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How to choose an open source project
5-minute lightning talkJune 25, 2013
Susan Tan @ArcTanSusan
About Me
Beginner contributor in ● Django Documentation● OpenMRS
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More About Me● Software Engineer at
Flixster● Hackbright Academy
graduate
Flixster is hiring!
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Women in Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS)
● In the US today, women represent 25% of all software developers and 18% of students with CS degrees.
● Women are estimated to represent 3% of FOSS contributors.
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Why does it matter?
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Personal Motivations
● Access to different code bases: modules, APIs, front-end, database schema
● Freedom to explore new technologies
● The best developers are working in FOSS
● Give back to community
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How to pick an interesting project?
How large and how active is the developer community around potential project?
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Community
How familiar are you with the tools that the potential project relies on?
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Technology Stack
How extensive is the documentation both for users and for developers?
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Documentation
What are the resources available for new contributors?
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Resources
● GNOME/FOSS remote internships and Google Summer of Code● Code Montage● Open Hatch● Camille Acey's blog post - "Get Involved in Open Source TODAY!"● A checklist on how to contribute to an open-source project: http:
//labs.openhatch.org/foss-contrib-guide/● "Finding an open-source project" by Vanessa Hurst: http://www.
slideshare.net/CodeMontage/write-speakcode-finding-an-open-source-project
● Personalized Git Repo recommender: http://gitrec.mortardata.com/● An online book: http://open-advice.org/
Resources for New Contributors
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Cited Works"2013 Future of Open Source." Lecture. Web. Black Duck.Zhurakhinskaya, Marina. "Opening Open Source to Women." Women2.0. Women2.0, 15 May 2013. Web. 23
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Questions? Comments? Feedback?
Talk to me or tweet at me @ArcTanSusan