Refactotum
Contributing to open source is great for your career. In a few short hours, you can learn, teach, promote your skills, and improve the quality of the community. In this session, we will show you how, by doing it.
We'll take an existing open source project, and show you how to:
- download the source code
- build and run tests
- use Cobertura and code review to find problem areas
- refactor some code
- create and submit a patch
You can check out the contributions that resulted from past Refactotums at http://blog.thinkrelevance.com/twir
About Jason Rudolph
Jason Rudolph is a Principal at Relevance, a leading development and training organization specializing in Ruby, Rails, Groovy, and Grails, and integrating them into enterprise environments. Jason has more than nine years of experience in developing software solutions for domestic and international clients of all sizes, including start-ups, Dow 30 companies, and government organizations.
Jason is the author of the highly-praised book, Getting Started with Grails, and speaks frequently at software conferences and user groups. Jason also contributes regularly to the open source community, both as an early committer to Grails, and also as a committer to the Streamlined framework and numerous other Ruby and Rails projects.
Jason holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Virginia. You can find Jason online at http://jasonrudolph.com.
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