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Everyone can participate

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If you cannot understand me, its not my fault! hehehe

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Before code we hacked

cars...

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then we hacked computers...

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now we hack code

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Open source projects

sourceforge: 100,000+

github: 19,000 projects & 9,500 forks

rubyforge: 6,500 projects & 3,500 gems

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gem install xyz

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You care about some

projects more than others

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Or perhaps too many projects

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We need help!10

You in the future

Opportunities

Greater skills

Self confidence

Public renown

Mother will be proud

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“There is a secret you

need to know first...”

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“We need help”“Help us!”

“Their project is...”“I wish they would...”“Those !#@s didn’t accept my patch :( ”

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1. The secrets2. How to do it

Overview

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1. The secrets2. How to do it

Overview

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The secrets

There is no “we” or “them”

Individuals play roles

You can play any role, any time

Permission is optional

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The secrets

There is no “we” or “them”

Individuals play roles

You can play any role, any time

Permission is optional

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There is no “them”

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The secrets

There is no “we” or “them”

Individuals play roles

You can play any role, any time

Permission is optional

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Parenting

Daddy baths all children

Daddy reads books

Daddy makes breakfast

Daddy plays

Daddy goes to the park

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Individuals play rolesFounder/creator

Maintainer

Documenter

Tester

Promoter

Contributor/patcher/cleaner

Bug/ticket creator

User21

The secrets

There is no “we” or “them”

Individuals play roles

You can play any role, any time

Permission is optional

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You choose:Founder/creator

Maintainer

Documenter

Tester

Promoter

Contributor/patcher/cleaner

Bug/ticket creator

User23

The secrets

There is no “we” or “them”

Individuals play roles

You can play any role, any time

Permission is optional

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Choose it NOW:Founder/creator

Maintainer

Documenter

Tester

Promoter

Contributor/patcher/cleaner

Bug/ticket creator

User25

The secrets

There is no “we” or “them”

Individuals play roles

You can play any role, any time

Permission is optional

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1. The secrets2. How to do it

Overview

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1. The secrets2. How to do it

Overview

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How to be awesome

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Path to Awesomeness

Learn source control

Learn unit testing

Start a blog

Learn to create

Improve your craft

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Learn source control

Learn Subversion and Gitsvn checkout ...

git clone ...

git svn clone ...

Alt Git logo: http://henrik.nyh.se/2007/06/alternative-git-logo-and-favicon

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Learn unit testingRule: don’t touch code without its own tests

Suggestion: write a test that makes you write code

Suggestion: for reported bugs, reproduce error as a unit test

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Testing sample

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Start a blog

Buy your own domain

Get a free blog account or host on own server

Share what you learn

Blog == live CV/resume

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Learn to create

http://www.sndgems.com/logo513.jpg

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newgem1.gem install newgem

2.newgem myproject

3.cd myproject

4.rake install_gem

5.rake release VERSION=0.0.1

6.rake -T

7.update your README

See http://newgem.rubyforge.org/ and http://newgem.rubyforge.org/rubyforge.html

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Improve your craftStart/attend dev meetings

Show your code at dev meetings

Fix other people’s code

Answer questions on forums

English speakers translate!

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Path to Awesomeness

Learn source control

Learn unit testing

Start a blog

Learn to create

Improve your craft

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1. The secrets2. How to do it

Overview

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1. The secrets2. How to do it3. Final secret

Overview

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Don’t keep secrets!

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Everyone AND YOU can participate

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Mocra

Everyone AND YOU can participate

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