Episode 50: Your First Open Source Contribution with VM Brasseur

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English - November 28, 2018 16:00 - 39 minutes - 37.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
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Your First Open Source Contribution with VM Brasseur
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Guest
VM Brasseur (https://twitter.com/vmbrasseur): Open Source consultant, Vice President of Open Source Initiative (https://opensource.org/), and Author of Forge Your Future with Open Source (https://pragprog.com/book/vbopens/forge-your-future-with-open-source). vmbrasseur.com (https://www.vmbrasseur.com/).
Summary
The Open Source world is large. It’s also complex and difficult to manage, especially for a novice. Our guest this week is VM Brasseur, who is the Vice President of the Open Source Initiative and the author of a new book from Pragmatic called Forge Your Future With Open Source. We talk how Open Source is different from free software, and how to get started in Open Source, how to pick a project, how to navigate a new project to make your first submission. We’ll also look at it from the other side, and talk about open source projects can make themselves more contributor-friendly. And we talk about the state of Open Source in general. We want to hear from you. What was your first open source experience like? Or, how do you handle new contributors on your project?
Notes
03:40 - Misconceptions Keeping People From Contributing to Free and Open Source Software
05:27 - Overcoming Impostor Syndrome (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome)
08:27 - Why Contribute to Open Source?
10:15 - What Project Do I Start With?
- Valentia (https://valentinaproject.bitbucket.io)
- Free Sewing (https://freesewing.org)
12:32 - Why NOT To Start With Documentation
14:24 - Getting Started With Your First Contribution
- Code Triage (https://www.codetriage.com/)
20:20 - Advice For Navigating the Open Source Community
22:40 - The Importance Codes of Conduct
24:44 - The Evolution of Open Source
- Open Source Initiative (https://opensource.org)
- Open Source Definition (https://opensource.org/osd-annotated)
- Updating GitHub From Rails 3.2 to 5.2 (https://githubengineering.com/upgrading-github-from-rails-3-2-to-5-2/)
35:29 - Join VM at the Seattle GNU/Linux Conference (https://seagl.org/) on November 9th & 10th!
36:33 - Advice For Maintainers Wanting to Make Projects Welcoming
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Your First Open Source Contribution with VM Brasseur

TableXI offers training for developers and product teams! For more info, email [email protected] or go to http://tablexi.com/workshops.

Guest

VM Brasseur: Open Source consultant, Vice President of Open Source Initiative, and Author of Forge Your Future with Open Source. vmbrasseur.com.

Summary

The Open Source world is large. It’s also complex and difficult to manage, especially for a novice. Our guest this week is VM Brasseur, who is the Vice President of the Open Source Initiative and the author of a new book from Pragmatic called Forge Your Future With Open Source. We talk how Open Source is different from free software, and how to get started in Open Source, how to pick a project, how to navigate a new project to make your first submission. We’ll also look at it from the other side, and talk about open source projects can make themselves more contributor-friendly. And we talk about the state of Open Source in general. We want to hear from you. What was your first open source experience like? Or, how do you handle new contributors on your project?

Notes

03:40 - Misconceptions Keeping People From Contributing to Free and Open Source Software

05:27 - Overcoming Impostor Syndrome

08:27 - Why Contribute to Open Source?

10:15 - What Project Do I Start With?

Valentia
Free Sewing

12:32 - Why NOT To Start With Documentation

14:24 - Getting Started With Your First Contribution

Code Triage

20:20 - Advice For Navigating the Open Source Community

22:40 - The Importance Codes of Conduct

24:44 - The Evolution of Open Source