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| 1 | +# 2021-07-17 |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +This retrospective was from the first [new contributors mob/ensemble]. Sadly [@mattwynne] failed to record the stream, so there's no video from this session. |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +## Who |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +* [@artismarti] |
| 8 | +* [@16sheep] |
| 9 | +* [@eoola] |
| 10 | +* [@mattwynne] (taking these notes) |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +## What happened? |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +* We read the issues at https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-js/contribute |
| 15 | +* We decided to tackle one |
| 16 | +* We discussed how contributing to the repo worked |
| 17 | +* We changed what to tackle and tackled something simpler |
| 18 | +* We made a [PR](https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-js/pull/1734). |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +## What worked? What do you appreciate? |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +* I learned general concepts that I could use in other open source projects |
| 23 | +* The issues were good for first timers. I'm keen to explore more now I've looked through them! |
| 24 | +* It was so much fun! All the intimidation I had about starting to do this vanished. Low stakes way of learning new things. A nice way of learning new stuff! |
| 25 | +* The team gelled almost instantly |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +## What was puzzling or frustrating? |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +* Why did the tests pass on your device but not mine? |
| 30 | +* Live Share vs Screen Share it was a bit confusing |
| 31 | +* Would it be easier to just run it locally on one of our machines? More realistic. |
| 32 | +* Twitch setup (Matt heard his own voice the whole way through, and we started late) |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +## What should we decide / change for next time? |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +* Do this regularly but on any codebase, not just Cucumber |
| 37 | +* Would it be easier to just run it locally on one of our machines? |
| 38 | +* Matt do more homeowrk on twitch setup |
| 39 | +* Let's do this again! |
| 40 | +* Update CONTRIBUTING.md guide to include pointers to basics about forking, how to name your branch etc., and some words of comfort and encouragement to make mistakes, ask for help etc. |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +[@artismarti]: https://github.com/artismarti |
| 43 | +[@mattwynne]: https://github.com/mattwynne |
| 44 | +[@16sheep]: https://github.com/16sheep |
| 45 | +[@eoola]: https://github.com/eoola |
| 46 | +[new contributors mob/ensemble]: https://cucumber.io/blog/open-source/tackling-structural-racism-(and-sexism)-in-open-so/ |
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