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Why, Where and How to contribute to Open Source Isabel Costa | @isabelcmdcosta 2nd June @ JNation 2020

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→ Software Engineer from Portugal → AnitaB.org Open Source Admin & contributor & maintainer → Google Summer of Code Admin 2020 → Google Code-in Mentor 2019 → Google Summer of Code Student 2018 Isabel Costa @isabelcmdcosta @isabelcosta isabelcosta.github.io

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Who is this for? @isabelcmdcosta

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What does Open Source mean? @isabelcmdcosta

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Learn Build portfolio Practise skills Volunteerism Give back Why @isabelcmdcosta

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Where @isabelcmdcosta

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Where ● Which platform to use? ● Which projects to contribute to? ● What about communities? @isabelcmdcosta

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Platforms @isabelcmdcosta

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Projects & Communities @isabelcmdcosta

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More Projects & Communities @isabelcmdcosta

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Portuguese Open Source projects fogos.pt Política para todos VOST Portugal @isabelcmdcosta

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Be aware of ... Is the project… → Well documented? → Active or Archived → Are maintainers responsive? → Code of Conduct → Contribution Guidelines Is the community… → Inclusive → Transparent ... open communication → Open for every type of contributions → Beginner friendly @isabelcmdcosta

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Initiatives @isabelcmdcosta

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Where to find these ... ● Projects you use or care about ● Communities “well” established or organized ○ GSoC has a list of organizations ● Through initiatives: Hacktoberfest, 24 Pull Requests … ● Other: Up for grabs, Code Triage @isabelcmdcosta

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How @isabelcmdcosta

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What can you contribute with? @isabelcmdcosta

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What can you contribute with? ● Implement new features or fix bugs ● UI/UX Designs and Wireframes ● Solution Architecture ● Outreach / Research ● Documentation ● Testing and reporting issues ● Help others contribute ● Review work from others ● Give feedback ● ... @isabelcmdcosta

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You can contribute as a ... developer QA tester technical writer designer project manager interested person @isabelcmdcosta

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What are the steps to contribute? @isabelcmdcosta

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Find a problem solve Work on it Submit your work @isabelcmdcosta

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Coding @isabelcmdcosta

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Fork Clone Work Commit & Push Submit PR Communicate! @isabelcmdcosta

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@isabelcmdcosta

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Design Source: https://github.com/anitab-org/anit ab-org.github.io/pull/41

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Design @isabelcmdcosta

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Documentation @isabelcmdcosta

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Documentation @isabelcmdcosta

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Quality Assurance Source: https://github.com/anitab-org/men torship-backend/issues/562

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Quality Assurance

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Feedback Source: http://systers-opensource.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-importance-of-feedback.html @isabelcmdcosta

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Other... @isabelcmdcosta

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Other... @isabelcmdcosta

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Blockers that you might face ● How and where to start contributing ● Not seeing many beginner issues ● Not being confident with skills ● Some projects seem too intimidating ● Lack of time to contribute to open source ● What if I can’t finish something I committed myself to @isabelcmdcosta

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Nice to know ... @isabelcmdcosta

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Nice to know ... opensource.guide @isabelcmdcosta

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Demo Send a PR for this project https://github.com/anitab-org/mentorship-flutter/issues/61

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Shoutout github.com/anitab-org anitab-org.zulipchat.com ● Quality Assurance, Content, Design, Coding, Advocacy, ... dedicated teams ● Projects for Social for Good ● Participation in GSoC and GCI ● Community Open Sessions ● Beginner friendly community @isabelcmdcosta

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Thank you! tinyurl.com/IsabelAtJnation Q&A time :) @isabelcmdcosta @isabelcosta isabelcosta.github.io