticket: bug can be reproducible, valid new feature, etc.
12. Working with Trac - Trac is similar to GitHub Issues - Tips: find equivalent tool when working with different open source project - Pick tickets that are already accepted - Meaning it is a valid ticket: bug can be reproducible, valid new feature, etc. - Pick tickets that are abandoned - Tickets that are assigned but show no progress or activity
13. Working with Trac - Trac is similar to GitHub Issues - Tips: find equivalent tool when working with different open source project - Pick tickets that are already accepted - Meaning it is a valid ticket: bug can be reproducible, valid new feature, etc. - Pick tickets that are abandoned - Tickets that are assigned but show no progress or activity - Still confused? Ask within the team or during the sync
14. How Djangonaut Space Helped Me Achieve The Goal - My questions during weekly sync: - Which ticket should I pick?
15. How Djangonaut Space Helped Me Achieve The Goal - My questions during weekly sync: - Which ticket should I pick? - I picked a ticket, but some folks mentioned it might be more complex than I expected..
16. How Djangonaut Space Helped Me Achieve The Goal - My questions during weekly sync: - Which ticket should I pick? - I picked a ticket, but some folks mentioned it might be more complex than I expected.. - I’m having some trouble figuring out which part of the codebase I need to dive into for this ticket
17. Submitting Pull Request - I submitted one Pull Request to Django core 🎉 - Pull request will be labeled with Djangonauts - (in my experience) the Pull Request will be prioritized for review (faster feedback!)
18. How Djangonaut Space Helped Me Achieve The Goal - Remember my initial goal: Open 1 PR to Django core?
19. How Djangonaut Space Helped Me Achieve The Goal - Remember my initial goal: Open 1 PR to Django core? - By the end of session: I got two Pull Requests merged to Django core!
20. Where is the fun part?
21. Opportunities in Djangonaut Space - Aside from contributing, I learned a lot through many events! - Guest speakers with more experienced contributors
22. Cute Cat Photos
23. Life After Djangonaut Space - Continue contributing to Django! - Become a Django Software Foundation Individual Member - Give talks at conferences (DjangoCon, PyCon, etc.) - Be part of Django's contributing teams (accessibility, security) - Join Django's governance
24. https://djangonaut.space/ Check out