Twitter Moment: NYC WiMLDS 2019 Scikit-Learn Sprint
- About WiMLDS open source sprints
- NYC WiMLDS meetup event page
- NYC WiMLDS sprint website
- pre-event email reminders
- List of curated issues to work on
- Sprint GitHub repo: WiMLDS/nyc-2019-scikit-sprint/
- wimlds gitter
- Post-event feedback survey
Feel free to email us with any questions at nyc@wimlds.org
- 9 am - 9:30 am: Arrive early for technical support
- 9:30 am - 12 pm: Sprint
- 12 pm - 1 pm: Lunch will be provided
- 1 pm - 6 pm: Sprint
WiMLDS is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone. We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form. All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate.
Be kind to others. Do not insult or put down others. Behave professionally. Remember that harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary jokes are not appropriate.
Thank you for helping make this a welcoming, friendly community for all. Please read the full Code of Conduct before participating.
CoC summary is adopted from NumFOCUS
- Reshama Shaikh: @reshamas
- Microsoft Hack Reactor
- Microsoft Host: Nitya Narasimhan
- Bloomberg
- Andy Mueller: @amuellerml
- Thomas Fan: @thomasjpfan
- Nicolas Hug: @hug_nicolas
- Widen the pool of open-source contributors
- Contribute to scikit-learn library
- Involve more women and gender minorities in scikit-learn and open source
- Build momentum for continued contribution
- The plan is to work in pairs.
- The goal is that each participant will be able to resolve one trivial fix and one actual fix.
- There is no charge for the sprint. We ask you to donate a nominal amount ($5 to $10) to NumFOCUS to support open source.
- For "Donation Dedication: indicate "scikit-learn"
- For "Please notify the following person that a donation has been made: nyc@wimlds.org
We welcome all genders. We also ask our attendees to respect that this organization and event is a women's space. One example of creating that space is allowing women to speak and ask questions.
- Open an account on GitHub
- Git should be installed
- Some familiarity with Git / GitHub
- Prior to event, review some Git resources
- We will go over pull requests at beginning of event
2. Join Gitter
Gitter is an open source instant messaging and chat room system for developers and users of GitHub repositories. You can use your GitHub ID to sign in.
Join the scikit-learn Gitter community
3. Read thru scikit-learn Contributing documentation
- It is approximately 15 pages
4. Review Open Issues
- scikit-learn repository
- There are over 1000 issues 😓
- For the sprint, we will focus on issues with the labels:
- Go through the issues (with the above labels) and become familiar with them
Bring your laptop and charger.
We will have stick-on nametags. Make sure to wear one to network with other attendees. Feel free to add your preferred pronoun and institution affiliation.
If you would like to blog about the event, email me (reshama@wimlds.org) and I would be happy to share and promote the blog with our community.
Please take photos and tweet about the event.
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WiMLDS NYC: WiMLDS_NYC
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WiMLDS: @wimlds
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Microsoft: @Microsoft
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Bloomberg: @business
- #ScikitSprint
- #opensource