Reserved for Mentored Sprint
- Level:
- beginner
- Room:
- open space
- Start:
- Duration:
- 150 minutes
Abstract
✨ We are running mentored sprints for diverse community members at EuroPython this year ✨
👉🏽 Apply to be a mentor on the day or feature your open source project: email cheuk@europython.eu
👉🏽 Apply to participate as a contributor (sprint on the day): fill in this form.
If you are not a member of an underrepresented group of the community and want to take on the sprint we encourage you to bring someone from an underrepresented group with you.
👉🏽Volunteer for our Git Helpdesk (4 volunteers needed): Help new contributors with git/GitHub, such as cloning repo, creating branch, committing, resolving merge conflicts. fill in this form
📖 Check out our online handbook to learn more about our approach to sprinting: https://mentored-sprints.netlify.app/
Description
Open source projects such as Python and its multiple stacks (web, scientific, etc.) are nothing but a collaborative effort from many community members. It is the constant involvement of the numerous maintainers, contributors, and users that make open-source software sustainable and keep the community as a whole going.
Walking the path from user to collaborator, and thus contributing to an open-source project, can sometimes be intimidating especially for newcomers. From a technical perspective, interacting with web-based hosting services (such as GitHub, GitLab, etc.), branching and opening pull requests can be overwhelming if these are not everyday actions of your workflow. The correctness of the code and potential bugs are other common obstacles and fears any newcomer might face. Not to mention the time and frustration accumulated over the task of finding a ‘beginner-friendly’ issue to work on.
We also recognize that some groups are traditionally underrepresented in the open-source community and we would like to support them in their open-source path. We are running the mentored sprints for individuals from underrepresented groups willing to start contributing to Python projects. This event will provide a supportive, friendly, and safe environment for all the attendees and partner open source projects.
To achieve this goal, we are seeking to work with a number of Python projects and their maintainers interested in providing mentorship to these individuals. In return, we will provide guidance and advice on how to prepare the projects for the day and to better serve a diverse range of contributors.
Check out more details at https://ep2023.europython.eu/mentored-sprint
