Contributing to the tidyverse

About

Contributing to open-source software can make you a better programmer, increase your visibility in the community, and help you shape and improve the tools you use every day. This talk will cover the strategies and mechanics of making contributions to “mature” open-source projects, and focus on the tidyverse in particular. From minor changes, to major features, we’ll walk through some of the collaborative dynamics and technical elements to expect, and discuss strategies to make contributing maximally rewarding for you and project maintainers.

Video

Contributing to Tidyverse packages - Posit

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Slides

Slides in PDF format with working links can be found at http://bit.ly/tverse-contrib.

References

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Macieira, Thiago. 2012. “The Art of Problem Solving.” In Open Advice: FOSS: What We Wish We Had Known When We Started, edited by Lydia Pintscher, 55–61. http://www.open-advice.org/.

Nickolls, Ben. 2017. “Sustain - A one day conversation for open source software sustainers: The report.” Edited by Robert Gibb. GitHub HQ (SF): Sustain OSS. https://sustainoss.org/assets/pdf/SustainOSS-west-2017-report.pdf.

Norman, Donald A. 2002. The Design of Everyday Things. Reprint. New York, NY, USA: Basic Books, Inc.

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Citation

BibTeX citation:

@online{averick2018,
  author = {Averick, Mara},
  title = {Contributing to the Tidyverse},
  date = {2018-02-03},
  url = {https://dataand.me/talks/2018-02_contributing-to-the-tidyverse},
  langid = {en}
}

For attribution, please cite this work as:

Averick, Mara. 2018. “Contributing to the tidyverse.” February 3, 2018. https://dataand.me/talks/2018-02_contributing-to-the-tidyverse.