WordCamp Orange County - Core Contribution Workshop

Always wanted to contribute to core, but are not sure how? Have a pet
bug? Interested in learning how to follow WordPress development?

In this workshop, attendees will have a hands-on walkthrough of how
core contribution works — from general process to version control.

Presented at WordCamp Orange County 2014 by Mike Schroder

Transcript

1. Core Contribution Workshop WordCamp Orange County 2014 Mike Schroder (DH-Shredder) @GetSource - http://www.getsource.net
2. Who Am I? • Mike Schroder, a.k.a DH- Shredder, a.k.a. @GetSource • Third Culture Kid, enjoy Coffee & Sailing • WordPress 3.9 Co-Lead and Core Contributor • Happy DreamHost Employee
3. Choose your own VCS: ! http://develop.git.wordpress.org http://develop.svn.wordpress.org
4. Your portal to contribution: ! make.wordpress.org
   
5. IRC is the place to be.
   
6. … but trac is pretty cool too.
   
7. All the tickets fit to parse: ! core.trac.wordpress.org
8. The WordPress source is in the /src directory. ! http://develop.git.wordpress.org http://develop.svn.wordpress.org
9. Testing and unit tests are just as important as new patches.
13. Core Contributor Handbook
14. - Download node.js - Install grunt-cli globally: $ sudo npm install -g grunt-cli - Install WP Node.js packages $ npm install
15. To apply patch from ticket: $ grunt patch:20000
16. • https://make.wordpress.org/core • https://core.trac.wordpress.org
 Slides: http://www.getsource.net/tag/contribution/ Mike Schroder (DH-Shredder) @GetSource - http://www.getsource.net Resources