Open Source Contribution in WordPress

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1. OPEN SOURCE CONTRIBUTION IN WORDPRESS Tareq Hasan CMS Developers Conference, Digital World 2015, Dhaka
2. WHAT IS OPEN SOURCE • Source code is open • The copyright provides the rights to study, change and re-distribute to anyone for any purpose. • Doesn't have to be FREE CMS Developers Conference, Digital World 2015, Dhaka
3. WHAT IS OPEN SOURCE • Source code is open • The copyright provides the rights to study, change and re-distribute to anyone for any purpose. • Doesn't have to be FREE “free”  as  in  “free  speech,”  not  as  in  “free  beer”. CMS Developers Conference, Digital World 2015, Dhaka
4. WHAT WE WILL DISCUSS • Why Open Source? • How it changed the world • Why we should get involved with OSS projects • How to earn fame and $$$ with OSS • How to get involved CMS Developers Conference, Digital World 2015, Dhaka
5. WHY OPEN SOURCE • Lower costs • Freedom from VENDOR lock-in • Access to code libraries • Flexibility CMS Developers Conference, Digital World 2015, Dhaka
6. TOP OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS and the list goes on… CMS Developers Conference, Digital World 2015, Dhaka
7. WORDPRESS IS OPEN SOURCE • Made by thousands of people • Used by Millions • 23% market share of the web CMS Developers Conference, Digital World 2015, Dhaka
8. PLUGINS AND THEMES • Nearly 36k plugins in WordPress.org repository • 3k+ themes in WordPress.org themes repository • Lot more in Github too… CMS Developers Conference, Digital World 2015, Dhaka
9. STATS? • Lets say a third of those have original developers with at-least one plugins created. • That means 12000 people have contributed free code. • Supplying plugins for free is not their job CMS Developers Conference, Digital World 2015, Dhaka
10. HOW TO GET INVOLVED? • I am not a very good PROGRAMMER • I don’t have much time to put into it… • I don’t know what projects to work on? CMS Developers Conference, Digital World 2015, Dhaka
11. HOW TO GET INVOLVED? • You don’t have to be a genius • We are the people who get stuff done. • Sometimes we do a little, sometimes a lot Sometimes its programming, sometimes its not CMS Developers Conference, Digital World 2015, Dhaka
12. START LISTENING • Join a mailing list • Follow some blog • Join an IRC/Slack Channel • Stick to a group CMS Developers Conference, Digital World 2015, Dhaka
13. WORK WITH TICKETS • Diagnose a bug • Try to reproduce and report. • Help to close un-solved tickets CMS Developers Conference, Digital World 2015, Dhaka
14. WORK WITH CODES • Test a beta or release candidate • Fix a bug • Write a test case • Add a comment CMS Developers Conference, Digital World 2015, Dhaka
15. WORK WITH DOCUMENTATION • Improve existing docs • Create an example • Put some reference • etc… CMS Developers Conference, Digital World 2015, Dhaka
16. WORK WITH COMMUNITY • Answer a question • Write a blog post • Improve the engagement • Help others CMS Developers Conference, Digital World 2015, Dhaka
17. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS? • Improve yourself • The collaboration is more valuable than the money to be made going alone • Get to know other folks • Respect among peers, work satisfaction • Get famous!!! CMS Developers Conference, Digital World 2015, Dhaka
18. 319 Contributors WOOCOMMERCE CMS Developers Conference, Digital World 2015, Dhaka
19. GET RECOGNISED
20. LAND NEW JOB CMS Developers Conference, Digital World 2015, Dhaka
21. Brand Yourself WHATEVER YOU DO CMS Developers Conference, Digital World 2015, Dhaka
22. Founder, Lead Developer @weDevs Maintainer, WordPress Bengali WordPress Core Contributor on 4.1 TAREQ HASAN http://tareq.weDevs.com @tareq_cse