WTD ATX May Meetup: Collaborative doc contribution using GitHub-- Workshop

In May, we're meeting at Docforce for a workshop to learn about and practice collaborative doc contribution using GitHub.

1. Work in teams to select and learn about an open source project that accepts documentation contributions

2. Review the contribution guidelines, issues, and pull requests in the selected repository to learn the context for contributing and see real world examples

3. Practice the mechanics of contributing using GitHub's Hello World tutorial (https://guides.github.com/activities/hello-world/)

Preparation:

If you don't have one, sign up for a free GitHub user account
https://guides.github.com/activities/hello-world/

Resources:

• Improving documentation of Open source software: https://www.futurice.com/blog/improving-documentation-of-open-source-software/

• Docs Thursday: http://docsthursday.com/

• Contributing to the Write the Docs Documentation Guide: http://www.writethedocs.org/guide/contributing/

• Interview with Emma Jane Westby author of Git for Teams (Humanizing software development): https://www.allthingsgit.com/episodes/git_for_teams_with_emma_jane_hogbin_westby.html

Thanks to Docforce for hosting!