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How to Contribute to Open Source

Aaron Careaga
Aaron Careaga

際際滷s from a student-led session at the Turing School on how to get started contributing to open source projects.

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How to Contribute to Open Source Projects The power of Open Source is the power of the people. The people rule. Philippe Kahn
Open Source software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modi鍖ed
When I 鍖rst got into technology I didn't really understand what open source was. Once I started writing software, I realized how important this would be. For me, open source is a moral thing. Matt Mullenweg (WP) In real open source, you have the right to control your own destiny. Linus Torvalds (Git) The only reason I've managed to run this open source project, is that I have learned to delegate even the delegation to other people. Larry Wall (Perl)
Languages Ruby, Java, Python, Elixir, Swift, Perl, C, PHP, Clojure, R, Haskell, and many more Companies Google, Facebook, Twitter, Github, RedHat, Salesforce, DigitalOcean, GE, NYSE, Chevron, Mastercard, LinkedIn, Mozilla Foundation, Square
Top languages on Github over time
Government 18f - civic consultancy for the federal govt Indian Government recently adopted Open-Source
Why should you care? Create the future: tools we use daily Stand on the Shoulders of Giants: reading code will make you a better developer Experience: contribute to software that most developers and companies use Network: almost every company you want to work for uses or is in鍖uenced by open source software
How can you help? Mild: spread knowledge, answer questions - blog, tweet, stackover鍖ow, user group Medium: 鍖x docs, report bugs - api examples & project wikis, submit pull requests Hot: 鍖x pull requests, check code coverage - github, codetriage, openhatch
Where do you start? Start by exploring a codebase you use Discuss the good and bad What software impresses you? Where are you interested in working?
Process Github => Readme => Contributing Page 1. policies, testing, style guide 2. set-up scripts 3. fork repo and run test suite 4. read codebase, become familiar Practice reading code (dont be intimidated), 鍖gure out whats going on
Resources Forums & Mailing Lists http://www.codetriage.com/ or https://openhatch.org/ Search Company Pages https://developers.google.com/open-source/projects Language Docs http://documenting-ruby.org/

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How to Contribute to Open Source

  • 1. How to Contribute to Open Source Projects The power of Open Source is the power of the people. The people rule. Philippe Kahn
  • 2. Open Source software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modi鍖ed
  • 3. When I 鍖rst got into technology I didn't really understand what open source was. Once I started writing software, I realized how important this would be. For me, open source is a moral thing. Matt Mullenweg (WP) In real open source, you have the right to control your own destiny. Linus Torvalds (Git) The only reason I've managed to run this open source project, is that I have learned to delegate even the delegation to other people. Larry Wall (Perl)
  • 4. Languages Ruby, Java, Python, Elixir, Swift, Perl, C, PHP, Clojure, R, Haskell, and many more Companies Google, Facebook, Twitter, Github, RedHat, Salesforce, DigitalOcean, GE, NYSE, Chevron, Mastercard, LinkedIn, Mozilla Foundation, Square
  • 5. Top languages on Github over time
  • 6. Government 18f - civic consultancy for the federal govt Indian Government recently adopted Open-Source
  • 7. Why should you care? Create the future: tools we use daily Stand on the Shoulders of Giants: reading code will make you a better developer Experience: contribute to software that most developers and companies use Network: almost every company you want to work for uses or is in鍖uenced by open source software
  • 8. How can you help? Mild: spread knowledge, answer questions - blog, tweet, stackover鍖ow, user group Medium: 鍖x docs, report bugs - api examples & project wikis, submit pull requests Hot: 鍖x pull requests, check code coverage - github, codetriage, openhatch
  • 9. Where do you start? Start by exploring a codebase you use Discuss the good and bad What software impresses you? Where are you interested in working?
  • 10. Process Github => Readme => Contributing Page 1. policies, testing, style guide 2. set-up scripts 3. fork repo and run test suite 4. read codebase, become familiar Practice reading code (dont be intimidated), 鍖gure out whats going on
  • 11. Resources Forums & Mailing Lists http://www.codetriage.com/ or https://openhatch.org/ Search Company Pages https://developers.google.com/open-source/projects Language Docs http://documenting-ruby.org/