Starting Open S

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1. @michellesanver
   Starting Open Source
   How to make your first
   contribution
   

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   WIIIIIIIE \o/
   “Learn the most by
   sharing your knowledge
   with others” - @coderabbi
   

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   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
   

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   Better Quality
   

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   Higher Reliability
   

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   More Flexibility
   

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   Lower Cost
   

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   End to predatory
   vendor lock-in
   

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    Convinced Yet?
    

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    How many of you saw
    the keynote this
    morning?
    

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    To keep you entertained
    Count the song
    references.
    

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    Contributing to Open Source
    In 10 steps
    

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    Step 1: Choose
    The Project
    

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    Be passionate about it
    Step 1: Choose the project
    

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    What are your ‘friends’ doing?
    Step 1: Choose the project
    

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    Activity
    Step 1: Choose the project
    

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    Your Skills
    Step 1: Choose the project
    

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    Step 1: Choose the project
    

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    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.
    

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    Erm.. License?
    Step 1: Choose the project
    

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    Step 2: Install
    The Project
    

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    Step 2: Install The Project
    Body Text
    

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25. Do you like
    vagrant now?
    @michellesanver
    

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    Step 3:
    Investigation
    

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    Step 4: Hiiiii! :)
    

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    Step 4: Hiiiii! :)
    Observe the responses
    (Should I stay, or should I go?)
    

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    Step 5: What can I do?
    

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    Step 5: What can I do?
    It’s not your project.
    (But nothing stops you from branching...)
    

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    Communicate!
    In open source - Communication is key
    

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    Step 6: How...?
    

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    Step 6: How…?
    Read The Guidelines
    

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    Step 6: How…?
    It’s “just” code.
    

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    Step 6: How…?
    If that scares you...
    

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    Step 6: How…?
    It’s private, for now.
    (If you want it to be)
    

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    Step 7: Just do it
    

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    Step 7: Just do it
    Commit often
    $ git commit -m 'Michelle will be pleased <3'
    

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    Step 7: Just do it
    Possibly squash your commits afterwards
    

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    Step 7: Just do it
    Learn Git
    http://try.github.io
    http://gitimmersion.com
    http://book.git-scm.com
    

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    Step 8: Push it
    (Just push it push it)
    

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    Step 8: Push it (push it real good)
    $ git push
    

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    Step 9: The pull
    request
    

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    Step 9: The pull request
    Time to show the world
    (Except those poor sods without Internet)
    

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    Step 9: The pull request
    Don’t worry
    (Be happy)
    

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    Step 9: The pull request
    It’s just a button
    (And a form...)
    

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    Step 10: Code review
    

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    It’s constructive criticism
    Step 10: Code review
    

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    Step 10: Code review
    Correct or discuss. You learn so much!
    

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    And if there’s trolls...
    Step 10: Code review
    

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    Trolls can be cute too!
    Trolls can be cute too!
    

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53. You did it
    @michellesanver
    

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    How many song
    references did you
    count?
    

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    Starting Open Source
    

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    Mentoring in the PHP
    community
    

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    Who I was
    

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    If I got enough nutritional value from
    code…
    I would eat that and nothing else.
    Who I was
    

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    But I would never share my food.
    Who I was
    

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    Because if I would…
    Who I was
    

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    Higher Reliability
    @michellesanver
    #CommunityWorks
    

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    Made websites under a nickname…
    Who I was
    

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    No portfolio: Unemployable
    Who I was
    

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    So… I started my own company!
    (Unsuccessfully)
    Who I was
    

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    I had *NO* code confidence
    Who I was
    

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    Why I wanted to
    contribute
    

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    I felt ashamed for
    *not* doing it
    

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    I found a cool project, I
    wanted to help them improve.
    

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    Obstacles
    

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    - 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!”

    

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    - Lorna Mitchell
    “Honestly, I just didn't realise my
    efforts would be useful or
    welcome.“
    

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    - 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.”
    

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    My Obstacles
    Technology & Fear of public ridicule
    

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    Conferences
    Obstacles: The fear
    http://joind.in
    http://callingallpapers.com
    http://php.net/conferences
    

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    Usergroups
    Obstacles: The fear
    https://www.meetup.com/Zurich-Drupal-Meetup
    

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    Obstacles: The fear
    IRC & Slack
    #phpc
    #phpmentoring
    http://freenode.net
    https://phpwomen.signup.team
    

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    Mentoring
    http://phpmentoring.org
    Matthew Turland @elazar
    

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    Mentoring
    Rafael Dohms @rdohms & Davey Shafik @dshafik
    

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    Mentoring
    Igor Wiedler
    

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    Mentoring
    http://phpmentoring.org
    Get a mentor… Or 5
    

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    Who I am now
    Still code passionate
    

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85. @michellesanver
    

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86. @michellesanver
    Who I am now
    A conference addict and speaker
    

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87. @michellesanver
    Who I am now
    Still afraid to contribute
    

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    Who I am now
    Ran a *successful* company
    

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    Who I am now
    

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    Thank you.
    #CommunityWorks
    

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