Contribution sprints: Getting started and coming back for more

Contribution sprintsGetting started

and coming back for more

DrupalCamp Brighton 2015

Emma Karayiannis

emma.maria

emma.mariaFrontend Developer

Bartik theme maintainer

Sprint mentor and organiser

stpaultim

Sprints…?

I can just sit at

home and work

Sprints are too

far away from

me.I will slow

people down

I can’t help

with anything

Why should you

attend a sprint?Cue: Negative seagulls

The community says…

Ruben

“I love sprinting because this

is where Drupal is made.

Sprints are the heart of

Drupal. A bunch of people

with different interests

sitting together and working

on the same project, a project

they believe in.”

stpaultim

Learn.

Boris Baldinger

Communicate.

Boris Baldinger

Move

things

forward.

stpaultim

Try new skills.

Community.

Achieve.

What can

you work

on?

drupal.org/new-contributorsOutlines tasks for developers, writers and anyone (so far).

drupal.org/novice

Novice patch

help

NOVICE TASKSBeginner?

http://goo.gl/I6bj0z

Drupal.org

Novice issue

filter

YAY let’s go sprint!

drupical.com

Can’t get to a sprint??

Host your own!

Things

Put sprint on g.d.o

Sign up sheet

Sprint space

!

!

People

Sprint lead

Initiative leads

Mentors

Camps or Cons

My first few sprints

The not so good…

My first few sprints

The good…

First sprint advice• Do not expect to achieve everything

• Find your crowd.

• “Nice” novice tasks

• Keep asking for help

• Do not be perfect.

• Do not burn out

Second sprint and beyond

• It is still not going to be easy

• Sign up

• Still ask for help

• Speak up!

• Small achievable tasks

• Interested in a particular area? Go speak to them!

Mentor at a sprint

drupal.org/core-mentoring

Thanks for listening

Any

questions?