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Michelle Sanver
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@michellesanver Starting Open Source How to make your first contribution
@michellesanver
@michellesanver WIIIIIIIE \o/ “Learn the most by sharing your knowledge
with others” - @coderabbi
@michellesanver Why Open Source? “The promise of open source is
better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in.” - opensource.org
@michellesanver Better Quality
@michellesanver Higher Reliability
@michellesanver More Flexibility
@michellesanver Lower Cost
@michellesanver End to predatory vendor lock-in
@michellesanver Convinced Yet?
@michellesanver How many of you saw the keynote this morning?
@michellesanver To keep you entertained Count the song references.
@michellesanver Contributing to Open Source In 10 steps
@michellesanver Step 1: Choose The Project
@michellesanver Be passionate about it Step 1: Choose the project
@michellesanver What are your ‘friends’ doing? Step 1: Choose the
project
@michellesanver
@michellesanver Activity Step 1: Choose the project
@michellesanver Your Skills Step 1: Choose the project
@michellesanver Step 1: Choose the project
@michellesanver Step 1: Choose the project Ready to change the
world? https://www.codemontage.com {code} montage empowers coders to improve their impact on the world.
@michellesanver Erm.. License? Step 1: Choose the project
@michellesanver Step 2: Install The Project
@michellesanver Step 2: Install The Project Body Text
Do you like vagrant now? @michellesanver
@michellesanver Step 3: Investigation
@michellesanver Step 4: Hiiiii! :)
@michellesanver Step 4: Hiiiii! :) Observe the responses (Should I
stay, or should I go?)
@michellesanver Step 5: What can I do?
@michellesanver Step 5: What can I do? It’s not your
project. (But nothing stops you from branching...)
@michellesanver Communicate! In open source - Communication is key
@michellesanver Step 6: How...?
@michellesanver Step 6: How…? Read The Guidelines
@michellesanver Step 6: How…? It’s “just” code.
@michellesanver Step 6: How…? If that scares you...
@michellesanver Step 6: How…? It’s private, for now. (If you
want it to be)
@michellesanver Step 7: Just do it
@michellesanver Step 7: Just do it Commit often $ git
commit -m 'Michelle will be pleased <3'
@michellesanver Step 7: Just do it Possibly squash your commits
afterwards
@michellesanver Step 7: Just do it Learn Git http://try.github.io http://gitimmersion.com
http://book.git-scm.com
@michellesanver Step 8: Push it (Just push it push it)
@michellesanver Step 8: Push it (push it real good) $
git push
@michellesanver Step 9: The pull request
@michellesanver Step 9: The pull request Time to show the
world (Except those poor sods without Internet)
@michellesanver Step 9: The pull request Don’t worry (Be happy)
@michellesanver Step 9: The pull request It’s just a button
(And a form...)
@michellesanver
@michellesanver Step 10: Code review
@michellesanver It’s constructive criticism Step 10: Code review
@michellesanver Step 10: Code review Correct or discuss. You learn
so much!
@michellesanver And if there’s trolls... Step 10: Code review
@michellesanver Trolls can be cute too! Trolls can be cute
too!
You did it @michellesanver
@michellesanver How many song references did you count?
@michellesanver Starting Open Source
@michellesanver Mentoring in the PHP community
@michellesanver Who I was
@michellesanver
@michellesanver If I got enough nutritional value from code… I
would eat that and nothing else. Who I was
@michellesanver But I would never share my food. Who I
was
@michellesanver Because if I would… Who I was
@michellesanver Higher Reliability @michellesanver #CommunityWorks
@michellesanver Made websites under a nickname… Who I was
@michellesanver No portfolio: Unemployable Who I was
@michellesanver So… I started my own company! (Unsuccessfully) Who I
was
@michellesanver I had *NO* code confidence Who I was
@michellesanver Why I wanted to contribute
@michellesanver I felt ashamed for *not* doing it
@michellesanver I found a cool project, I wanted to help
them improve.
@michellesanver Obstacles
@michellesanver - Davey Shafik “I feared that I really had
no clue what I was doing and people were going to make fun of me, and I also didn’t know what to do!”
@michellesanver - Lorna Mitchell “Honestly, I just didn't realise my
efforts would be useful or welcome.“
@michellesanver - Eli White “I was trying to convince NASA,
who I worked for. To allow me to open source some projects I'd created there. And failed.”
@michellesanver My Obstacles Technology & Fear of public ridicule
@michellesanver
@michellesanver Conferences Obstacles: The fear http://joind.in http://callingallpapers.com http://php.net/conferences
@michellesanver Usergroups Obstacles: The fear https://www.meetup.com/Zurich-Drupal-Meetup
@michellesanver Obstacles: The fear IRC & Slack #phpc #phpmentoring http://freenode.net
https://phpwomen.signup.team
@michellesanver Body Text Mentoring http://phpmentoring.org Matthew Turland @elazar
@michellesanver Body Text Mentoring Rafael Dohms @rdohms & Davey Shafik
@dshafik
@michellesanver Body Text Mentoring Igor Wiedler
@michellesanver Mentoring http://phpmentoring.org Get a mentor… Or 5
@michellesanver
@michellesanver Who I am now Still code passionate
@michellesanver
@michellesanver Who I am now A conference addict and speaker
@michellesanver Who I am now Still afraid to contribute
@michellesanver Who I am now Ran a *successful* company
@michellesanver Who I am now
@michellesanver Thank you. #CommunityWorks