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A Tour and Open Discussion of CodePlexDave BostDeveloper Evangelisthttp://davebost.com/bloghttp://www.codeplex.com

http://thirstydeveloper.com

“Looking at someone’s code, but with audio”

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I heart Visual Studio

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Open Source on CodePlexWhat is open sourceWhy CodePlexHow we build CodePlex

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The Open Source Part

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Special ThanksJames Howison

Syracuse University Information Schoolhttp://james.howison.name/

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Open Source Primer

Collaborative development modelThe Open Source DefinitionBasics– Source code provided– View, modify, and redistribute code

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ParticipationWhy individuals drive OSS– Highly-diverse reasons– All about passion

Why businesses drive OSS– Access to developers– Access to user support community

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Going Open Lifecycle

The Cathedral and the Bazaar (Eric S. Raymond)

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Roles in the Community

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Where does CodePlex come in?

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Why CodePlexBroad technology focusMicrosoft tools and platformFocus on great user experience

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Top Project Hosting FeaturesWidest range of source control clients– TortoiseSVN– CodePlex Client– Teamprise– Team Explorer

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CodePlex Walkthrough

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Top Discoverability Features Releases Tab

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Top Discoverability Features Project Directory

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Top Discoverability Features Anonymous source control downloads

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Top Discoverability Features Tag cloud

Get InvolvedJump inContributeHost a passion project

http://www.codeplex.com

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Get VisibleTips for Project Coordinators

Tag your project appropriatelyFill out project description for searchInclude build instructions in wiki

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CodePlex by the Numbers

Page Views: 6,343,669Visits: 1,605,007Unique Visitors: 959,399Registered users: 97,399Total Projects: 5707New Projects: 353

OverviewOverview Most Popular ProjectsMost Popular Projects

AJAXControlToolkit 296,169SqlServerSamples 130,612Rawr 124,972MSFTDBProdSamples 124,850AspNET 95,445BlogEngine 75,767EntLib 75,054CKS 73,462VDM 69,591ReflectorAddins 58,835IronPython 57,840

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How we do CodePlex

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Agile DevelopmentVariation of “Extreme Programming”Characteristics– One week iterations– Test driven development– Continuous integration– Pair programming– Shared workspace– Collective ownership

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