A brief on open source -- a light weight course discussion for parties curious of exploring the open source domain.

1. OPEN SOURCE
A Better Future
with Freedom for Everyone.

2. APPRECIATION
My sincere gratitude…

3. VINCENT
(KOBE)
SAM
@VINCETHECODER
Tech Citizen
Visionary
Risk Taker
Founder

4. WHAT DID YOU GET
YOURSELF INTO…?
The Promising Future …

5. EXCITEMENT
5 top reasons why…

6. DIVE INTO
The Open Source World

7. ROADMAP
Getting Started …

8. STORY TIME
Personal reflection on my
journey in the Open Source
world.

9. OPEN SOURCE
COMMUNITY
Why you need this … ?

10. AFRICAN
PROVERB
“it takes a village to raise a child.”

11. CORE TEAM & CONTRIBUTORS
Community Members

12. BIG DEAL
Seriously, it is a big deal !!!

13. #1: CODE QUALITY
Great Developer.

14. #2: LEARN
Develop, Improve, Grow.

15. #3: NETWORKING
Meet Industry Experts.

16. #4: REPUTATION
Great Communicator.

17. #5: CHALLENGING
Innovation Driven.

18. WHAT IS
OPEN SOURCE?
Software | Service | Product
Modify and share because its design is publicly accessible.

19. OPEN SOURCE
PRINCIPLES
1. Open Exchange
2. Collaborative Participation
3. Rapid Prototyping
4.Transparency
5. Community Oriented Development

20. TRIVIA
Here we go…

21. CONTROL
Open Source gives you more control over
that kind of software.
TRUE or FALSE
#1 of 4

22. TRAINING
It helps become you become
a better programmer.
TRUE or FALSE
#2 of 4

23. SECURITY
Open Source is very
vulnerable and NOT secure.
TRUE or FALSE
#3 of 4

24. STABILITY
Open Source is not stable and
should avoided at all cost.
TRUE or FALSE
#4 of 4

25. FUN FACTS
56% - unsure where to start
13% - uncomfortable jumping in

26. GETTING
STARTED
Things to consider…

27. #1: CONTRIBUTORS
The community members.

28. #2: ISSUES
Opened issues and/or are tagged
beginners, bugs, features, etc.

29. #3: HOW ACTIVE
Open -vs - Close

30. #4: FRIENDLINESS
How friendly is the community?

31. BEGINNER
FRIENDLY
yourfirstPR.github.io
Contributors | Maintainers

33. OPEN SOURCE
STORY TIME
CommunityACL
Numpad
SlideButton
NessieIsReal
Mapbox NavSDK

34. INSPIRATION
“In Open Source you have the right to control your
destiny.”
- Linus Torvalds.

35. THANK YOU

36. Q & A