Getting Involved with WordPress Peter Westwood “westi” http://blog.ftwr.co.uk

A little bit about me WordPress.org user since February 2004 WordPress.org Lead Developer since July 2007 WordPress is a hobby!

WordPress.org user since February 2004

WordPress.org Lead Developer since July 2007

WordPress is a hobby!

Overview Different ways of getting involved Development Documentation Testing Support Translation

Different ways of getting involved

Development

Documentation

Testing

Support

Translation

Development Fixing bugs Writing new features Triaging bugs Writing code documentation Writing unit tests

Fixing bugs

Writing new features

Triaging bugs

Writing code documentation

Writing unit tests

Documentation and Testing Documentation Writing code documentation Writing end-user documentation Testing Writing unit tests Testing patches Testing beta releases and release candidates

Documentation

Writing code documentation

Writing end-user documentation

Testing

Writing unit tests

Testing patches

Testing beta releases and release candidates

Support Helping out on the .org forums A large variety or questions!

Helping out on the .org forums

A large variety or questions!

trac.wordpress.org

What it is.... The central hub for WordPress development Used for tracking changes to the core code “The rules” Anyone can create a ticket Anyone can work on a ticket Anyone can edit a ticket

The central hub for WordPress development

Used for tracking changes to the core code

“The rules”

Anyone can create a ticket

Anyone can work on a ticket

Anyone can edit a ticket

Making the best use of it... Finding things to work on Using reports Using keywords reporter-feedback, has-patch, needs-patch, needs-testing, 2nd-opinion, dev-feedback, tested, commit, needs-patch, needs-unit-tests, needs-doc Asking! #wordpress-dev on irc.freenode.net

Finding things to work on

Using reports

Using keywords

reporter-feedback, has-patch, needs-patch, needs-testing, 2nd-opinion, dev-feedback, tested, commit, needs-patch, needs-unit-tests, needs-doc

Asking!

#wordpress-dev on irc.freenode.net

codex.wordpress.org

WordPress unit test suite The beginnings of a comprehensive unit test suite. https://svn.automattic.com/wordpress-tests/

The beginnings of a comprehensive unit test suite.

https://svn.automattic.com/wordpress-tests/

WordPress xref http://sandbox.ftwr.co.uk/wp/

WordPress phpDoc http://sandbox.ftwr.co.uk/doc/

GSOC Get more open source code created and released for the benefit of all; Inspire young developers to begin participating in open source development; Help open source projects identify and bring in new developers and committers; Provide students in Computer Science and related fields the opportunity to do work related to their academic pursuits; Give students more exposure to real-world software development scenarios (e.g., distributed development, software licensing questions, mailing-list etiquette).

Get more open source code created and released for the benefit of all;

Inspire young developers to begin participating in open source development;

Help open source projects identify and bring in new developers and committers;

Provide students in Computer Science and related fields the opportunity to do work related to their academic pursuits;

Give students more exposure to real-world software development scenarios (e.g., distributed development, software licensing questions, mailing-list etiquette).

mailing lists A large variety wp-hackers wp-testers wp-docs wp-polygots wp-xmlrpc wp-pro wp-trac wp-svn

A large variety

wp-hackers

wp-testers

wp-docs

wp-polygots

wp-xmlrpc

wp-pro

wp-trac

wp-svn

crazyhorse

Questions?