Make the most of Open Source - Ubuntu Summit 2022

by Paolo Melchiorre

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MAKE THE MOST OF OPEN SOURCE PAOLO MELCHIORRE ~ @pauloxnet

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet October 13, 2005 2 Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy Badger

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Get Involved ★ ♡ ❥ ✭

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet @pauloxnet • CTO @ 20tab • Software engineer • Python developer • Django contributor • Ubuntu user Paolo Melchiorre 4 DjangoCon Europe 2019 - Bartek Pawlik (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet 5 Choose your community Python • Open Source • Foundation • Community driven • Code of conduct • People

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet Guido van Rossum 2019 6 Michael Cavotta (CC BY-NC-ND) Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet 7 Join a local community Italian Zope/Plone developers • Easy to join • No language barriers • Common cultural background • Sharing experiences • Mutual help

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet Open-L 2007 8 Paolo Melchiorre (CC BY-SA)

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet 9 Attend a community conference EuroPython 2011 • Improve your skills • Connect to other communities • Expand your network • Meet friendly companies • Discover new projects

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet EuroPython 2011 10 Everton Zanella Alvarenga (CC BY-SA)

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet 11 Deep dive into Open Source Django Web Framework • Use modern software versions • Try quick-start tutorial • Study oﬃcial documentation • Follow projects channels • Attend community events

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet DjangoCon Europe 2017 12 Bartek Pawlik (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet 13 Contribute to Open Source django.contrib.postgres.functions.RandomUUID • Identify a problem • Try to solve it • Study the contribution guide • Open an issue on the tracker • Propose a PR to the code

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet 15 Join an Open Source sprint DjangoCon Europe Sprints 2017 • Propose a goal • Ask for help • Work on a task • Request a review • Ring the gong

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet DjangoCon Europe Sprint 2017 16 Paolo Melchiorre (CC BY-SA)

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet 17 Give a talk PyCon Italia 2017 • Find an interesting topic • Learn more about it • Use it in a project • Submit a proposal to a conference • Give ﬁrst talks in your language

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet PyCon Italia 2017 18 Paolo Melchiorre (CC BY-SA)

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet 19 Be a mentor Django Girls Rimini 2017 • Learn about mentorship projects • Find the next events • Sign up as a mentor • Get in touch with attendees • Coach the mentees in your group

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet Django Girls Rimini 2017 20 Paolo Melchiorre (CC BY-SA)

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet 21 Speak at an international conference EuroPython 2017 • Larger audience • International attendee • Better feedbacks • Greater conﬁdence • Improved speaking (in english) skills

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet EuroPython Sprints 2017 22 Paolo Melchiorre (CC BY-SA)

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet 23 Organize a sprint EuroPython 2017 sprints • Work in an international group • Improve organizational skills • Get help to reach the goal • Learn new approaches • More developers in your network

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet EuroPython Sprints 2017 24 Paolo Melchiorre (CC BY-SA)

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet 25 Improve your Open Source website DjangoProject.com • Learn about your project website • Find something to improve • Discuss on the mailing list • Propose a PR • Request a review

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet 26 Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet 27 Create your own blog www.paulox.net • Use a static site generator • Do some research • Try Pelican (Python & Jinja) • Write talk reports, howtos, articles • Create your own theme

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet 28 Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet 30 Share your contents Planet, mastodon, disqus, twitter, linkedin, hacker news, … • Feed RSS • Comments • Social networks • News aggregators

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet 31 Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet 32 Answer questions Stack Overﬂow • Select a topic • Study the documentation • Find interesting questions • Propose an answer • Write about it

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet 34 Help to translate Django documentation in Italian • Subscribe to Transifex • Find untranslated sections • Translate new strings • Check the translated strings • Ask for review

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet 36 What else ? Time is your only limit • Subscribe mailing-lists • Check Github notiﬁcations • Read your projects forum • Enter discord channels • Join Telegram groups

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet 37 Get inspired By other Open Source developers • Read blog posts • Follow social accounts • Subscribe video channels • Listen podcast episodes • Read technical books

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet 38 License CC BY-SA 4.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet @20tab 20tab 20tab [email protected] www.20tab.com 39

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet @pauloxnet paolomelchiorre pauloxnet @[email protected] www.paulox.net 40

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Paolo Melchiorre ~ @pauloxnet • Users • Contributors • Communities • Companies • Canonical 41 Thanks Grazie /ˈɡrat.t ͡ sje/ EuroPython 2022 - Paolo Melchiorre (CC BY-SA)