localhost Helping Caterpillars Fly

Nicola Nye
http://linux.conf.au/schedule/present...
You need documentation.

No really, you **NEED** documentation. The health, longevity and success of all your favourite FOSS depends on it.

This talk examines the Very Hungry Caterpillar lifecycle of a FOSS project. From the early beginnings as a small egg of an idea, into a hungry caterpillar. And then it reflects on why some projects turn into beautiful butterflies and why some never make it past the stage of the cocoon.

Given we would all rather be surrounded by beautiful butterflies, rather than voracious slugs, I propose that the best way for your favourite FOSS project to grow wings is through documentation contributions and not code.

Through my experience on the Cyrus mail server, I'll then go through some practical ways that technical writers, developers and even users can help a project fly. And provide some danger signs on what documentation is actively counterproductive.

We'll look at processes, _cheese_, templates, _pickles_, tools, _ice cream_, communication, _cake_, style guides and _butterflies_.

localhost Helping Caterpillars Fly
2 Likes	2 Dislikes
101 views views	3.5K followers
Education Creative Commons Attribution licence (reuse allowed)	Upload TimePublished on 18 Jan 2017

Related keywords

lcare mexicana,camara de diputados,lca uanl,lcad,lca significado,lca virtual,lca arquitectos,lcai,local,l'carnitina,lca capital,lca pais,lca abogados y consultores,lcare mexicana s de rl de cv,lcat,alcatel,lcase,lcase vba,calidad,