Meeting Notes

14-Oct-2020

About 45/60 joined.

Walkthrough of Github repository/organization
Domain twindle.co purchased by @proful
Collaborate using twitter, gh, sketchnotes - keep low number of tools to use, maybe consider other options if we grow a lot
FAQ page will be created. It was created here
Split teams into
- Beginner (bare minimum experience)
- Independent (can work independently/mentor)
- Active (say organizers)

everyone get onboard with setting up github account, clone repo, make changes to files
fork process (after cloning the repo)
- draft PR from gh website
- draft PR from laptop
which client to use for git - need to pick one from github desktop, sourcetree, gitlens
a brief explanation about PR
touched on logo design
break up the project into smaller chunks
why no hacktober fest - keep PRs minimum, not doing this for freebies
tech stack - html, css, js (nodejs)
touch on naming convention, coding standard, e.g. google standard, airbnb standard
importance of testing and using Jest for js testing
documentation is critical, any features can be added to issues
touch on how to make a cli, showed an example
twitter API integration discussion, creating a mock API (JSON file)
renderer - render to PDF/ePub/mobi, etc.

Thanks @sarathkumar6 for documenting, does anyone have any points to add

About 50 joined.

Detailed discussions on PRs
5/6 participants talked about their first PR experience (wonderful).
Touched base on being a 'Contributor' is more important than being the one who 'Merges', however, being a 'Contributor' is more important. (Need few gate keepers to avoid many chefs in the kitchen - scenario)
Importance of being a Code Reviewer.

Technical discussions must be refrained from Twitter groups.
Must use GitHub issues actively.
Touched base on Versioning. (discussed in an issue)
Not everyone has access to label the issues. However, project owners can do that.
FAQ documentation was created by 2 members.
Try to share relevant information on 'Resources' documentation in the GitHub Repositories.
Touched base on Naming conventions of File and Folder level naming directory scaffolding.
Try to come up with some information on naming conventions.
Directions on creating the 3rd PR by making changes on TEAM.md (compulsory).
Try to capture recording on making PRs locally.
Two members are looking into CLI, Twitter API, PDF, and, ePUB Design.
Figma: Prototyping Software.
Experiment with color theme and we can finalize the theme once we can finish logo design.
Coding plan will be discussed step by step consequently.
For any help you can raise any number of issues in the repo.

Thank you @sarathkumar6 and @vijaya-bhaskar for noting these during the meet.