Everyone Can Participate - Dr Nic Williams - Railssummit Brazil 2008

Everyone can participate Dr Nic Williams mocra.com drnicwilliams.com Mocra 1

Everyone can participate Dr Nic Williams mocra.com drnicwilliams.com 1

If you cannot understand me, its not my fault! hehehe 2

Before code we hacked cars... 3

then we hacked computers... 4

now we hack code 5

Open source projects sourceforge: 100,000+ github: 19,000 projects & 9,500 forks rubyforge: 6,500 projects & 3,500 gems 6

gem install xyz 7

You care about some projects more than others 8

Or perhaps too many projects 9

We need help! 10

You in the future Opportunities Greater skills Self conﬁdence Public renown Mother will be proud 11

“There is a secret you need to know ﬁrst...” 12

“We need help” “Help us!” “Their project is...” “I wish they would...” “Those !#@s didn’t accept my patch :( ” 13

Overview 1. The secrets 2. How to do it 14

The secrets There is no “we” or “them” Individuals play roles You can play any role, any time Permission is optional 16

There is no “them” 18

Parenting Daddy baths all children Daddy reads books Daddy makes breakfast Daddy plays Daddy goes to the park 20

Individuals play roles Founder/creator Maintainer Documenter Tester Promoter Contributor/patcher/cleaner Bug/ticket creator User 21

You choose: Founder/creator Maintainer Documenter Tester Promoter Contributor/patcher/cleaner Bug/ticket creator User 23

Choose it NOW: Founder/creator Maintainer Documenter Tester Promoter Contributor/patcher/cleaner Bug/ticket creator User 25

How to be awesome 29

Path to Awesomeness Learn source control Learn unit testing Start a blog Learn to create Improve your craft 30

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 31

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 32

Testing sample 33

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 34

Learn to create http://www.sndgems.com/logo513.jpg 35

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 36

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! 37

Path to Awesomeness Learn source control Learn unit testing Start a blog Learn to create Improve your craft 38

Overview 1. The secrets 2. How to do it 3. Final secret 40

Don’t keep secrets! 41

Everyone AND YOU can participate Dr Nic Williams mocra.com drnicwilliams.com 42

Everyone AND YOU can participate Dr Nic Williams mocra.com drnicwilliams.com Mocra 42

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