Contributing 101

This is a presentation I was doing on #WroOpenSource. My goal was to show that you don't have to contribute _code_, per se, but there are many more ways to contribute to Open Source.

Second part of the talk I was doing a live contribution to a quite popular iOS project, making sure I describe the whole process of getting into the completely new area with documentation, Issue/PR process etc.

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1. CONTRIBUTING 101
   sunshinejr
   thesunshinejr
   

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3. CONTRIBUTORS PUT YOUR HANDS UP! !
   

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4. WHAT DOES
   Contributing to Open Source
   MEAN?
   

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5. ADDING/MODIFYING CODE?
   

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6. ADDING/MODIFYING
   DOCUMENTATION?
   

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7. REPORTING BUGS?
   

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8. ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT
   THE PROJECT?
   

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9. WRITING A BLOG POST ABOUT
   THE PROJECT?
   

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10. ORGANIZING A CONFERENCE
    ABOUT THE PROJECT?
    

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13. HOW CAN I CONTRIBUTE TO OPEN SOURCE?
    

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14. HOW CAN I CONTRIBUTE TO OPEN SOURCE?
    ▸ Planning events (workshops, meet ups, conferences)
    

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15. HOW CAN I CONTRIBUTE TO OPEN SOURCE?
    ▸ Planning events (workshops, meet ups, conferences)
    ▸ Design (layout, style guide, t-shirts)
    

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16. HOW CAN I CONTRIBUTE TO OPEN SOURCE?
    ▸ Planning events (workshops, meet ups, conferences)
    ▸ Design (layout, style guide, t-shirts)
    ▸ Writings (docs, examples, tutorials, translations)
    

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17. HOW CAN I CONTRIBUTE TO OPEN SOURCE?
    ▸ Planning events (workshops, meet ups, conferences)
    ▸ Design (layout, style guide, t-shirts)
    ▸ Writings (docs, examples, tutorials, translations)
    ▸ Gardening (taking care of Issues/PRs e.g. labels, structure)
    

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18. HOW CAN I CONTRIBUTE TO OPEN SOURCE?
    ▸ Planning events (workshops, meet ups, conferences)
    ▸ Design (layout, style guide, t-shirts)
    ▸ Writings (docs, examples, tutorials, translations)
    ▸ Gardening (taking care of Issues/PRs e.g. labels, structure)
    ▸ Helping (answering questions on SO/GitHub/Slack)
    

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19. HOW CAN I CONTRIBUTE TO OPEN SOURCE?
    ▸ Planning events (workshops, meet ups, conferences)
    ▸ Design (layout, style guide, t-shirts)
    ▸ Writings (docs, examples, tutorials, translations)
    ▸ Gardening (taking care of Issues/PRs e.g. labels, structure)
    ▸ Helping (answering questions on SO/GitHub/Slack)
    ▸ Code
    

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20. WHY SHOULD I CONTRIBUTE TO OPEN SOURCE?
    

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21. WHY SHOULD I CONTRIBUTE TO OPEN SOURCE?
    ▸ Improve your skills
    

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22. WHY SHOULD I CONTRIBUTE TO OPEN SOURCE?
    ▸ Improve your skills
    ▸ Meet people with similar interests
    

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23. WHY SHOULD I CONTRIBUTE TO OPEN SOURCE?
    ▸ Improve your skills
    ▸ Meet people with similar interests
    ▸ Teach newcomers and learn from the best
    

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24. WHY SHOULD I CONTRIBUTE TO OPEN SOURCE?
    ▸ Improve your skills
    ▸ Meet people with similar interests
    ▸ Teach newcomers and learn from the best
    ▸ Learn "people" skills
    

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25. WHY SHOULD I CONTRIBUTE TO OPEN SOURCE?
    ▸ Improve your skills
    ▸ Meet people with similar interests
    ▸ Teach newcomers and learn from the best
    ▸ Learn "people" skills
    ▸ Build your career path
    

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26. HOW DO I START?
    

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27. LIVE DEMO!
    

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28. QUESTIONS?
    sunshinejr
    thesunshinejr
    https://sunshinejr.com
    https://opensource.guide/how-to-contribute/
    

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