Contribute to Opensource - A tutorial on what to do and how to do for beginners.

1. Let's Contribute
ANOOP THOMAS MATHEW
@atmb4u
CTO @ Profoundis Labs
(one day workshop)
FOSSMeet 2014
NIT, Calicut

2. ➢Who Am I
➢Quick Hands Up!
➢ project contributors ?
➢ git users ?
➢ coders – python/C/C++/javascript/java ?
Welcome!

3. Contributing to Community
we need to be producers; not just consumers!

4. Group of 5

5. Contribution Options
Documentation

6. Contribution Options
Bug Reports

7. Contribution Options
Review

8. Contribution Options
Feature Requests

9. Contribution Options
Feature Requests

10. Contribution Options
Development

11. Contribution Options
Project Design

12. Contribution Options
Release Management

13. Contribution Options
Maintaining

14. Contribution Options
Testing

15. Contribution Options
Tutorials and Code Samples

16. Contribution Options
Translations

17. philosophical
methodologies of open
source
We are gonna play a
GAME !

18. philosophical
methodologies of open
source no more boring!
We are gonna play a
GAME !

19. we'll create a calculator

20. Rules
●Name your Team

21. Rules
●Create personal github account.

22. Rules
●Choose your comfortable language

23. Rules
●Learn git

24. Rules
●Document everything you write

25. Rules
●write Tests for everything you write

26. Rules
●Each one of you should be involved

27. Rules
●Commit each change

28. Rules
●push to the repo allocated to you

29. Rules
●It must be extensible
else might have to redo it!

30. Rules
●one task will be given every 15 mins

31. Learn some git
try.github.io
Quick Reference
git init
git status
git add <filename>
git commit -m “Message”
git remote add origin <url>
git remote -v
git push origin master
git pull origin master
git merge
git rm <filename>

32. SimpleCalculator
Add
Subtract
Divide
Multiply
Task #1

33. SimpleCalculator
Add
Subtract
Divide
Multiply
Review #1
Documented?
Test cases added?
Committed?
Pushed?
Who is idle in team?

34. ➢log
➢pow(x,y)
➢mod
Task #2

35. ●Coding Style – GNU C/ Python PEP8
●Testing Frameworks
●Tickets/Issues/Bugs
INTERMISSION

36. ➢sin
➢cos
➢undo feature
Task #3

37. ➢tan
➢add History to the calcuator
Task #4

38. Conversion
➢hex
➢binary
➢decimal
Task #5

39. Polynomial Solver
x2
+x+1 = 0
Task #6

40. ➢Polynomial Solver
➢ any second degree polynomial
➢Expression Evaluator
➢Paranthesis
Task #7

41. ➢Polynomial Solver
➢
Any nth
degree polynomial
Task #8

42. Good News EveryOne!
Let's review some code

43. AskMeAnything
Break

44. Development Process
➢ pick any open source project
➢ pick one which you use or want to use
➢ any of it you find interesting

45. Development Process
➢ clone code
➢ find location from the website
➢ use git or other version control system

46. Development Process
➢ install it from source code

47. Development Process
➢ get it running; use it
➢ Might need some external libraries.
➢ Look at README, INSTALL
or Installation Guide

48. Development Process
➢ translate project to mother tongue
transifex.com

49. Development Process
➢ read documentation

50. Development Process
➢ write documentation

51. Development Process
➢ write tests

52. Development Process
➢ browse bug tracker/issues/tickets

53. Development Process
➢ subscribe to mailing list; chat over IRC

54. Development Process
➢ discuss with the community

55. Development Process
➢ find priorities for the community; talk.

56. Development Process
➢ find tickets to work on
tickets tagged: 'low hanging fruit', 'easy pickings'

57. Development Process
Let's make the world a better place!

58. https://leanpub.com/opensourcebook/
A Code Explorer's Guide to Open Source Jungle

59. reach me at
999 53 44 675
@atmb4u
atm@profoundis.com

60. This is the end.
or is this the begining?
Your Choice !
Ideas
● talk to people – group on every week
● use time more effectively
● find opportunities to contribute
● let other's see your code

61. Thank You
@atmb4u
Feedback @ bit.do/quickfeedback