The Open Source Community

#GDG Summit 2017

2. High Priest of Open Source ❖ Delegate, SourceRoad 2017, SF. ❖ WONTFIX CABAL, GitHub HQ ❖ Aggressive Open Sourcerer
3. Community Evangelist ❖ forLoop Africa ❖ Laravel Nigeria ❖ Angular Nigeria
4. Google Developer Expert @unicodeveloper
5. “Open Source is the new sauce” - AceKyd
6. How to contribute to Open Source ❖ Find a project to contribute to. ❖ Look at the issues. ❖ Document your solutions and progression. ❖ Be willing to accept feedback ❖ Find mentors & teach others ❖ Join a community
7. Starting an Open Source Project ❖ Set a Goal ❖ Contribute to Other Projects ❖ Choose a License ❖ Establish a code of conduct ❖ Name & brand your project
8. Spreading the word & Finding Users ❖ Social Media ❖ Speak about it at meetups & Conferences ❖ Build a Reputation ❖ Create First timer issues. Help people get started easily.
9. “GitHub is your new Resume”
10. “If your code is popular enough to attract outside contributions, you will have created a force multiplier that helps you get more work done faster and cheaper” - Tom Preston-Werner
11. https://github.com/unicodeveloper/laravel-hackathon-starter
15. “When it comes to hiring developers, I’ll take a GitHub commit log over a resume any day” - John Resig
16. What they think Open Source Comm. need? ❖ Only Developers ❖ Just Developers ❖ More Developers ❖ A battalion Of Developers
17. What Open Source Comm. really need! ❖ Developers ❖ Technical Writers ❖ Community Managers/Organizers ❖ Accountants ❖ Lawyers
18. The Open Source Community needs more hands!
19. How can you help? - The Open Source Comm. ❖ More Developers/Engineers to squash bugs ❖ More Organizers ❖ More Advocates ❖ More Technical Writers ❖ Money - patreon.com, OpenCollective.org ❖ Love
20. “Thank you.”