During the week of March 23rd, the Docker community will be hosting over a dozen open-source-a-thon parties around the world. At these parties the Docker core team and expert developers from the broader open source community will teach and guide participants on how to contribute to open source.
Charity
Contributions to the project at these events and in the weeks following will count toward our donation to the Oceanic Society and its mission to conserve the habitat of Moby Dock and blue whales across the planet.
Who
We invite everyone with even the smallest desire to be a part open source or people who just want to help out with a great cause to attend regardless of technical experience. We will have Docker core team members at each event as well as experts from both the Docker and Go communities to mentor and teach people how to write Go (the language Docker is written in) and contribute to Docker.
Participants will:
Learn how to contribute to open source
Learn about the Docker Project
Learn Go
Contribute regardless of their technical experience
Help marine wildlife (a donation will be made for every contribution)
Enjoy food and drinks
Mentors will:
Teach people how to contribute to open source
Introduce participants to Go
Help with Git
Mentor code contributors
Help marine wildlife (a donation will be made for every mentor)
(Also) enjoy food and drinks
If you are interested in mentoring then please RSVP on the meetup page and sign up to be a mentor at http://goo.gl/forms/TAFVpnh3K8
What
While we hope to get many contributions in the form of code, we expect many more contributions from participants in other forms including documentation, tutorials, videos, artwork, organization, answering questions and mentoring at the events themselves. Regardless of your experience, you can contribute and make a difference.
In addition to the in person events we will also be hosting an online open-source-a-thon.
11. Part of the proceeds will go towards
adopting and naming a blue whale
soon to be know as “Molly Dock”
Molly Dock has been sighted 74
times since 1992 primarily off the
coast of California.
She’s a mother to
at least 2 calfs
47. Call “#dibs”
• Add a comment with “#dibs”
• This will let everyone else know you are working
on this issue
• It will remove it from the list
(after a minute or two)
• After 48 hours of inactivity it will be returned to
the list
48. Create Your Own Issue
• Have a great idea?
• Wish something was different?
• Most tickets are created by the person who
will implement it
• They have a vested interest in its
completion
64. Getting Help
• Ask questions in the contributor forum
• Get help in the Docker gitter.im chatroom
(dedicated to beginner contributors)
• Get help in IRC - #docker-dev on freenode
(for more advanced contributors)
65. #help-wanted
• Add a comment with “#help-wanted”
• This will let mentors and the core
team know you want help
• Please explain what you need help
with in the #help-wanted comment
68. What’s Next
Break out into groups:
1. Non code contributions
2. Beginner Code contributions
(either new to Go or Docker)
3. Advanced Code contributions
(advanced users are encouraged to mentor)
69. Now - 9pm :
Work on
Contributions
9pm : Eat Cake
70. After tonight
• Please continue to make
contributions
• The help channels are open 24/7/365
• Moby, Molly & the other whales will
thank you for it
71. Be Kind
• Over 2000 people are participating
• More than double Docker’s total
contributors to date
• Be helpful, Be patient and Be kind