CakePHP mistakes made 2015
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The document outlines key lessons learned in open source project management, particularly regarding CakePHP. It emphasizes the importance of community respect, transparency, and effective documentation tools while advocating for simplicity in deployment and versioning strategies. The author reflects on the value of making mistakes and learning from them in the open source environment.
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CakePHP mistakes made 2015
- 3. Mistakes I’ve made a few
- 4. Success I’ve had a bit of that too
- 5. Community
- 6. Be Respectful Everyone starts as a newbie
- 7. No Test, No Bug High entry barriers are not healthy
- 8. Set a Good Example People will follow
- 9. Conflicts Ego, language & culture
- 10. Empower Others Trust people who have proven themselves
- 11. Be Transparent “Open” is an important part of open source
- 12. Documentation
- 13. Avoid Maintenance Hell Make docs easy to maintain, simple to build
- 15. Use Simple Tools Make docs accessible, & easy to contribute to
- 18. Releasing Must be Simple 47 releases in 2015 so far
- 19. Version Numbers Matter Semantic versioning is important. http://semver.org
- 20. Relaxed Semver Has burned us a few times already
- 22. Security Fixes Be transparent and respond quickly
- 23. Migration Guides Document what changes/breaks
- 26. Have Opinions
- 27. People Will Hate You
- 28. People Will Love You
- 29. Code Generation Powerful, but requires some coupling
- 30. Intelligent Defaults Make good ideas the standard
- 31. Derp Defaults When ideas age poorly
- 32. Conventions Over configuration, where possible.
- 34. Magic can be Evil We meant to help, really
- 35. Don’t Guess Computers are pretty dumb
- 36. Future Proof APIs Option parameters make growing easy
- 38. Say no to Features Stay lean and focused
- 39. In Closing,
- 40. Make Mistakes Failing in public is an effective way to learn
- 41. Try This at Home Open source is hard, but rewarding
- 42. Thank You Github - markstory Twitter - mark_story