As it was given at WeAreDevelopers World Congress, May 2018 in Vienna Austria # Get into Open Source! How to start or do more in the OSS community In this talk, we will go over the many ways in which you---YES YOU!---can get involved with open source. Whether you are highly technical or not technical at all, there are many ways to contribute to the open source community through: code contributions, issue triage, project management, communications, community relations, design, writing, testing, documentation, integrations, and more!. The more people involved the better, so let's destroy all barriers to entry, establish some on-ramps and hit the road! This talk is not just cheerleading. We will go over real examples and real entry points for becoming a valuable contributor to the open source community.

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Get Into Open
Source!
How to Start or Do More in
the OSS Community
Joe Sepi
Director, Developer Advocacy @IBM
Node.js Foundation Community Committee Member

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Get Into
Open
Source!joesepi.com
twitter.com/joe_sepi
github.com/joesepi
developer.ibm.com/code

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Get Into Open
Source!
How to Start or Do More in
the OSS Community
Joe Sepi
Director, Developer Advocacy @IBM
Node.js Foundation Community Committee Member

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The open source
community needs
people like you to
thrive.
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What is open source?
Source code is freely available
Source code may be redistributed
Source code may be modified
Check the license!

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So many open sources
languages, frameworks, platforms,
tooling, utilities, themes, ui
components, etc…
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Venn diagram sample: Green eggs and
ham
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There?Anywhere?
Here?
In a boat
With a goat?
In a tree?On a train?

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Why get into open source?
- feature/bug in project already in use
- passion about a technology
- contribute to the larger effort to build things
- increase learning
- be a part of a community
- get a job!
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https://github.com/nodejs/community-committee

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Many ways to contribute to open source
NOT JUST CODE
- improve code coverage/testing
- docs
- internationalization
- issue triage
- project management
- project website issues/enhancements
- community work
- design
- marketing
- admin
- legal?
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https://github.com/nodejs/community-committee

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Governance
The Node.js Foundation’s mission is to enable
widespread adoption and help accelerate development
of Node.js and other related modules. We do this
through an open governance model that encourages
participation and technical contribution, and by providing
a framework for long term stewardship by an ecosystem
invested in Node.js’ success.
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https://foundation.nodejs.org/

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Additional ways to contribute to open
source
within the Node Foundation
- Committees, Working Groups, Initiatives
(TSC, CommComm, Performance, Security, I8n, Diagnostics,
Website, Release, CITGM, User Feedback, Badges, Testing,
etc.)
- Observe sessions/meetings and ask questions/volunteer
- Mentorship
- Events: NodeSchool, NodeTogether, Code+Learn, Meetups
- Node.js Medium publication (content, editing, promoting)
- more…
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https://github.com/nodejs/community-committee/blob/master/STRATEGIC-INITIATIVES.md

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nodejs.org/calendar

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Get Involved!

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I don’t want to stay late
working on open source
projects. How can I get
open source integrated
into my company’s culture
and workload?
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My Company
How to convince the boss?
How to integrate it into culture?
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Get Into
Open
Source!joesepi.com
twitter.com/joe_sepi
github.com/joesepi
developer.ibm.com/code

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