WordCamp Orange County - Core Contribution Workshop

Always wanted to contribute to core, but are not sure how? Have a pet
bug? Interested in learning how to follow WordPress development?

In this workshop, attendees will have a hands-on walkthrough of how
core contribution works — from general process to version control.

Presented at WordCamp Orange County 2014 by Mike Schroder

Transcript

1. Core Contribution
   Workshop
   WordCamp Orange County 2014
   Mike Schroder (DH-Shredder)
   @GetSource - http://www.getsource.net
   

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2. Who Am I?
   • Mike Schroder, a.k.a DH-
   Shredder, a.k.a. @GetSource
   • Third Culture Kid, enjoy
   Coffee & Sailing
   • WordPress 3.9 Co-Lead and
   Core Contributor
   • Happy DreamHost Employee
   

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3. Choose your own VCS:
   !
   http://develop.git.wordpress.org
   http://develop.svn.wordpress.org
   

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4. Your portal to contribution:
   !
   make.wordpress.org
   

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5. IRC is the place to be.
   

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6. … but trac is pretty cool too.
   

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7. All the tickets fit to parse:
   !
   core.trac.wordpress.org
   

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8. The WordPress source is in
   the /src directory.
   !
   http://develop.git.wordpress.org
   http://develop.svn.wordpress.org
   

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9. Testing and unit tests are just as
   important as new patches.
   

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13. Core Contributor Handbook
    

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14. - Download node.js
    - Install grunt-cli globally:
    $ sudo npm install -g grunt-cli
    - Install WP Node.js packages
    $ npm install
    

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15. To apply patch from ticket:
    $ grunt patch:20000
    

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16. • https://make.wordpress.org/core
    • https://core.trac.wordpress.org

    Slides: http://www.getsource.net/tag/contribution/
    Mike Schroder (DH-Shredder)
    @GetSource - http://www.getsource.net
    Resources
    

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