Steel City 2012

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2. Aaron Patterson @tenderlove
3. About Me
4. WWFMD
5. Amateur Charcutier
6. ruby-core
   rails-core
8. Job Title:
   Corey Haines
10. Gorbachev Puff-Puff Thunderhorse
11. @gorbypuff
12. AT&T, AT&T logo and all AT&T related marks are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies.
13. Giving Back A practical guide to OSS contributions
14. Your OSS Career BEGINNER ADVANCED OMG!
15. OSS Skills Project Knowledge Help Yourself Help Others
16. Advantageous
17. Practice.
18. Your Job.
19. It feels good.
20. Beginner
21. Where do I start?
22. Choose a project.
23. Candidates ❤ Something that’s fun ❤ Something for work ❤ Something that’s painful
24. Something you use.
25. Contributing
    starts with using.
26. Ask Questions. (publicly)
27. Asking ❤ When I do X ❤ It does Y ❤ But I expected Z
28. Keep it short.
29. Keep it simple.
30. Respond with the answer.
31. Say “thank you”
32. Troubleshooting ❤ Appropriate forum? ❤ Has enough time passed? ❤ Wide enough audience?
33. Ask Questions. (in person)
34. Report Bugs. (publicly)
35. Reporting ❤ When I do X ❤ It does Y ❤ But I expected Z
36. Read the patch.
37. Answer Questions.
38. Advanced Bug Reporting.
39. Try to diagnose the problem.
40. Incomplete patches are OK
41. Help Yourself
42. Advanced
43. Identification
45. Rakefile
46. Rakefile Jeweler::Tasks Hoe.spec Jeweler Hoe
47. Gemfile
    name.gemspec
48. Dependencies ❤ Rakefile (extra_dev_deps) ❤ gemspec (extra_dev_deps) ❤ Gemfile
49. Bundler $ bundle
50. Hoe $ rake newb
51. Jeweler $ gem install a b c
52. Tests
53. test/* (probably minitest or test/unit)
54. rake test
55. spec/* (probably rspec)
56. rake spec
57. C / C++
58. $ ls . autoconf configure Makefile src/somefile.c somefile.cpp $ C / C++
59. $ autoconf $ ./configure $ make C / C++ Building
60. Dependencies C / C++
61. LOL! C / C++
62. C / C++ 1.Run configure 2.Did it work? Goto 4 3.Install stuff. Goto 1 4.Run make 5.Did it work? Goto 7 6.Install stuff. Goto 4. 7.Have a cookie!
63. Tests C / C++
64. LOL! C / C++
65. Read the README C / C++
66. C / C++ $ ls test # tests are in here $ make test # language features $ make test-all # lang + stdlib $ make test-all TESTS=test/test_foo.rb $ make rubyspec # ruby spec MRI
67. Providing Patches
68. Keep it short.
69. Keep it simple.
70. Keep it relevant.
71. Provide tests.
72. Try to fit in.
73. Troubleshooting
74. It’s OKAY
    to be wrong.
75. It’s about learning.
76. It’s about building a relationship.
77. Take more responsibility.
78. Project Knowledge
79. OMG! (ZOMG)
80. Joining the team.
81. Abandoned project.
82. Specific needs.
83. War of attrition. (poor @bitsweat)
84. What next?
85. Stay the course.
86. Limit your time.
87. Remember your past.
88. Start training
    your replacement.
89. Help Others
90. Things to remember.
91. I am not my code.
92. Try to relate.
93. MINASWAN
94. We are nice
    because
    we are nice
95. Ask a question.
96. Send a patch.
97. Take over my job.
98. Thanks!