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*** What fears or concerns do you have?
 
*** What fears or concerns do you have?
 
** Setup [https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys ssh keys on matrix] for your github account
 
** Setup [https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys ssh keys on matrix] for your github account
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== Learning Git ==
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* Case Study - Debugging Webmaker.org Events Crash
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** We've been trying to fix a really bad crash for the past week - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=914904
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** Open Source relies on History
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*** Issues, Bugs (why we did what we did, who reviewed it)
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*** Source Code Revision History (what we did, who did it, when it was done)
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** Often fixing things requires knowing the past more than digging into the code itself
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*** [https://github.com/mozilla/webmaker-events mozilla/webmaker-events] repo
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*** [https://github.com/mozilla/webmaker.org mozilla/webmaker.org] repo
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** Archaeology
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*** Compare View (what changed between two shipped versions of the app?) https://github.com/mozilla/webmaker.org/compare/v0.0.140...v0.0.142 (notice the syntax /compare/[revA]...[revB]
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*** When, where did we move webmaker-events into webmaker.org? https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=912241
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*** The code that landed (i.e., got checked in) on Sept 4th: https://github.com/mozilla/webmaker.org/commit/c9951521b5fb9113b3e46cbbb87125bc60b22f81
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*** Something looks wrong in this code: using Blame to figure out who did what, when: https://github.com/mozilla/webmaker-events/blame/master/controllers/events.js
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*** We're missing some code! https://github.com/mozilla/webmaker-events/commit/4c971c81f619c0fc63946f4380ca9a384d9633cc
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*** Let's fix things, we need a new bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=916839

Revision as of 15:38, 16 September 2013

Introduction

The fall is broken into two parts. First, general open source and and community (i.e., Mozilla) specific skills and ideas are taught. Students learn how to deal with the tools, techniques, and practices of their chosen project and its community. Second, we go deep into open web development with a case study.

Part I – Essential Open Source Development Skills and Concepts

Introduction

  • TODO
    • Create an account on this wiki for yourself (note: requires manual creation)
    • Add your info to the Fall 2013 Open Source Students page.
    • Create a blog (wordpress or blogspot or whatever) and create a feed category or tag called "open source"
    • Read the Blog Guidelines for instructions on how to use your blog in the course
    • Add your blog feed and info to the Open Source@Seneca Planet List so that it appears in the OpenSource@Seneca Planet
    • Pick one Closed and one Open license/eula, and read them from start to finish. Pick 3 things that struck you, blog about it and your reactions to the readings this week.
    • Begin learning how to use IRC for communication. We'll cover this in detail next week, but it's better to get started early.

Mozilla, Git

  • TODO
    • Start learning git!: Watch video tutorials and/or Read chapters 1 and 2 of Pro Git, etc.
    • Install and Setup git locally
    • Get a project: Project List (projects will be introduced on Thursday)
      • What is it?
      • What are you doing for 0.1?
      • What does it involve in the way of technologies?
      • What do you need to learn in order to do it, how will you learn it?
      • What fears or concerns do you have?
    • Setup ssh keys on matrix for your github account

Learning Git