Making your voice heard: Open Source needs You

Talk given at Women Techmakers Vienna about contributing to Open Source Software.

Transcript

1. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Making your voice heard: Open Source needs you
2. Hi, I’m Laura. artist, web developer Travis Foundation ROSSConf Rails Girls Summer of Code @alicetragedy
6. Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 @alicetragedy Open Source Software
7. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Open Source Software opensource.org “software with source code that anyone can inspect, modify and enhance”
8. Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 @alicetragedy Open Source Software
9. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Open source is at the centre of the tech industry,
 even when it’s invisible.
10. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Why is the idea of contributing to Open Source software so scary?
11. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Why is the idea of contributing to Open Source software so scary? Open Source Software is open
12. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Why is the idea of contributing to Open Source software so scary? Open Source Software is open Open Source is volunteer work
13. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Why is the idea of contributing to Open Source software so scary? Open Source Software is open Open Source is volunteer work Impostor syndrome is real
14. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 You are good enough.
16. Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 @alicetragedy Different types of contributions
17. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Different types of contributions Open Source is design.
18. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Different types of contributions Open Source is UX and UI.
19. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Different types of contributions Open Source is marketing.
20. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Different types of contributions Open Source is community.
21. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Different types of contributions Open Source is project management.
22. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Different types of contributions Open Source is testing.
23. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Different types of contributions Open Source is translation.
24. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Different types of contributions Open Source is documentation.
25. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Before we get started…
26. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Before we get 
 started… Version Control & Git
27. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Before we get 
 started… Version Control & Git https://git-scm.com
 https://try.github.io
28. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Before we get 
 started… Github
29. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Before we get 
 started… Github 
 https://github.com
30. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Before we get 
 started… Issue Tracker
31. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Before we get 
 started… The workflow
32. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Before we get 
 started… The workflow 
 add a commit
 
 

33. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Before we get 
 started… The workflow 
 add a commit
 make a pull request
 

34. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Before we get 
 started… The workflow 
 add a commit
 make a pull request
 discuss

35. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Before we get 
 started… The workflow 
 add a commit
 make a pull request
 discuss
 accept or reject the change
36. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Before we get 
 started… The workflow 
 add a commit
 make a pull request
 discuss
 accept or reject the change
37. Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 @alicetragedy The path to your first contribution
38. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 The path to your first contribution Find a project with a welcoming community
39. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 The path to your first contribution Awesome for Beginners
 https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for- beginners Find a project with a welcoming community
40. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 The path to your first contribution Great for new contributors
 https://github.com/showcases/great-for-new- contributors Find a project with a welcoming community
41. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 The path to your first contribution Bugs Ahoy!
 https://www.joshmatthews.net/bugsahoy Find a project with a welcoming community
42. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 The path to your first contribution Look for issues that don’t require much expertise
43. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 The path to your first contribution Up for Grabs
 http://up-for-grabs.net Look for issues that don’t require much expertise
44. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 The path to your first contribution YourFirstPR
 http://yourfirstpr.github.io Look for issues that don’t require much expertise
45. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 The path to your first contribution Use the power of GitHub labels
46. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 The path to your first contribution Use the power of GitHub labels first-timers-only
 quick-fix
 help-wanted
 beginner-friendly
49. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Your first significant project
51. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Your first significant project Contribute to tools or projects you use
52. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Your first significant project Look for projects that can use your skills or knowledge
54. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Your first significant project Choosing which project to contribute to is like deciding which organisation you want to do volunteer work for.
55. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Your first significant project Ask yourself:
56. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Your first significant project Is the project important to me?
 
 
 
 Ask yourself:
57. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Your first significant project Is the project important to me? 
 Does my work make a difference?
 
 
 Ask yourself:
58. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Your first significant project Is the project important to me? 
 Does my work make a difference? 
 Do I like the community?
 
 Ask yourself:
59. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Your first significant project Is the project important to me? 
 Does my work make a difference? 
 Do I like the community? 
 Do I agree with the project’s values?
 Ask yourself:
60. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Your first significant project Is the project important to me? 
 Does my work make a difference? 
 Do I like the community? 
 Do I agree with the project’s values? 
 Is there work available for me to do? Ask yourself:
61. Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 @alicetragedy Choosing and working on your issue
62. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Choosing and working on your issue Join the community
63. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Choosing and working on your issue Start with CONTRIBUTING.md
65. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Choosing and working on your issue Follow the documentation to setup the project
66. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Choosing and working on your issue Get acquainted with the project 
 by helping with issue gardening
67. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Choosing and working on your issue The issue tracker is a good place to start
68. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Choosing and working on your issue Don’t hesitate to ask questions
69. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Choosing and working on your issue Follow the project’s code conventions
70. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Choosing and working on your issue Be respectful of other people’s time
71. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Choosing and working on your issue Don’t do any work you don’t want to do
72. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Choosing and working on your issue Start your own project
73. Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 @alicetragedy Summary
74. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Summary Open Source isn’t just code
75. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Summary Open Source isn’t just code Community is everything
76. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Summary Open Source isn’t just code Community is everything Be respectful and patient
77. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Summary Open Source isn’t just code Community is everything Be respectful and patient Do work you want to do
78. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Summary Open Source isn’t just code Community is everything Be respectful and patient Do work you want to do
79. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Open Source needs you
80. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Open Source needs you Software is as much about people 
 as it is about code
81. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Open Source needs you
82. @alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 “Today, more people use Open Source, but fewer people contribute back, than ever before. 
 And everybody assumes that somebody else is doing it.” Nadia Eghbal (@nayafia)