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We Want YOU! Contributing to the Django Community

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Marcel Chastain
Marcel Chastain

Contribute to the communities surrounding Open Source software like Django, Python, Github libraries easily - we need all the help we can get! In person, over the internet - it's easy!

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We Want YOU! Contributing to the Django Community LA Django - 2014-10-28 Marcel Chastain (@MarcelChastain)
What well cover Why contribute Whats in it for you What the community needs How to get started Where to find people and projects ??? Profit.
W堰額?
Why Contribute? Open Source NEEDS you Participate in something that helps tons of people Keep the community alive and well Improve software quality
Whats in it for you? Learn more about internals Pick up best practices Understand different approaches/styles of coding Get to be a part of something BIG Reputation/Karma/Inner-Awesomeness Feel super smart when you help someone Raise your profile as a developer (job offers, contracts, partnerships, book deals, your own sneaker, etc)
WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS
Remote and In-Person Online help through forums, chat, etc. Also in-person help teaching/tutoring kids in school mentors for advocacy groups & nonprofits @GirlsWhoCode @BlackGirlsCode @CodeNow volunteers/contributions for events Meetups(!) Conferences Hackathons
New People Need: Answers to questions Guidance on getting started Basic understanding, recommendations Someone to look at their code snippets Reassurance when theyre overthinking or freaking out about something
Developers Need: Better documentation! Code examples! Step-by-step guides to achieve a goal (tutorials, blog posts, videos) A second set of eyes for their code snippets Recommendations
Core / Library Devs need: Bug reports Feedback on performance, issues, sharp edges Someone to triage, confirm & comment on new bug tickets/issues Patches, bug fixes, pull requests Unit Tests written Help moving to Python 3 or recent versions of Django Suggestions and feature ideas Rabid fans + Twitter Followers Love and Kudos!!
GETTING STARTED HELP NEEDED
1. Mailing Lists django-users https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/django-users django-developers https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/django-developers
2. IRC #django on irc.freenode.net many other library-specific channels on irc.freenode #restframework #haystack Great place to idle! Learn just by reading other peoples problems and the eventual solutions! Chime in with an answer, debate merits, trade war stories, etc.
3. Help Sites StackOverflow http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/django Reddit http://reddit.com/r/django Google Groups
4. Your Own Blog Tutorials Guides Explanation of Tricky Bits Opinions/Rants Libraries youre excited about Techniques War Stories
5. Other Peoples Blogs People often ask for help in the comments sections Or, if its an article with terrible advice, you can link to a better one
GETTING STARTED DOCS & BUGS
Django Core Contributing to Django https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/internals/contributing / Report bugs in the Ticket Tracker https://code.djangoproject.com/ Solve Easy Pickings bugs https://code.djangoproject.com/query?status=!closed&easy= 1 Look at and comment on Unreviewed Tickets https://code.djangoproject.com/query?status=!closed&stage= Unreviewed&order=priority
Other Libraries Github issues page Fork, solve a bug or contribute, then make a pull request
FINDING PEOPLE AND PROJECTS
Finding projects Django Packages https://www.djangopackages.com PyCoders Weekly Newsletter http://pycoders.com
Finding People Meetup events speakers organizers hosts Conventions organizers Twitter/Social Media follow other local devs!
What well cover Why contribute Whats in it for you What the community needs How to get started Where to find people and projects ??? Profit.
??? How about commitment, hmm?
PROFIT.
We Want YOU! Contributing to the Django Community LA Django - 2014-10-28 Marcel Chastain (@MarcelChastain)

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  • 1. We Want YOU! Contributing to the Django Community LA Django - 2014-10-28 Marcel Chastain (@MarcelChastain)
  • 2. What well cover Why contribute Whats in it for you What the community needs How to get started Where to find people and projects ??? Profit.
  • 4. Why Contribute? Open Source NEEDS you Participate in something that helps tons of people Keep the community alive and well Improve software quality
  • 5. Whats in it for you? Learn more about internals Pick up best practices Understand different approaches/styles of coding Get to be a part of something BIG Reputation/Karma/Inner-Awesomeness Feel super smart when you help someone Raise your profile as a developer (job offers, contracts, partnerships, book deals, your own sneaker, etc)
  • 7. Remote and In-Person Online help through forums, chat, etc. Also in-person help teaching/tutoring kids in school mentors for advocacy groups & nonprofits @GirlsWhoCode @BlackGirlsCode @CodeNow volunteers/contributions for events Meetups(!) Conferences Hackathons
  • 8. New People Need: Answers to questions Guidance on getting started Basic understanding, recommendations Someone to look at their code snippets Reassurance when theyre overthinking or freaking out about something
  • 9. Developers Need: Better documentation! Code examples! Step-by-step guides to achieve a goal (tutorials, blog posts, videos) A second set of eyes for their code snippets Recommendations
  • 10. Core / Library Devs need: Bug reports Feedback on performance, issues, sharp edges Someone to triage, confirm & comment on new bug tickets/issues Patches, bug fixes, pull requests Unit Tests written Help moving to Python 3 or recent versions of Django Suggestions and feature ideas Rabid fans + Twitter Followers Love and Kudos!!
  • 12. 1. Mailing Lists django-users https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/django-users django-developers https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/django-developers
  • 13. 2. IRC #django on irc.freenode.net many other library-specific channels on irc.freenode #restframework #haystack Great place to idle! Learn just by reading other peoples problems and the eventual solutions! Chime in with an answer, debate merits, trade war stories, etc.
  • 14. 3. Help Sites StackOverflow http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/django Reddit http://reddit.com/r/django Google Groups
  • 15. 4. Your Own Blog Tutorials Guides Explanation of Tricky Bits Opinions/Rants Libraries youre excited about Techniques War Stories
  • 16. 5. Other Peoples Blogs People often ask for help in the comments sections Or, if its an article with terrible advice, you can link to a better one
  • 18. Django Core Contributing to Django https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/internals/contributing / Report bugs in the Ticket Tracker https://code.djangoproject.com/ Solve Easy Pickings bugs https://code.djangoproject.com/query?status=!closed&easy= 1 Look at and comment on Unreviewed Tickets https://code.djangoproject.com/query?status=!closed&stage= Unreviewed&order=priority
  • 19. Other Libraries Github issues page Fork, solve a bug or contribute, then make a pull request
  • 20. FINDING PEOPLE AND PROJECTS
  • 21. Finding projects Django Packages https://www.djangopackages.com PyCoders Weekly Newsletter http://pycoders.com
  • 22. Finding People Meetup events speakers organizers hosts Conventions organizers Twitter/Social Media follow other local devs!
  • 23. What well cover Why contribute Whats in it for you What the community needs How to get started Where to find people and projects ??? Profit.
  • 24. ??? How about commitment, hmm?
  • 26. We Want YOU! Contributing to the Django Community LA Django - 2014-10-28 Marcel Chastain (@MarcelChastain)