Ways to Contribute to OS Projects Without Writing Line(s) of Code
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Sixtus Chizaram, Isaac
A common misconception about contributing to open source is that you need to write code. In fact, it’s often the other parts of a project that are in urgent need of assistance. There are other ways of helping an open source project which include 1.Writing documentation, 2.Identifying bugs, 3.Testing code, 4.Answering queries from users, 5.Moderate/organize events, 6.User Interface & User Experience Design 7.Making a monetary donation, 8.Advocacy.
 Okay, yeah. Good day everyone. My name is Isaac. I'm a visual designer from Nigeria. Yeah, I love skating. I love planting. Yeah, that's what I like. And my hobbies are swimming. So today, let's jump into what we have today. And currently, I'm so excited to be speaking at 421. It's like a dream come true. Like I've been anticipating for this. And at now, Zahir Zia-Shirini starts on a bigger platform. I'm so glad. I'm happy and it's exciting for me because I've been in the open source space for like a year and a half. And it's like a dream come true because I wasn't expecting this. I was thinking that I should be like four to five years, you know, or 10 years in open source for me to have this chance to speak. And enlighten people. So, yeah, thanks to PISO, Jamie, thanks to Eryo Fox, Samson Godi, for making me know about open source because I never knew about open source until I met these amazing folks. Okay, let's dive into what we had today. Okay, I'll be sharing my thoughts about ways you can contribute to open source project with that right in lines of code. Okay, like you should all know that there is this misconception that when you're contributing to open source, all you have to do is write codes. Like, and that has cared like a lot of Nigerian design, I don't know, let's say African designers away from open source projects because the field that all like, there's only for me to contribute. I just designed as those guys are also push code and all, you know, I'm not a front end web developer. I don't think they'll be needing me on. I had this thought until I got to meet Eryo Fox and I attended the Oscar first event. You know, so right now I'm so happy to be sharing my thoughts about this. And I will tell you that we can go to opens like let's say amazing ways you can go to open source projects without writing lines of code like it won't be able to open your visual studio code before you can call it to open source. Okay, so let's get started. Yeah, get this first one is writing documentation. So documentation is very important when you're working on open source project it helps to keep track of the progress, you know, you have to make this information accessible for all users, and for them to explore and guide them in the future, you know, if you're working on open source projects, we'll be working on them forever and you have to document the process is so that whenever some other person that committed towards the boots, you know, yeah, they can't understand the kind of friends from. Okay, so like the next one will be identifying books. So please, I'm really sorry if I'm kind of fast. I have to do this because I chose like a little time for this. Okay, this one is identifying books. Okay. So that is very important to fix books before you put it up or the software live. So this is where you come in. You know, you check if her up is going to like misbehave when he's been launched or when he's on demo. So, is as an open source contributor, you check for this, you know, you know, to avoid, avoid stories that touch in the future. The next one is kind of similar to identifying books. It's called a testing codes. So there is like a process of putting that involves execution program with the intent of like finding errors, or some issues. So a good test is very important. And when you're testing codes is very visible in the area, you know, avoid mistake, you know, when the software is very least. So if you are interested in testing codes, you know, as an open as open source code as your if a friend opens us contribution is advisable, you do this early. I make sure it's done well to avoid ask why when the software is being launched. The next one is answering queries from users. Okay, this is an interesting way of contributing to open source. You literally don't need to like open your VS code for this, or you just have to this service the bridge. Or service and opens us for the Buddha or collect some information from the pen pointers or the users. You know, this is very good because you're taking this information and getting it back to the developers in order to make the software or the app or whatever is be worked on better. You know, so this, this, if I'm this, this, this mechanism, or is a certain information is being called answer to the query. So, like, is a process where you just take issues, give it to the developer or give it to your project manager and then say, Okay, this is the, this is the issues I needed to work on this. This is where the users are crying, and these were new to fix. Okay, so the next one is moderating and organizing events. Oh, yeah, thanks to your folks. You guys made me love like, like, contributing to open source, you know, and the moderating parts organizing events is like my favorite part online. I'm a designer, but I always love to volunteer and a moderate events because it's a great platform where you get to meet amazing people, you know, you get to share inside and you're giving a platform to share your thoughts and, you know, there is no discrimination. You know, I'm so like, I don't know I am looking forward to like moderate and organize like about an event this year, and I can't wait to see that happen. Okay, so, like, meetups are a great way for open source community members to learn from each other, collaborate, you know, and they talk about some open source projects. So you can go to open source by moderating events by either hosting it or by either taking questions from the guys in the comment section and giving it to the speaker, or you can be part of the promotion guys, you know, guys are in charge of, you know, the promotion and also the social media part. Okay, so you shouldn't think that because you're not on screen, it can moderate an event, you know, it can organize an event by working on designs too. Okay. Yeah, so that's it. So examples of events, open source events and conferences. I know, I know that like a ton of them and quite many, but I know this and they are quite a few. The first one is a pie corn, the first them, the red hat summit, the Oscar first that happened last day in Nigeria, the open source summit, the open up summits, ishia, deep graphics, all things open and all scorn. Okay, these are like, like, few events and conferences, open source conferences, I know, I know like, there are tons of them, like a lot of them. And the next one will be, yeah, they're called a button to open source software is with your visual design or with an interface or with a experience skills. Yeah, you know, I got to the final doubt. I think that's most open source softwares, they're not flexible in terms of design, the, the experience is quite funny. I don't know, it can permit me saying this, like, the experience is quite funny and I use this and that's why, whenever I want to go to open source software is open source project I do it selflessly, I do it like I'm being paid for it, I do like my life depends on it. You know, so because I always want something great to come out from the open source space, you know, I want always want someone to use an open source software and be like wow this is awesome who worked on this. Okay, so if you're designed and listen to this please work on open source projects, like your life depends on it I'm not trying to like, I'm trying to use this term for you that's how I do, like make sure you give out your best, you know, because I found that most softwares like I said, you know how this professional outlook, which is very very bad. So this is where you come in to change the narrative and then fix those the pose. Okay. Yeah, the next one will be making monetary donations. Yeah, you can call it to open source like softwares, like, if you don't know how to design you, like, you don't know how to code or you don't have to modulate events and fix books and all that. You can help, you can sustain the space by making some money donations, you can fund some open source project and open source ideas. You can also fund some some events open source events, the way you can also put open source. And there's a platform for this is where open collective coming, where the you know it collects and disbuses, it's more transparent lead, you know to sustain and grow open source projects. Yeah. The last one advocacy. Yeah. BUB open source. Okay. Yeah, I'm I always like I know. Okay, I know someone, the rooty kega, she always wears the open source heart and open source gamut, you know, whenever people like, if you go to a tail, you will see like two or three contents that are related to open source, you know, you have to advocate for that space advocacy is a very great way to convert to the open source technology, you know, you've been open source, you know, you've been doing so selflessly. You can do this by choosing like softwares are up, does do it related to open source, and they're recommended to people. For example, use via media player, you all know that is as an open source software and you recommend to a friend of yours. Hey, bro, can you use the software, use the software it works very fine. It plays a 4k videos are replaced, so I placed 1080 videos and stuff like that. Yeah, this is a way where you can convert to open source is a great way you can sustain and advocate for the open source technology. I bet you if you do this, there will be a lot of people in the open source space. So, like, I'm really glad that that, like, the one I mentioned here, not related to something I have to do with code. So it starts from the fixing bulk, you know, the beta testing, the UI design, we're getting events and all, you see that is something you can do for the comfort of your house, you can help do this, or just have to do this be selfless, you know, so I'm here to encourage you that it's just going to go to open source, it shouldn't be limited that like open source has to do with code. Yeah, you can go to open source with codes, you can push some code, you can help do some stuff, you can do some dev ops and all but here, you can also put the code to open source writing codes. I'm so happy that I shared my thoughts today. If you, if you enjoyed my life talk today, just let me know. And if there are any questions, please, just shoot them below I will be able to answer them. Thank you very much.
 Okay, yeah. Good day everyone. My name is Isaac. I'm a visual designer from Nigeria.  Yeah, I love skating. I love planting. Yeah, that's what I like. And my hobbies are swimming. So today, let's jump into what we have today.  And currently, I'm so excited to be speaking at 421. It's like a dream come true. Like I've been anticipating for this.  And at now, Zahir Zia-Shirini starts on a bigger platform. I'm so glad. I'm happy and it's exciting for me because I've been in the open source space for like a year and a half.  And it's like a dream come true because I wasn't expecting this. I was thinking that I should be like four to five years, you know, or 10 years in open source for me to have this chance to speak.  And enlighten people. So, yeah, thanks to PISO, Jamie, thanks to Eryo Fox, Samson Godi, for making me know about open source because I never knew about open source until I met these amazing folks.  Okay, let's dive into what we had today.  Okay, I'll be sharing my thoughts about ways you can contribute to open source project with that right in lines of code.  Okay, like you should all know that there is this misconception that  when you're contributing to open source, all you have to do is write codes.  Like, and that has cared like a lot of Nigerian design, I don't know, let's say African designers away from open source projects because the field that all like, there's only for me to contribute.  I just designed as those guys are also push code and all, you know, I'm not a front end web developer. I don't think they'll be needing me on. I had this thought until I got to meet Eryo Fox and I attended the Oscar first event.  You know, so right now I'm so happy to be sharing my thoughts about this. And I will tell you that we can go to opens like let's say amazing ways you can go to open source projects without writing lines of code like it won't be able to open your visual studio code  before you can call it to open source. Okay, so let's get started.  Yeah, get this first one is writing documentation.  So documentation is very important when you're working on open source project it helps to keep track of the progress, you know, you have to make this information accessible for all users, and for them to explore and guide them in the future, you know, if you're working on open source projects, we'll be working on them forever  and you have to document the process is so that whenever some other person that committed towards the boots, you know, yeah, they can't understand the kind of friends from. Okay, so like the next one will be identifying books.  So please, I'm really sorry if I'm kind of fast. I have to do this because I chose like a little time for this. Okay, this one is identifying books. Okay.  So that is very important to fix books before you put it up or the software live. So this is where you come in. You know, you check if her up is going to like misbehave when he's been launched or when he's on demo.  So, is as an open source contributor, you check for this, you know, you know, to avoid, avoid stories that touch in the future.  The next one is kind of similar to identifying books.  It's called a testing codes. So there is like a process of putting that involves execution program with the intent of like finding errors, or some issues.  So a good test is very important. And when you're testing codes is very visible in the area, you know, avoid mistake, you know, when the software is very least.  So if you are interested in testing codes, you know, as an open as open source code as your if a friend opens us contribution is advisable, you do this early.  I make sure it's done well to avoid ask why when the software is being launched.  The next one is answering queries from users. Okay, this is an interesting way of contributing to open source. You literally don't need to like open your VS code for this, or you just have to this service the bridge.  Or service and opens us for the Buddha or collect some information from the pen pointers or the users. You know, this is very good because you're taking this information and getting it back to the developers in order to make the software or the app or whatever is be worked on better.  You know, so this, this, if I'm this, this, this mechanism, or is a certain information is being called answer to the query.  So, like, is a process where you just take issues, give it to the developer or give it to your project manager and then say, Okay, this is the, this is the issues I needed to work on this.  This is where the users are crying, and these were new to fix. Okay, so the next one is moderating and organizing events. Oh, yeah, thanks to your folks.  You guys made me love like, like, contributing to open source, you know, and the moderating parts organizing events is like my favorite part online. I'm a designer, but I always love to volunteer and a moderate events because it's a great platform where you get to meet amazing people,  you know, you get to share inside and you're giving a platform to share your thoughts and, you know, there is no discrimination. You know, I'm so like, I don't know I am looking forward to like moderate and organize like about an event this year, and I can't wait to see that happen.  Okay, so, like, meetups are a great way for open source community members to learn from each other, collaborate, you know, and they talk about some open source projects.  So you can go to open source by moderating events by either hosting it or by either taking questions from the guys in the comment section and giving it to the speaker, or you can be part of the promotion guys, you know, guys are in charge of, you know,  the promotion and also the social media part. Okay, so you shouldn't think that because you're not on screen, it can moderate an event, you know, it can organize an event by working on designs too.  Okay. Yeah, so that's it. So examples of events, open source events and conferences. I know, I know that like a ton of them and quite many, but I know this and they are quite a few.  The first one is a pie corn, the first them, the red hat summit, the Oscar first that happened last day in Nigeria, the open source summit, the open up summits, ishia, deep graphics, all things open and all scorn.  Okay, these are like, like, few events and conferences, open source conferences, I know, I know like, there are tons of them, like a lot of them.  And the next one will be, yeah, they're called a button to open source software is with your visual design or with an interface or with a experience skills. Yeah, you know, I got to the final doubt.  I think that's most open source softwares, they're not flexible in terms of design, the, the experience is quite funny. I don't know, it can permit me saying this, like, the experience is quite funny and  I use this and that's why, whenever I want to go to open source software is open source project I do it selflessly, I do it like I'm being paid for it, I do like my life depends on it. You know, so because I always want something great to come out from the open source space, you know, I want always want  someone to use an open source software and be like wow this is awesome who worked on this. Okay, so if you're designed and listen to this please work on open source projects, like your life depends on it I'm not trying to like, I'm trying to use this term for you  that's how I do, like make sure you give out your best, you know, because I found that most softwares like I said, you know how this professional outlook, which is very very bad.  So this is where you come in to change the narrative and then fix those the pose. Okay. Yeah, the next one will be making monetary donations.  Yeah, you can call it to open source like softwares, like, if you don't know how to design you, like, you don't know how to code or you don't have to modulate events and fix books and all that.  You can help, you can sustain the space by making some money donations, you can fund some open source project and open source ideas. You can also fund some some events open source events, the way you can also put open source.  And there's a platform for this is where open collective coming, where the you know it collects and disbuses, it's more transparent lead, you know to sustain and grow open source projects.  Yeah.  The last one advocacy.  Yeah.  BUB open source. Okay. Yeah, I'm I always like I know. Okay, I know someone, the rooty kega, she always wears the open source heart and open source gamut, you know, whenever people like, if you go to a tail, you will see like two or three contents that are related to open source, you know, you have to  advocate for that space advocacy is a very great way to convert to the open source technology, you know, you've been open source, you know, you've been doing so selflessly.  You can do this by choosing like softwares are up, does do it related to open source, and they're recommended to people. For example, use via media player, you all know that is as an open source software and you recommend to a friend of yours.  Hey, bro, can you use the software, use the software it works very fine. It plays a 4k videos are replaced, so I placed 1080 videos and stuff like that.  Yeah, this is a way where you can convert to open source is a great way you can sustain and advocate for the open source technology. I bet you if you do this, there will be a lot of people in the open source space.  So, like, I'm really glad that that, like, the one I mentioned here, not related to something I have to do with code.  So it starts from the fixing bulk, you know, the beta testing, the UI design, we're getting events and all, you see that is something you can do for the comfort of your house, you can help do this, or just have to do this be selfless, you know, so  I'm here to encourage you that it's just going to go to open source, it shouldn't be limited that like open source has to do with code. Yeah, you can go to open source with codes, you can push some code, you can help do some stuff, you can do some dev ops and all but here, you can also  put the code to open source writing codes. I'm so happy that I shared my thoughts today. If you, if you enjoyed my life talk today, just let me know. And if there are any questions, please, just shoot them below I will be able to answer them.  Thank you very much.
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