Steel City 2012

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1. None

2. Aaron Patterson @tenderlove

3. About Me

4. WWFMD

5. Amateur Charcutier

6. ruby-core
   rails-core

7. None

8. Job Title:
   Corey Haines

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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

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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!