


Open Source Day 2020
Open Source Day (OSD) is an all-day hackathon(including workshops), in which participants of all skill levels learn about Open Source while contributing to projects designed to solve real world problems.
Contribute
As part of the Contribution Track, you will contribute code to curated open source software (OSS) projects. You will work in groups, where you’ll have opportunities to learn from one another, as well as from experienced mentors, there to guide and help you make your OSS contribution
New to Open Source? Don’t worry! You will not be alone; We will guide you through finding issues that are suited for your skill level and there will be mentors ready to help you.
This Year's Projects
- OSD Experience Open Source: Contribute Typescript
- OSD Experience Open Source: Contribute to Strongbox
- OSD Experience Open Source: Contribute to She’s Coding
- OSD Experience Open Source: Contribute to Oppia
- OSD Experience Open Source: Contribute to OpenStreetMap
- OSD Experience Open Source: Contribute to Backdrop CMS
- OSD Experience Open Source: Contribute to CHAOSS
- OSD Experience Open Source: Contribute to Techtonica
- OSD Experience Open Source: Contribute to VSCode (Microsoft)
- OSD Experience Open Source: Contribute to OpenStack
- OSD Experience Open Source: Contribute to PathCheck
- OSD Experience Open Source: Contribute to iDAAS
- OSD Experience Open Source: Contribute to Greenpeace Planet 4
- OSD Experience Open Source: Choose Your Own Adventure!
Learn
As part of the Learn Track, you will spend your day attending hands-on workshops that will help you overcome the barriers of making open source contributions. Learn about the Open Source community and get familiar with the tools to contribute, build and maintain open source projects. Speakers will relate the session topics to their own experiences as contributors and maintainers in the OSS community.
This year's workshops:
- 8:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. - GitHub 101: An Intro to Git and GitHub for Newbies
- 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. - Make Your First Open Source Contribution
- 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. - Hitchhiker's Guide to Linux Kernel Contribution
- 12:30 p.m. – 1 p.m. - GitHub 101: An Intro to Git and GitHub for Newbies.
- 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. - Github Secrets and Tools You’ll Want to Use Today
- 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. - Build, Test and Deploy with Google Cloud Build
- 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. - Building a Successful Open Source Community – A Practical Workshop
- 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. - The Art of Open Source Maintenance
- 5 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. - GitHub 101: An Intro to Git and GitHub for Newbies
Mentor
OSD Mentors work with one of our participating organizations to help participants contribute to their open source projects. Mentors are selected primarily based on project needs and should plan to attend the entirety of OSD. Learn more about being a mentor at OSD here.
Applications are now closed for vGHC 20. Thank you for your interest!