What you can do

Collaboration on Drupal projects including modules, distributions, and themes is an integral way to contribute to the Drupal community. Some ideas:

Connect With Others Contributing Modules, Themes, or Distributions

There are many ways to contribute, learn, and communicate with others doing the same. Some examples:

  • Drupal Forums, such as Module Development
  • Drupal Groups, such as Drupal Dojo that help guide new members and increase their skills.
  • Instant messaging tools, such as Slack (sign up, then join channel(s) #contribute) and DrupalChat.me (sign up, then join channel(s) #general).
  • Many meet-ups and Drupal events, like Drupal Camps and DrupalCons, have "Contribution Days" or "Sprints". You can find events planned near you by looking at http://drupical.com

Tasks and Roles in this area

Accessibility group member (Contributor role)
Improve the accessibility of Drupal core and contributed modules, themes, and distributions
Duration:
ongoing
Add screenshots to an issue (Contributor task)
Add screenshots to an existing issue to make the issue clearer
Duration:
1 hour
Backport a patch (Contributor task)
After a patch has been committed to the latest development version of a project, adapt it for an earlier version
Duration:
1 hour
Contributed module, theme, or distribution maintainer (Contributor role)
Help manage the software development, design, and issues for a contributed module, theme, or distribution
Duration:
ongoing
Create a Drupal 9 compatibility patch (Contributor task)
Create a patch for a contributed module, theme, or distribution to make it Drupal 9 compatible
Duration:
several hours
Create a follow-up issue (Contributor task)
Open a new issue to deal with follow-up tasks from an existing issue
Duration:
20 minutes
Create a merge request for an issue (Contributor task)
Add or update a "merge request" (software fix) on an issue
Duration:
1 hour
Create a patch for an issue (Contributor task)
Add a "patch" (software fix) to an existing issue
Duration:
1 hour
Create a Tour (Contributor task)
Create a new tour that documents an administrative page, using the Drupal core Tours module.
Duration:
1 hour
Document steps to reproduce an issue (Contributor task)
Document the steps to reproduce a reported issue so a developer can work to fix it.
Duration:
1 hour
Documentation editor (Contributor role)
Edit and proofread Drupal documentation
Duration:
ongoing
Handle or refer a support request in an issue (Contributor task)
Answer a support question, or refer the person to a more appropriate resource for support
Duration:
20 minutes
Licensing Working Group member (Contributor role)
Establish and enforce Drupal licensing policies
Duration:
ongoing
Manually test a proposed fix for an issue (Contributor task)
Manually test a patch or merge request that has been proposed as the fix for an issue
Duration:
20 minutes
Mentor (Contributor role)
Inspire, enable, and encourage new core contributors. Work on the core tools and process for mentoring
Duration:
several hours
Participate in a Usability meeting (Contributor task)
Attend a Usability group meeting. Participate in or lead usability reviews.
Duration:
1 hour
Project contributor (Contributor role)
Contribute your time to Drupal core or a contributed module, theme, or distribution project
Duration:
ongoing
Project moderator (Contributor role)
Maintain quality of pages about a project on drupal.org
Duration:
1 hour
Reroll a patch (Contributor task)
Find an issue that has a patch that needs to be updated to apply to the current software base, and update it
Duration:
20 minutes
Review a patch or merge request (Contributor task)
Review a software fix proposed by a different developer
Duration:
20 minutes
Review an application for project security coverage (Contributor task)
Review a project's code to see if it should be eligible for coverage by the Drupal security team
Duration:
20 minutes
Security Team member (Contributor role)
Help to oversee software security for the Drupal project
Duration:
ongoing
Software tester (Contributor role)
Manually test Drupal core or contributed modules, themes, or distributions
Duration:
ongoing
Test a Drupal 9 compatibility patch (Contributor task)
Test a patch for a contributed module, theme, or distribution project to make it Drupal 9 compatible
Duration:
1 hour
Test a patch or merge request for accessibility (Contributor task)
Perform accessibility tests for a proposed software fix (patch or merge request)
Duration:
20 minutes
Triage an issue report (Contributor task)
Evaluate and fix up or close a bug report issue
Duration:
20 minutes
Triage Novice issues and tasks (Contributor task)
Choose issues and tasks for a novice contribution event
Duration:
several hours
Usability group member (Contributor role)
Improve the usability of Drupal core and contributed modules, themes, and distributions
Duration:
ongoing
Verify an old patch or merge request (Contributor task)
Determine whether an old patch or merge request still applies and passes automated tests
Duration:
1 hour
Write an automated test for an issue (Contributor task)
Write PHP automated test code for an issue.
Duration:
1 hour
Write an issue summary for an existing issue (Contributor task)
Find an issue that needs its summary updated/added, and write a summary for it
Duration:
20 minutes

Skills used

There are tasks and roles in this area that require these skills:

Accessibility
Testing and improving web site accessibility for people with disabilities
Drupal site administration
Updating site configuration, managing content, managing user accounts
Drupal site building
(need review) Installing modules, building content types, creating taxonomy vocabularies, creating views, making menus, etc.
Editing (English)
(needs review) Editing and proofreading English text
HTML coding
Writing valid and modern HTML code
Local development environment installation
Setting up a local development environment for Drupal sites
Making screenshots
Making usable screenshots of a web page or command-line window
Mentoring
Build confidence in novices by helping novices complete relevant tasks
PHP coding/programming
Writing code in PHP
Product management
(needs details) Planning and approving changes to product features
Project management
(needs review) Managing people who are doing a project together
Providing support
Sharing knowledge in a way that empowers Drupal users.
Software testing (quality assurance, or QA)
(needs review) Testing web software
Technical writing (English)
Ability to communicate well about technical topics in written English
Usability and user interface design
(needs details) Ability to design highly-usable user interfaces
Using Git
(needs details) Applying patches, making patches, using branches and tags
Web site security
(needs details) Protecting a web site from malicious users
Writing automated tests
(needs review) Writing tests that check the functionality of a website

There are tasks and roles in this area that optionally use these skills:

Accessibility
Testing and improving web site accessibility for people with disabilities
CSS coding
Writing concise and valid CSS code
Drupal site administration
Updating site configuration, managing content, managing user accounts
Drupal site building
(need review) Installing modules, building content types, creating taxonomy vocabularies, creating views, making menus, etc.
Drupal theming / theme building
(needs details) Using CSS, HTML, and Twig to implement a graphic design as a Drupal theme
Editing (English)
(needs review) Editing and proofreading English text
Graphic design
Graphic design of images, web pages, web sites, and web applications
HTML coding
Writing valid and modern HTML code
Information architecture
(needs review) Creating the information architecture for a web site
JavaScript coding/programming
(needs details) Writing code in JavaScript
Local development environment installation
Setting up a local development environment for Drupal sites
Making screenshots
Making usable screenshots of a web page or command-line window
PHP coding/programming
Writing code in PHP
Software testing (quality assurance, or QA)
(needs review) Testing web software
SQL
(needs review) Write SQL database queries
Technical writing (English)
Ability to communicate well about technical topics in written English
Translating
Ability to translate English text to another language
Twig coding
(needs details) Writing Twig templates
Usability and user interface design
(needs details) Ability to design highly-usable user interfaces
Using Git
(needs details) Applying patches, making patches, using branches and tags
Web site security
(needs details) Protecting a web site from malicious users
Writing automated tests
(needs review) Writing tests that check the functionality of a website

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