ReactionPaperonLessonsinSocialCoding:

SoftwareAnalyticsintheAgeofGitHub

Speaker:

BogdanVasilescu,postdoctoralresearcheratUniversityofCalifornia,
Davis(USA)

Socialmediahasforeverchangedthewaysinwhichwecommunicateandwork,
programmingincluded.This"socialcoding"movement(codeismeanttobeshared!)
madepopularbyGitHubhascometorepresentaparadigmshiftinsoftware
development,especiallyintheopensourceworld.Thespeakersviewaboutthe
importanceofsocialopensourcecodingandhowithasaffectedindustrywere
extremelybrilliant.

Thetalkwasmostlyabouthowthissocialdevelopingimpactstheprojectsandhow
peopleplayanimportantcharacteristicinit.Hisquestionsaboutthesocial
developingwerereallyworthnoting.Imostlywasinterestedinhowapersons
experiencecountstowardsthequalityofcodeandhiscontributiontotheproject.
Also,howdoesitaffectiftheteamisdiverse,andwhereisitgeographicallylocated.
OneofhisquestionswhichIenjoyeddiscussingaboutwasaboutthegenderratioof
developersongithub.

ThiswasanamazingexperienceandIalsowouldsaythatwasagoodthingtoknow
to.Hisworkwasmostlyintoanalysisofdifferentaspectsaboutgithubandhowthey
canaffectopensourceprojects.

Wouldliketoknowmorethesocialdevelopingaffectingtheopensource,butalso,I
didn'tfeelitalotworthtowardsmystudies.Ifeltthatthetalkwasmoreaboutjusta
reportofanalysisratherthanthetechnicalaspectofit.