Helen Hou-Sandí
WordCamp Chicago 2012

About Me

Lead User Interface Engineer with 10up, LLC

@helenhousandi on Twitter

WordPress Core Contributor *

Musician

No seriously, it’s all about me.

@helenhousandi mentioned Chelsea Otakan @chexee WP Core designer. So, apparently WP UI is designed by gorgeous Asian women.

Contributing to WordPress

The WordPress Community

• Documentation and support
• Blogs / articles
• Plugin authors
• Theme authors
• Agencies
• Hosts
• Core developers and contributors

First WordPress Community Summit: October 29, 2012

Getting Involved

• Lurk (quietly) - P2s, IRC, Trac
• Get to know people, habits, and processes
• Help with testing and reproducing bugs
• Document how to reproduce a problem, with specifics
• Start small and ask for help
• Accept feedback; don't get defensive
• Be patient and don't take things personally
• Recognize differences (language, time zone, etc.)

Documentation and Support

On WordPress.org:

• Codex
• Forums
• Supporting Everything WordPress
• #wordpress on Freenode (IRC)

Elsewhere:

• WordPress Answers (StackExchange)
• Your own WordPress-powered blog!

The Development Cycle

• 3.4 and 3.5 are considered “major” releases
• 3.4.1 is considered a “point” release
• Feature proposals and scoping
• Feature development
• Feature freeze
• Betas and release candidates
• Bugfixes are always happening

Core Development

• Make WordPress Core
• Core Contributor Handbook
• Trac (tickets)
• #wordpress-dev on Freenode (IRC)
  Weekly dev chats on Wednesdays at 20:00 UTC
• Open office hours every weekday at 19:00 UTC
• Current development cycle: 3.5
• Cycle lead: Andrew Nacin, with Daryl Koopersmith

Core UI Development

• Graphic design, interaction design, testing, and development
• Make WordPress UI
• Make WordPress Accessibility
• Core Contributor Handbook
• #wordpress-ui on Freenode (IRC)
  Weekly UI chats on Tuesdays at 18:00 UTC
• Open office hours every weekday at 19:00 UTC

Thank you! (Questions?)

Slides online at
http://hyhs.me/wcchi2012