how to contribute to drupal
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How to Contribute to Drupal
A guide for everyone from “newbie” to “ninja”
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Something to keep in mind...
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Open source users
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Spoiler: You want to be part of that 2%.
And we’ll bend over backwards to help you get there.
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Who am I
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Erik StielstraSutharsan
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Who are you
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What’s your sign?
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Newbie
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Your mission:Help other newbies not bash their heads against the
same stuff you had to.
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User
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Your mission:Guide and mentor the newbies to get them out of the
frustrated place.
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Site Builder
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Your mission:Provide “from the trenches” information to developers.
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Developer
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Your mission:Make Drupal more awesome!
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Ninja
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Your mission:Turn developers into fellow ninjas.
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How can you help?
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Ways that anyone can contribute...
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Advocacy
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Events
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Translations
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Graphics
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$$$
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Ways that newbies can contribute...
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Report problems with documentation.
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Provide usability feedback.
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Example
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Module list in 4.7.x
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Module list in 5.x
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Module list in 6.x
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Module list in 7.x
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Ways that users can contribute...
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Help out with user support.
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Improve documentation
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How to help with documentation
•Create an account on drupal.org
•Create new pages
• Improve/fix text
•Roll-in comments
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Hands-on: Create an account! :)
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Issue queue house-cleaning.
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Ways that site builders can contribute...
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File feature requests.
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File bug reports.
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Bad bug reports
•“It’s broke.”
•“OMG!1! READ THIS!1!”
•“You suck.”
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Good bug reports
•Search first.
•What did you do?
•What did you expect to happen?
•What happened instead?
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Testing and reviewing patches.
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What is a “patch?”
Index: modules/book/book.info===================================================================RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/book/book.info,vretrieving revision 1.4diff -u -p -r1.4 book.info--- modules/book/book.info 8 Jun 2007 05:50:53 -0000 1.4+++ modules/book/book.info 22 Jul 2007 16:54:33 -0000@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ; $Id: book.info,v 1.4 2007/06/08 05:50:53 dries Exp $ name = Book-description = Allows users to collaboratively author a book.+description = Allows users to structure site pages in a hierarchy or outline. package = Core - optional version = VERSION core = 6.x
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Bad patch reviews
•“+1”
•“I haven’t read the issue, but...”
•“I haven’t tested the patch, but...”
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Good patch reviews
•Describe what you did.
•Describe your results.
•Give your opinion about what this means, based on experience, background, etc.
•Be as nit-picky as possible (within reason ;)).
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Tools of the trade
•cvs checkout drupal
•http://drupal.org/node/320 & 321
•patch -p0 < patch.patch
•http://drupal.org/patch
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Demo: Let’s test a patch!
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Ways that developers can contribute
Mission: Make Drupal more awesome!
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Help with developer documentation.
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Contribute modules and themes.
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Steps to becoming a code contributor
•Search first.
•Apply for a CVS/Git account.
•Check-in your code.
•Create a project.
•Maintain your issue queue. ;)
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Create patches.
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Tools of the Trade
•Coding standards
•http://drupal.org/node/318
•cvs checkout drupal
•cvs diff -up > patch.patch
•drupal-actions-usability-cleanup-172773-81.patch
•Thick skin ;)
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Demo: Let’s create a patch!
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Ways that ninjas can contribute
Mission: Create more ninjas.
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Mentor new developers.
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Organize development efforts.
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Help maintain drupal.org.
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Wow, this sounds like an awful lot of work.
Why should I bother?
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Open source is a meritocracy.Karma is the official currency.
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Saves time and money.
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Gets you more business and attracts
better people.
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It means easier maintenance for your
sites.
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Makes you a better programmer.
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Gives you direct control over the
direction of project.
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Questions?
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