How to get involved in Drupal projects?

This presentation gives some hints on how you can give back to the Drupal community, even if you are not a developer, there's always a task for you!

The presentation was created from my blogpost: https://www.liip.ch/en/blog/get-involved-drupal-projects

Transcript

1. Agile Web Development Liip.ch – Karine Chor - Liip Talk Fribourg, 14.03.2017 HOW TO GET INVOLVED IN DRUPAL PROJECTS?
2. WHAT IS DRUPAL?
3. - Content Management System - Open source project - Flexible - Core - 1000’s of modules - Latest version: Drupal 8 DRUPAL IN FEW WORDS…
4. HOW TO GET INVOLVED?
5. - Drupal forums - Drupal Answers - Issue queues USER SUPPORT - #drupal-support IRC channel - Slack channels
6. - Write, review or improve documentation - drupal.org documentation - Programming API reference - Embedded documentation inside modules or themes - Check out new contributor tasks for anyone DOCUMENTATION
7. - Drupal interface is English by default - ~100 available languages for translations - Current translations incomplete or need to be improved - Translation server: https://localize.drupal.org - Video: https://drupalize.me/videos/translation-drupal - Documentation translation INTERFACE TRANSLATION
8. - Usability improvements for the administration interface 
 (Drupal 8) - Content creation and site building - Educate developers and engage designers to grow the UX-team - UX Page, Usability group DESIGN AND USABILITY
9. - Share your knowledge and expertise - Many subjects to explore: feedback, tutorial, Drupal events… - The Weekly Drop - Blog post can be refenrenced on Planet Drupal - Drupal Liip blog posts WRITING A BLOG POST
10. - Many events all around the world - DrupalCons, Drupal Dev Days, DrupalCamps, meetups… - Cool atmosphere, check out Michelle's blog post ATTENDING EVENTS
11. - Helping Drupal development - Being noticeable within the community - Different levels of sponsorings - Drupal Mountain Camp in Davos sponsored by Liip :) SPONSORING EVENTS
12. - Support drupal.org infrastructure and maintenance - Support worldwide events - Donations in Euros/Dollars - Become a member of Drupal Association OFFERING A DONATION
13. - Tasks for developers and non-developers - Making the platform stable - Reviewing patches, writing unit tests - Providing usability feedback CORE AND MODULE TESTING
14. - Core, modules, themes - Creating new modules - Creating sandboxes - Providing code snippets - Submitting patches DEVELOPEMENT CONTRIBUTION
15. - There is a bug! Did someone notice it before? No. HOW TO SUBMIT A PATCH IN D7?
16. - Create an issue in the queue HOW TO SUBMIT A PATCH IN D7?
17. - Create a patch to fix the issue HOW TO SUBMIT A PATCH IN D7?
18. - Test your patch - It works! HOW TO SUBMIT A PATCH IN D7?
19. - Submit it inside the issue queue - Change the status to “Needs review” - Your patch is committed HOW TO SUBMIT A PATCH IN D7?
20. - Well done! HOW TO SUBMIT A PATCH IN D7?
21. - You get some credits HOW TO SUBMIT A PATCH IN D7?
22. CONCLUSION
23. CONCLUSION - Passionate volunteers improving Drupal - Everyone can find a task - Small time commitment only - You can join a great community and make a change!
24. THANK YOU! QUESTIONS?