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101: Learn, Collaborate and Appreciate OPEN SOURCE 

LET’S KEEP IN TOUCH WHO AM I? Open Source Community manager at Open Terms Archive Undergrad Student Frontend .NET Developer at Applantus Clifford Ouma Twitter (X): @clifford_ouma LinkedIn: CliffordOuma 

02. Open Source tools workshop Understand the “Open source workflow” using some open- source tools 01. Open source concept Understand what is Open Source, it’s history and relate with it 03. Contributing to open Source Understand how we can find suitable OSS projects and contribute to open-source WHAT WE WILL COVER 

GET THE SLIDES Slides link https://bit.ly/os-101-slides 

UNDERSTANDING OPEN SOURCE What is Open Source and why does it matter? 01. 

GO BACK IN TIME Proprietary software (Closed sourced software) was the only model Authors of code were under contract Only owner could access source code Licences restricted user’s access and rights 

IN OPEN SOURCE Differs from proprietary in terms of licence Can have a permissive or restrictive license Is free in terms of freedom and not cost Driven by ideological or pragmatic reasons 

An open-source product can be charged and proprietary be free Free in Open Source doesn't mean price, it means freedom 

COMMON OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARES Open source softwares you are most likely using ANDROID LINUX MOZILLA FIREFOX VLC GIT WORDPRESS 

1. 2. 3. Let’s do a slight discussion Voting system devices Medical devices like pacemakers, difribulators Military Equipment Is it ok to open source the following types of software?? 

COLLABORATION SECURITY AND QUALITY INDIVIDUAL Why use Open Source Software (OSS) Build better software Solve problems better Lower development costs Better creation from get-go Faster bug reports More people fixing security loopholes Code becomes cleaner Avoid vendor lock-in Trust but verify Save on software costs Mix software from various sources 

BUSINESSES SECURITY AND QUALITY Why use Open Source Software (OSS) Lower cost of development Speed time to market Confidence from customers Get feedback from a wide community No reinventing the wheel More people to fix bugs Feedback from large pool of devs Make good design decisions Great to find next jobr 

02. OPEN SOURCE TOOLING Git and GitHub basics and the “Open Source workflow” 

1. 2. 3. Before we start Prerequisites are below Sign up for a GitHub account Download and set up git in your machine Navigate to the demo repo 

Version control Keeps record of all changes Allows moving back and forth in time project store Repository Can be online or local Is your project root folder Keeps the online repo Hosting platform Allows hosting online repo Allows collaboration and project management BASIC GIT AND GITHUB tracks changes 

git add . copies project git clone Adds a message for changes made git commit -m COMMON GIT COMMANDS adds all files for tracking git pull send changes to online repo git push Merges two branches git merge brings changes from online repo to local 

LEARN MORE ABOUT GIT AND GITHUB GitHub repo Git Collaborative with GitHub Slides 

OPEN SOURCE WORKFLOW DEMO Let’s make a contribution 

https://bit.ly/os-101-demo 

03. CONTRIBUTING TO OPEN SOURCE How can you play a part in this ecosystem? 

FINDING THE RIGHT OSS PROJECT How can we find a project suiting our needs 

GITHUB SEARCH You can search on GitHub using topics, skills and tags Then check issue labels 3RD PARTY SITES You can check sites like First Timers Only, Up For Grabs, CodeTriage, and Awesome for Beginners. 

Interests Find projects that deal with your interest areas, fields or topics Skills Find projects that match the skills you have Issues Take up issues that fit with what you can do Rules Every OSS project has rules on how to contribute, how to behave and what you can do THINGS TO CONSIDER 

LET’S MAKE SOME CONTRIBUTIONS 

RESOURCES CONTRIBUTE TO OPEN SOURCE GUIDE (BLOG) https://www.santoshyadav.dev/blog/contribute-open-source- comprehensive-guide/ LINUX FOUNDATION OPEN SOURCE BEGINNER TRAINING https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/beginners- guide-open-source-software-development/ GIT WORKSHOP RESOURCES BY RASHEED https://taiwrash.github.io/g4-workshop GITHUB OPEN SOURCE GUIDE https://opensource.guide/ 

OTHER LINKS HACKTOBERFEST 2023 https://hacktoberfest.com/ DIGITAL PUBLIC GOODS REGISTRY https://digitalpublicgoods.net/registry/ OPEN TERMS ARCHIVE https://opentermsarchive.org/ 

KENYAN OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS Savannah Silica Mpesa Dart Team Folio Windi UI https://github.com/savan nah-Silica https://github.com/newto nmunene99/mpesa-dart https://github.com/Team- folio/TeamFolio https://github.com/selemo ndev/windi-ui 

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THANK YOU! Let's learn, collaborate and appreciate the world of open source