Contributing Code Empathetically

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1. Contributing Code Empathetically

2. Remembering People Behind Projects

3. Who Am I?

4. Who Am I? Nick Hehr Empathetic Community Member Front-End Developer

   Hoodie Contributor
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6. What is Empathy?

7. What is Empathy? The ability to understand and share the

   feelings of another.

8. What is Empathy? Seeing the world through the eyes of

   someone else.


9. Breakdown • Context • Constructive Feedback • Communication • Caring

10. Context

11. The internal and external factors that influence the decisions we

    make and actions we take.

12. How It Relates • No One is Un-Opinionated • We

    All Have Biases • Listening is Key • “Why?”
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14. Set The Example

15. Descriptive Descriptions • screenshots, animated GIFs, or screencasts • the

    behavior and visuals you expected • related issues that would be closed • any context/reasoning behind why a change should be made • notes or concerns while in progress

16. Constructive Feedback

17. The return of information that helps to develop or improve.

18. How It Relates “If you don’t have anything nice to

    say, then don’t say anything at all.”
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20. How It Relates “If you don’t have anything nice to

    say, then don’t say anything at all.”

21. How It Relates “If you don’t have anything nice to

    say, then don’t say anything at all.”

22. How It Relates “If you don’t have anything constructive to

    say, then don’t say anything at all.”

23. • Mutually Agreed Upon • Set Up With Expectations •

    In An Open Space • Shared With Context Constructive Feedback is…

24. Example Code Reviews

25. It is intended to find and fix mistakes overlooked, improving

    both the overall quality of software and developers' skills.

26. Encouraging Constructive Feedback

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28. https://github.com/atom/atom/blob/master/ CONTRIBUTING.md

29. https://github.com/hoodiehq/hoodie/blob/master/ CONTRIBUTING.md

30. Communication

31. The successful sharing of ideas and feelings between people.

32. How It Relates • What We Say • How We

    Say It • Where We Say It

33. “I” Statements For Giving Constructive Feedback For Getting Context

34. “You” Statements For Getting Context For Giving Constructive Feedback

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36. How We Communicate • General = Slack • Standups =

    Hangouts / In-Person • Recorded Discussions = GitHub Issues • Long-Form / Async = Email

37. https://<your-team>.slack.com/ customize/slackbot

38. Caring

39. To provide the needs of something and show interest in

    it.

40. How It Relates • Caring is Sharing • And Listening

    • And Understanding

41. How Much Do You Care?

42. Do You Care Enough… • To Write A Blog Post?

    • To File An Issue? • To Send An Email? • To Record A Screencast? • To Submit A Pull Request?

43. – Yoda “Don’t give in to hate. It leads to

    the Dark Side.”

44. Example Documentation

45. Documentation Matters • Wikis • Code Comments • Styleguides •

    Pattern Libraries • README.md

46. Exemplifying Caring

47. https://hood.ie/community/#contributors

48. https://hood.ie/contribute/

49. By starting to apply empathy to connect with others professionally,

    we can continue down that path to connect with others personally.

50. Resources

51. https://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/practical-empathy/

52. https://more-empathy.online

53. Thank You