Everyone can
participate
Dr Nic Williams
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Everyone can
participate
Dr Nic Williams
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drnicwilliams.com
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If you cannot understand me,
its not my fault! hehehe
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Before code
we hacked
cars...
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then we hacked computers...
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now we hack code
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Open source projects
sourceforge: 100,000+
github: 19,000 projects &
9,500 forks
rubyforge: 6,500 projects
& 3,500 gems
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gem install xyz
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You care
about some
projects more
than others
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Or perhaps
too many
projects
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We need help!
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You in the future
Opportunities
Greater skills
Self confidence
Public renown
Mother will be proud
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“There is a
secret you
need to know
first...”
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“We need help”
“Help us!”
“Their project is...”
“I wish they would...”
“Those !#@s didn’t
accept my patch :( ”
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Overview
1. The secrets
2. How to do it
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Overview
1. The secrets
2. How to do it
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The secrets
There is no “we” or “them”
Individuals play roles
You can play any role, any
time
Permission is optional
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The secrets
There is no “we” or “them”
Individuals play roles
You can play any role, any
time
Permission is optional
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There is no “them”
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The secrets
There is no “we” or “them”
Individuals play roles
You can play any role, any
time
Permission is optional
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Parenting
Daddy baths all children
Daddy reads books
Daddy makes breakfast
Daddy plays
Daddy goes to the park
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Individuals play roles
Founder/creator
Maintainer
Documenter
Tester
Promoter
Contributor/patcher/cleaner
Bug/ticket creator
User
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The secrets
There is no “we” or “them”
Individuals play roles
You can play any role, any
time
Permission is optional
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You choose:
Founder/creator
Maintainer
Documenter
Tester
Promoter
Contributor/patcher/cleaner
Bug/ticket creator
User
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The secrets
There is no “we” or “them”
Individuals play roles
You can play any role, any
time
Permission is optional
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Choose it NOW:
Founder/creator
Maintainer
Documenter
Tester
Promoter
Contributor/patcher/cleaner
Bug/ticket creator
User
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The secrets
There is no “we” or “them”
Individuals play roles
You can play any role, any
time
Permission is optional
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Overview
1. The secrets
2. How to do it
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Overview
1. The secrets
2. How to do it
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How to be awesome
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Path to Awesomeness
Learn source control
Learn unit testing
Start a blog
Learn to create
Improve your craft
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Learn source control
Learn Subversion and Git
svn checkout ...
git clone ...
git svn clone ...
Alt Git logo: http://henrik.nyh.se/2007/06/alternative-git-logo-and-favicon
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Learn unit testing
Rule: don’t touch code
without its own tests
Suggestion: write a test that
makes you write code
Suggestion: for reported
bugs, reproduce error as a
unit test
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Testing sample
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Start a blog
Buy your own domain
Get a free blog account or
host on own server
Share what you learn
Blog == live CV/resume
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Learn to create
http://www.sndgems.com/logo513.jpg
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newgem
1.gem install newgem
2.newgem myproject
3.cd myproject
4.rake install_gem
5.rake release VERSION=0.0.1
6.rake -T
7.update your README
See http://newgem.rubyforge.org/ and http://newgem.rubyforge.org/rubyforge.html
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Improve your craft
Start/attend dev meetings
Show your code at dev
meetings
Fix other people’s code
Answer questions on
forums
English speakers translate!
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Path to Awesomeness
Learn source control
Learn unit testing
Start a blog
Learn to create
Improve your craft
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Overview
1. The secrets
2. How to do it
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Overview
1. The secrets
2. How to do it
3. Final secret
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Don’t keep secrets!
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Everyone AND YOU
can participate
Dr Nic Williams
mocra.com
drnicwilliams.com
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Everyone AND YOU
can participate
Dr Nic Williams
mocra.com
drnicwilliams.com
Mocra
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