You Can Contribute to Open Source
Emily Stamey
Ways to contribute
- Creating your Own Project
- Pull Request on Github
- write an issue
- update documentation
- write code
- Hackathons
What Didn't Work for Me
- tree package
- blind approach
- language barrier
- hackathon #1
- short intro to projects
- everyone was familiar
- I stood on the sidelines
- hackathon #2
- trouble installing the vm
- team was actively helping
- only one unable to contribute
ME Being Prepared
I had to work to know what was going to be available.
- Know the available project(s)
- Review Documentation
- Install software
- organizers bring a thumb drive
Hackathon #3!
- Asked around ahead of time about the projects
- Found a supportive group
- Building a plug-in felt easier
- Gave myself Time
- 4 characters couldn't be flipped
- tried several times
- a month or so later...
I DID IT!!!
My package was deployed to IRC
There were some bugs
I fixed those too!
You can do this!
- find a place/group you're comfortable
- find a project
- it can be fun or silly, too!
- ask for help when you need it
- expect to ask more than once sometimes
You have support at Girl Develop It!
- Github classes
- Slack Channel
Emily Stamey (@elstamey)
Contributing to Open Source on Github - Sammy K Powers
Emily Stamey (@elstamey)