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Making your voice heard: Open Source needs You
Talk given at Women Techmakers Vienna about contributing to Open Source Software.
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Transcript
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Making your voice heard: Open
Source needs you
Hi, I’m Laura. artist, web developer Travis Foundation ROSSConf Rails
Girls Summer of Code @alicetragedy
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Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 @alicetragedy Open Source Software
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Open Source Software opensource.org “software
with source code that anyone can inspect, modify and enhance”
Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 @alicetragedy Open Source Software
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Open source is at the
centre of the tech industry, even when it’s invisible.
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Why is the idea of
contributing to Open Source software so scary?
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Why is the idea of
contributing to Open Source software so scary? Open Source Software is open
@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
@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
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 You are good enough.
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Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 @alicetragedy Different types of contributions
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Different types of contributions Open
Source is design.
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Different types of contributions Open
Source is UX and UI.
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Different types of contributions Open
Source is marketing.
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Different types of contributions Open
Source is community.
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Different types of contributions Open
Source is project management.
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Different types of contributions Open
Source is testing.
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Different types of contributions Open
Source is translation.
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Different types of contributions Open
Source is documentation.
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Before we get started…
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Before we get started…
Version Control & Git
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Before we get started…
Version Control & Git https://git-scm.com https://try.github.io
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Before we get started…
Github
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Before we get started…
Github https://github.com
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Before we get started…
Issue Tracker
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Before we get started…
The workflow
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Before we get started…
The workflow add a commit
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Before we get started…
The workflow add a commit make a pull request
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Before we get started…
The workflow add a commit make a pull request discuss
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Before we get started…
The workflow add a commit make a pull request discuss accept or reject the change
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Before we get started…
The workflow add a commit make a pull request discuss accept or reject the change
Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 @alicetragedy The path to your first
contribution
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 The path to your first
contribution Find a project with a welcoming community
@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
@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
@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
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 The path to your first
contribution Look for issues that don’t require much expertise
@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
@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
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 The path to your first
contribution Use the power of GitHub labels
@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
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@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Your first significant project
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@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Your first significant project Contribute
to tools or projects you use
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Your first significant project Look
for projects that can use your skills or knowledge
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@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.
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Your first significant project Ask
yourself:
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Your first significant project Is
the project important to me? Ask yourself:
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Your first significant project Is
the project important to me? Does my work make a difference? Ask yourself:
@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:
@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:
@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:
Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 @alicetragedy Choosing and working on your
issue
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Choosing and working on your
issue Join the community
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Choosing and working on your
issue Start with CONTRIBUTING.md
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@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Choosing and working on your
issue Follow the documentation to setup the project
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Choosing and working on your
issue Get acquainted with the project by helping with issue gardening
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Choosing and working on your
issue The issue tracker is a good place to start
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Choosing and working on your
issue Don’t hesitate to ask questions
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Choosing and working on your
issue Follow the project’s code conventions
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Choosing and working on your
issue Be respectful of other people’s time
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Choosing and working on your
issue Don’t do any work you don’t want to do
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Choosing and working on your
issue Start your own project
Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 @alicetragedy Summary
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Summary Open Source isn’t just
code
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Summary Open Source isn’t just
code Community is everything
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Summary Open Source isn’t just
code Community is everything Be respectful and patient
@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
@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
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Open Source needs you
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Open Source needs you Software
is as much about people as it is about code
@alicetragedy Women Techmakers Vienna 2017 Open Source needs you
@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)