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Contributing, You, and your Business WordCamp Tokyo 2016 Mike Schroder WordPress Platform Lead @ DreamHost @GetSource - https://getsource.net

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What is contribution?

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make.wordpress.org


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How does DreamHost participate?

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Always be testing.

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Release Candidate, Beta, Trunk.

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File bug reports.

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Patch bug reports.

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Build new features.

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Improve documentation.

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Support WordPress.

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Support WordPress Events.

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How will this help grow my business?

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Learn “The WordPress Way.”

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Know what to expect.

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Prepare your products for coming releases.

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Mika and the story of “PURGE”.

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Prepare support for coming releases.

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Take advantage of new core features.

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Influence the future of WordPress.

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Barriers to Entry.

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Employee time.

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Development in English.

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Learning curve.

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Two things to get started:

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Read weekly dev meeting notes.

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Always be testing.

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make.wordpress.org


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Questions? Mike Schroder @GetSource https://getsource.net WordPress Platform Lead @ DreamHost