An introduction to Open Source development

The slides of my Open Source talk 2013 Android Developer Days in Ankara as well as the GDG DevFest Berlin 2013.

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1. an introduction Open Source development
2. Benjamin Weiss http://gplus.to/keyboardsurfer Twitter: @keyboardsurfer Senior Software Developer at ImmobilienScout24 Organizer: GDG Android in Berlin Co-Organizer: • Global Android Dev Camp • GTUG Community Weekend • Google I/O Extended Berlin 2012
3. Agenda • Open Source is... • The way to success • Getting started
4. Open Source is...
5. About choice
6. Freedom
7. Chaotic
8. Diverse
9. Android is...
10. The way to success
11. The two rules to success 1. Don't tell everything you know 2. ...
12. The way to success • Use an Open Source license • Stick to standards • And enhance them • Make examples • Don't force it
13. Use an Open Source license Apache License V2 Think twice before using a viral license
14. Use an Open Source license Viral • GPL Non-viral • Apache V2 • MIT • BSD • LGPL • Mozilla Public http://opensource. org/licenses
15. Stick to standards pom.xml
16. Stick to standards build.gradle
17. Stick to standards git tag
18. Stick to standards
19. Stick to standards //TODO formatting
20. Stick to standards repo.maven.org
21. Stick to standards
22. Stick to standards Toast.makeText(Context, CharSequence, int); Crouton.makeText(Activity, CharSequence, Style);
23. And enhance them crouton = Crouton.makeText(Activity, CharSequence, Style); crouton.show(); Crouton.show(Activity, CharSequence, Style); Crouton.show(Activity, CharSequence, Style, ViewGroup);
24. Make examples
25. Make examples
26. Keep it consistent Nobody likes API changes
27. Don't force it Coding is like farting: If you force it'll be s***. - origin unknown
28. Embrace change Pull requests are awesome
29. Getting started Take a look around
30. Take a look around https://github.com/search?q=android
31. Take a look around ~ 60,000 repositories
32. It's about cycles Release early, release often
33. Image Sources Features (http://goo.gl/6fyUS) Whirlpool Galaxy (http://goo.gl/8D1iV) Android with Rose (http://goo.gl/pgJGO) Color codes (http://goo.gl/EAD03) Android robot (http://goo.gl/a9vMw) Toast (http://goo.gl/fc7kX) Crouton (http://goo.gl/ULh9F) Linktocat (http://goo.gl/OI6VI) Droidtocat (http://goo.gl/IY0Ja)
34. Questions Benjamin Weiss http://gplus.to/keyboardsurfer @keyboardsurfer