Hacktoberfest: Contributing to Jenkins and open-source for newcomers

This year Jenkins project participates in Hacktoberfest: https://jenkins.io/events/hacktoberfest . This is a global 1-month event promoting open-source. We invite everybody interested in Jenkins and other open-source projects to attend the event, contribute something, and get some Hacktoberfest swag.

This is an event focused on students and newcomers who want to contribute to open-source. You are welcome to work on Jenkins itself and on other projects. We will have experienced Jenkins contributors at the event, and they will be happy to provide advice.

Schedule:

• 09:30 - Doors open
• 10:00 - Oleg Nenashev, Contributing to open-source. Intro to Hacktoberfest, Google Summer of Code and other programs
• 10:30 - Oleg Nenashev, Show & Tell - How to contribute to Jenkins? Overview of ways to contribute and newbie-friendly issues
• 11:00 - Split up to teams and start hacking + ad-hoc knowledge transfers
• 18:00 - Wrap-up & demos

Suggested topics:

• Try Jenkins in your projects!
• Warnings Plugin
• Let's Document Jenkins together: Features, migration from Wiki, demos
• Test automation: Unit tests, Web UI tests with Selenium, Performance micro-benchmarks with JMH
• // Please propose your topics in comments

Please read our Events Code of Conduct (http://do.co/hacktoberconduct) before attending. Happy hacking! And make sure to bring your laptop!