ReBuild 19 - Boost your opensource project

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1. Boost
   your opensource project
   Christopher MANEU
   Azure Engineer & Advocate @ Microsoft R&D
   @cmaneu (with a little help from @juliendubois)
   

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2. @cmaneu
   The Open Source Journey
   Open Grow Automate
   

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   The Open Source Journey
   Open Grow Automate
   

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   What’s stopping contributions ?
   

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   Documentation 101
   ❑ LICENSE.md
   ❑ README.md
   ❑ CONTRIBUTING.md
   ❑ CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
   ❑ Issue Templates
   ❑ Pull request templates
   https://github.com/todogroup/repolinter
   

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   Contributing.md
   

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   Communicate outside GitHub
   

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   The Open Source Journey
   Open Grow Automate
   

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   Automate your builds & releases
   Azure Pipelines
   Free unlimited build minutes for
   public projects
   Up to 10 free parallel jobs across
   Windows, Linux and macOS
   https://aka.ms/rebuild19/pipelines
   https://aka.ms/rebuild19/learn-pipelines
   

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10. @cmaneu
    Automate your dependency updates
    Dependabot
    Check for updates
    Opens pull requests with fixes.
    Works with npm, pip, composer,
    docker images, nuget, …
    Free
    https://aka.ms/rebuild19/dependabot
    

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11. @cmaneu
    Automate pull request lifecycle
    Slack reminders
    Intelligent assignment
    Analytics
    Free
    Pull Panda
    

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    Automate issue triage
    

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13. @cmaneu
    Automate everything
    https://probot.github.io/
    Delete Stale issues
    Draft Releases
    Welcome new users
    Weekly digests
    …
    

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14. @cmaneu
    Understand the opensource funnel
    https://mikemcquaid.com/2018/08/14/the-open-source-contributor-funnel-why-people-dont-contribute-to-your-open-source-project/
    

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15. @cmaneu
    In short
    ❑ Create a Twitter account
    ❑ Craft a great readme with
    clear value proposition
    ❑ Go where your community is
    ❑ Encourage to contribute in
    ALL areas (documentation,
    design, events, …)
    ❑ Get the right documentation
    ❑ Automate build & test to help
    merge pull requests quicker
    ❑ Automate dependency
    updates & security checks
    ❑ Automate communication &
    release management
    ❑ Create a project appealing for
    the future users
    

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16. Thanks !
    Christopher MANEU
    Azure Engineer & Advocate @ Microsoft R&D
    @cmaneu
    

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