A Tour of CodePlex
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1 A Tour and Open Discussion of CodePlex Dave Bost Developer Evangelist http://davebost.com/blog http://www.codeplex.com
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This is from a session I gave at the Indy TechFest on Oct. 4, 2008. This session was a discussion and tour of CodePlex.com, an open source project hosting site built on top of Team Foundation Server. Thank you to Sara Ford for providing guidance and help with the slide deck, http://blogs.msdn.com/codeplex/archive/2008/09/22/codeplex-session-at-remix08-in-brighton-england.aspx
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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
24 *Stats as of August 31, 2008
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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