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Contributing to Open Source
Justin Potts
Mozilla Core Contributor
What Is a Open Source?
"Denoting software for which the
original source code is freely
available and may be
redistributed and modified"
Companies in Open Source
Why is Open Source
Important?
• 98% enterprises are using
OSS
• Influence
• Quality
• Efficiency
• Cost
What is Mozilla?
rporation. Their mission goes along the lines of "To create a co
A Brief History
• March 31, 1998 @ NetScape
• 10,000 people payed for a full page ad in the NY Times in
2004 - the day Firefox 1.0 launched
• Has contributors on every continent... And yes, Antarctica.
• In 2008, 8,002,530 people downloaded and set a Guinness
world record for most downloads in 24 hours.
• 2013 marked the launch of Firefox OS and their 15th
anniversary
How I Got Involved
• Google Code-In 2012 Finalist
• March 2013
• Editorial reviews for documentation
• Moved to QA in February 2014
What I Do Now
or Automation Engineer for mozillians.org, and QA Project Lea
(Not official, I just like saying it...)
I work on a team of six, including myself.
How You Can Get Involved
• Find a company that has a mission that
appeals to you
• Choose a particular field that you think you
would enjoy (Documentation, Development,
QA, UI/UX...)
• Look for ways to contribute (Bugs that need
fixing, bugs that need filing, design
improvements, documentation
creation/updates...)
Benefits of Contributing
• Get invited to events
• Increased job prospects
• Potential internships
• Connections
• Recommendations
How Computer Science
Helped Me
• Fundamentals
• Resume Builder
• Broader knowledge
• Diversity in available projects
Things To Do
• Learn more languages ( Python and JavaScript)
• Find an interesting open source project
• Get familiar with the software
• Learn more tools
• Stimulate yourself outside of class (competitions, hacka
Check Out Some of My Work
• https://www.github.com/justinpotts
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?login
=moz.justinpotts%40gmail.com
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Contributing to Open Source

  • 1. Contributing to Open Source Justin Potts Mozilla Core Contributor
  • 2. What Is a Open Source? "Denoting software for which the original source code is freely available and may be redistributed and modified"
  • 4. Why is Open Source Important? • 98% enterprises are using OSS • Influence • Quality • Efficiency • Cost
  • 5. What is Mozilla? rporation. Their mission goes along the lines of "To create a co
  • 6. A Brief History • March 31, 1998 @ NetScape • 10,000 people payed for a full page ad in the NY Times in 2004 - the day Firefox 1.0 launched • Has contributors on every continent... And yes, Antarctica. • In 2008, 8,002,530 people downloaded and set a Guinness world record for most downloads in 24 hours. • 2013 marked the launch of Firefox OS and their 15th anniversary
  • 7. How I Got Involved • Google Code-In 2012 Finalist • March 2013 • Editorial reviews for documentation • Moved to QA in February 2014
  • 8. What I Do Now or Automation Engineer for mozillians.org, and QA Project Lea (Not official, I just like saying it...) I work on a team of six, including myself.
  • 9. How You Can Get Involved • Find a company that has a mission that appeals to you • Choose a particular field that you think you would enjoy (Documentation, Development, QA, UI/UX...) • Look for ways to contribute (Bugs that need fixing, bugs that need filing, design improvements, documentation creation/updates...)
  • 10. Benefits of Contributing • Get invited to events • Increased job prospects • Potential internships • Connections • Recommendations
  • 11. How Computer Science Helped Me • Fundamentals • Resume Builder • Broader knowledge • Diversity in available projects
  • 12. Things To Do • Learn more languages ( Python and JavaScript) • Find an interesting open source project • Get familiar with the software • Learn more tools • Stimulate yourself outside of class (competitions, hacka
  • 13. Check Out Some of My Work • https://www.github.com/justinpotts • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?login =moz.justinpotts%40gmail.com
  • 14. DEMO