What is Contribution? Why Contribution is needed ? What all are ways you can contribute to Drupal community? What is important of contribution? When can you start the Contribution? How can you keep contribution going with your work? What is the benefits of a contributor? How to work on Issue queues? How to select the issues? Contribution, contribution and contribution

1. DRUPAL CONTRIBUTION
How to contribute to Drupal 8

2. RAKESH JAMES
• Drupal Dev, Enthusiast, Evangelist and Contributor
• Drupal Architect @ Valuebound
• Drupal Trainer | speaker | Blogger |Author
• d.o/rakesh.gectcr
• Github/rakeshjames
• @RAKESH_JAMES

3. WHAT IS A CONTRIBUTION?
A gift or payment for a common fund or collection?
Your thoughts on Contribution?
Are you thinking, Will I be able to do it?
or Do you think, you can do it?
Anything that adds value to a project ecosystem.
Giving back to the Community.

4. STATE OF DRUPAL CONTRIBUTIONS
“I would like to see more companies contribute more to Drupal core.”
- Dries Buytaert
(Drupal BDFL)
https://buytaert.net/who-sponsors-drupal-development

5. CONTRIBUTING TO OPEN SOURCE
• Why?
• What?
• When?
• Where?
• How?

6. WHY ?
• To learn
• Gain experience
• Build a portfolio
• Expand your reach
• Credits (drupal.org)
• Social Capital

7. TO LEARN

8. GAIN EXPERIENCE

9. BUILD A PORTFOLIO

10. EXPAND YOUR REACH

11. CREDITS

12. WHY GET INVOLVED?
• More contributions mean less work—for others and
for you
• Contributors have a stronger voice in the project
• Contributing helps you learn Drupal faster
• More contributions mean more business
• Drupal community members are good people
https://www.drupal.org/node/2486391

13. WHAT ?
• Code
• Documentation
• Support
• Sprints
• Meetups
• Camps / DrupalCon

14. CODE

15. DOCUMENTATION

16. SUPPORT

17. SPRINTS

18. MEETUPS

19. CAMPS / DRUPALCON
Attribution: Phantomvish
https://www.flickr.com/photos/8485340@N08/24888062950/in/pool-drupalconmumbai2016/

20. WHEN ?
• All the time

21. WHERE ?
• Drupal.org issue queues
• Github

22. HOW ?
• Write
• patches
• issue summaries
• (fix) documentation
• blog posts
• Test
• Patches (rerolls)
• Screenshots
• Events
• Attend
• Collaborate
• Speak

23. Come to Sprints and Let’s get started.
1)Sprint is the Best place to Start your
contribution.
2)Why Sprint :- Any experienced contributor will be
happy help you. Mentors are all around.

24. Tips on your first sprint.
1) Don’t expect to achieve everything.
2) Find your crowd.
3) Ask for “Novice Tasks”
4) Don’t jump into conclusion always ask for help.
5) Don’t try to be perfect.
6) Sprint Again ASAP

25. LINKS
• https://www.drupal.org/patch/reroll
• https://www.drupal.org/documentation/git/interdiff
• https://www.drupal.org/node/2486391
• https://www.drupal.org/node/2649100
• https://groups.drupal.org/
• https://www.drupical.com/
• https://www.meetup.com/drupalbangalore
• https://buytaert.net/who-sponsors-drupal-
development