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Contributing toWordPress:
From Beginning to Closed Ticket
Keanan Koppenhaver
CTO,AlphaParticle
@kkoppenhaver
http://alphaparticle.com
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keanan@alphaparticle.com

Open source is eating software
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Some examples of open Source
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And the big one…
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https://www.hastac.org/blogs/barrypeddycordiiiandelizabethapitts/2013/08/01/chapter-two-open-programming-
open-learning

HowdoesWordPress
manage this process?
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Managed through SVN
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Ticket-> Discussion ->
Patch -> commit
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Getstarted usingan svn client
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Getstarted usingan svn client
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( Oryou can “cheat”and use Git/GitHub )
http://scribu.net/wordpress/contributing-to-wordpress-using-github.html

So Howexactly doesabug in
WordPress getfixed?
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Step 1: File a ticketin Trac
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https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37980
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Step 1.5: Discussion ensues
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Step 2:Actually fixing the bug
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Localenvironmentsetup
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https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/tutorials/installing-a-local-server/

Make theactualfix
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(And do lots of testing )

Generate apatch
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Step 2.5: More discussion ensues
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( Slackand Trac )

Testingacross
browsers/platforms
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(eventually) Slated toareleaseand
committed byacore Committer
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Where to start?
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https://make.wordpress.org/chat/

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https://make.wordpress.org/

Firsttime?
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https://core.trac.wordpress.org/tickets/good-first-bugs

Questions?
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