OpenStack Upstream Institute¶

Overview¶

With over 6,000 developers from over 300 different organizations worldwide,OpenStack is one of the largest collaborative software-development projects.Because of its size, it is characterized by a huge diversity in social normsand technical conventions.These can significantly slow down the speed at which newcomers are successfulat integrating their own roadmap into that of the OpenStack project.

We’ve designed a training program to share knowledge about the different waysof contributing to OpenStack like providing new features, writingdocumentation, participating in working groups, and so forth. The educationalprogram is built on the principle of open collaboration and will teach thestudents how to find information and navigate the intricacies of theproject’s technical tools and social interactions in order to get theircontributions accepted. The live one and a half day class is focusing onhands-on practice like the students can use a prepared developmentenvironment to learn how to test, prepare and upload new code snippets ordocumentation for review. The attendees are also given the opportunity tojoin a mentoring program to get further help and guidance on their journeyto become an active and successful member of the OpenStack community.

Please note that the language of the training is English.