Demystifying Open-Source - Neha Sardana

Contributing to open source software can be intimidating. It is important to know where to start. This session helps you demystify the myths of contributing to open source. We will learn the fundamentals of how to choose a project to contribute and leverage the usage of Github.

At the end of the session, you will have the skills and knowledge of working with open source projects needed to make high-quality contributions you will be proud of.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Neha Sardana is a Software Developer/Architect for Java based applications for over a decade.

She is currently Vice President at Bank of New York Mellon and JUG (Java User Group) Leader for Garden State JUG. She has worked in financial services for almost 8 years in both Europe and the US.
She is a technologist and an OSS enthusiast and loves to talk and blog about all things open source.

Twitter handle: @nehasardana09

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Whenever I submit a pull request they respectfully humiliate me
And I think it's okay since they are the pros
And I have just started contributing to open source projects on GitHub
Hope I get better

Thanks for the talk