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Felipe RubimDrupalCon Munich – August - 2012
Developers, get off the couch and contribute!
Oh, Hallo!
• Felipe Rubim• Chief Architect @Ciandt• @frubim• felipe.rubim@gmail.com• DO: frubim• Drupal: 4 yrs+
Some Context: Ciandt
Current percentage of active Drupal users who actually contribute to Core is hovering
around 0.1%. Target: a full 1% in 2014
Majority of enhancements, ideas, fixes don’t get back to the community
Create ways to have almost all developers contributing somehow
Why is this happening?
Developers and contributing back
Developers expect support from the organization
What prevents developers from contributing
Where to start
Shy: my code exposed to the rest of the world
Language is a bit of a challenge
Open Source/Volunteer mindset/habit
Customize your company’s
“Drupal contribution
ladder”
The inspiration came from the community itself
Being at DrupalCon Denver
Having beer, of course!
Drupal Ladder initiative
http://learndrupal.org/
Call of Duty addiction!
Fun!
An idea was born
Check the results and continue
adapting
The results are really good
Developers were surprised by how easy it was
Side effects: better code
http://drupal.org/node/1684418
More contributions in 4 months than in the past 2 years
Lessons Learned and Impressions
Just regular “people” are on the other side
Enthusiasts (Sergeants) are key to the game (cause believers)
It’s not as hard as it sounds…but you have to start!
Future
Kick it off (but also keep the ball rolling)
Core!
Open it up to anyone(public location, universities, etc)
You see, “contributing", as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little push!
Questions ?
Bis Später!
Resources
• http://webchick.net/node/80• http://drupalize.me/blog/201203/plan-helping-new-
drupal-contributors
Thank you!
• Felipe Rubim• Felipe.rubim@gmail.com• @frubim
Please provide feeback at DrupalCon website:
munich2012.drupal.org/program/sessions/selling-drupal-web-experience-management-large-enterprises-choose-your-battles-and
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