ServiceNow Developer Meetup (Hacktoberfest)

This is a different type of event. Bring your laptop and ideas. Any opensource project that relates in anyway to ServiceNow is what we're looking for. Lets all hack on something collectively.

Hacktoberfest details: https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/

Agenda:

• 6pm - Welcome, introduction and prices. Thanks everyone for coming. This is all about encouraging meaningful contributions to open source, for beginners and veterans alike.
• 6:30pm - Hack time
• 9pm - Ends

Hack time

During this time, I will be making myself available to help get started contributing to open source projects. Here’s an overview of what this will detail for folks who’ve never done so.

• Setup your GitHub account https://github.com/
• Understanding the Github Flow https://guides.github.com/introduction/flow/
  Seeing this visually should help identify how this all works.
• Forking repositories https://guides.github.com/activities/forking/
  Before working on the Repository, you need access to write to it. It’s likely you won’t get that access. The way to do this is to make it your own, and do the work there.
• Probot - Pullbot https://probot.github.io/apps/pull/
  This keeps your fork up to date with the original repository. With Servicenow forcing the hash to be the same its crucial to be able to pull updates and get the most recent changes on the `master` branch.
• Branching repositories https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-branches
  Because `master` now is possibly going to overwrote by the original repository, you should create a branch to keep your work seperate.
• Creating a branch in servicenow https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/newyork-application-development/page/build/applications/task/t_CreateBranch.html
• Switching branches in servicenow https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/newyork-application-development/page/build/applications/task/t_SwitchBranch.html
• Create/Fix Feature/Bug - This will be just taking the action to make it work as asked.
• Committing the update to your branch in servicenow https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/newyork-application-development/page/build/applications/task/t_CommitChanges.html
  Once you’ve made the changes you want, add a commit message in past tense and keep it
• Making a pull request in GitHub https://guides.github.com/activities/forking/#making-a-pull-request