It depends on when/where the group is that wants to do the session :) I'll send a when/where update when I've found that group.
cheerio, On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 10:05 AM, Nicholas H.Tollervey <nt...@ntoll.org> wrote: > This is great! A quick question: where / when? > > N. > > On 18/07/18 08:51, René Dudfield wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm looking for a small group of 10-30 people who are interested in > > contributing to the pygame project as part of a class or user group > meeting. > > > > Rather than a normal user group meeting or class, it could be: > > "contribute to an open source project". > > > > Be in touch!? Let's do it! :) > > > > > > /*Why?*/ (teaching by helping people contribute to FLOSS projects.) > > Because you don't learn karate from a book. > > Builds social connections and skills. > > Portfolio, and evidence of talent. > > Sort of fun and different compared to a talks night at a user group. > > > > *Why pygame?* (rather than some other project) > > Because I want to do this with my pet project. > > It's sort of fun compared to some topics (better than watching paint dry > > at least). > > Because it's sort of well known project (millions of users). > > ... with almost zero full time or even part time developers (that's why > > it's called pygame zero). > > Because I will help before and during the class(es)/session(s), and have > > resources and issues prepared. > > /*[*hey! you could totally do this with your own pet projects too!*]*/ > > > > > > *How will a gathering work?* > > > > *The goal*: At the end of the gathering, people will have learned how a > > FLOSS project is done, submitted a PR, and have a big thank you posted > > on the website. > > > > A session could run like this: > > > > 1. A short lightning talk can be done on what's happening by someone on > > how to write a unit test, and what is a github issue (slides can be > > made available). > > 2. A number of topics will be presented to choose from. These will be > > 'low hanging fruit' issues. Like, "write a test for a draw rectangle > > functions". > > 3. People will split off into small groups of 2-4 people. Each choosing > > an issue. Probably beginners and experts will be mixed together. > > 4. Project developers will be available via web chat (Discord) (or in > > person perhaps if it's where the developers live...). > > 5. results will be pasted into issues, and perhaps even pull requests > made. > > 6. At the end one person from each group will show off what they've > > done and experienced to the group. (several short talks) > > > > [Hrmm... you may be thinking that this sort of sounds exactly like a > > Dojo (shout out to London Python Dojo) or mini conference sprint > > format(shout out to pypy!). Yop.) > > > > If anyone wants to do this with me please be in touch to get this going! > > I will announce when it's happening so people can drop by online too if > > they want. > > > > > > > > cheers, > > > > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > edu-...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > >
