The Spirit of Opensource - contribution as a strategy for growth and innovation @JAB 18 Cologne

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the spirit of opensource
contribution as a strategy for growth and innovation

Parth Lawate
@parthlawate
parth@tekditechnologies.com
● CEO, Techjoomla & Tekdi
Technologies
● Team Lead @User Surveys and
strategy team Joomla
● Co Founder, JUG Pune
● Organiser Joomla Day India
Joomla Freak, Book Mad, Trekking & Outdoor Guy, Promote Linux
in my sleep,Cook, Entrepreneur

Tekdi
Technologies
take the lead
● Working with Joomla since the
Mambo days - 12 + Years now
● Consulting and custom
development for Joomla
● Joomla for enterprise
● Client base across the world

AppCarvers
native & cross platform web &
mobile applications
● Products for EasySocial,
EasyBlog and JTicketing in the
Joomla space using com_api as
the backend
● Consulting and custom
development for Mobile apps
and cross platform chrome &
web apps
● Angular , Ionic based Unite
Framework

Techjoomla
Joomla extensions & Custom
development
● Shika LMS, JGive, Quick2Cart,
JGive, JTicketing are some of
our popular Joomla extensions
● Key open source contributions
include REST API , Common
Payments API for Joomla as
well as many more
infrastructure/Horizontal
extensions!

Magical free open source
Is it really free ?

How many of you have contributed to an Open
Source Project till now ?

How did that make you feel ?
Awesome ! Meh ? Buahah ?

Giving back, contributing and all such
'selfless' acts are the most selfish ones
at the core
I like to call them good selfish !

be a little Selfish !
contribute to OpenSource :)

how & why does FOSS work ?
is recognition enough ?

Now where have we heard that before ?
● You will get a high
● You will feel extremely
creative
But too much of it can lead to
● Your Attention Might falter
● Your wife might leave you
Let's not burn out our Project volunteers. Let’s chip in !!

Individual contributors vs companies
while a lot of projects are individual driven, companies-big
and small can add huge value to themselves and the
project

Contribution and common code just make sense

Why create & use Common Code ?
Don’t reinvent the wheel. And don’t just use it..Improve it!

1
N
otusing
Com
m
on
Code
2
N
otIm
proving
Com
m
on
Code
4
Less
Innovation
3
M
ore
Code
m
aintenance
+ = +

When to Contribute ?
at every possible opportunity …

Why Contribute ?
● Get recognition
● Get your code tested
more or less for free
● Help your own project by
ensuring lesser hacks by
contributing changes to
the core
● Contribute the common
denominator focus on
innovation
● Get experience and
exposure

Evolve a contribution culture
This makes your business and Joomla Sustainable

next time you build a project downstream to an
#opensource project - Ask yourself this :
What is the piece in this that I could
give back ?

Tying in contribution to your production process

{Plan your Common Code}
Decide what’s
common, what’s
specific very early !
Tactical frontend codingTactical backend coding
Requirement
Gathering
Solution
Architecture
Code Organisation &
DB Architecture
Class, Function, Library
Architecture
Backend Development
Classes, Functions
Libraries
Components,
Modules, Plugins
Frontend Development
HTML Structure
CSS Design
JS Design
View, CSS, JS devp Arch.
based on framework used
UX QA
Design
Review

contributing to #opensource takes a lot of
detailed planning of your projects.
But if you do it benefits are many fold !

Requirement
Gathering
Solution
Architecture
Code Organisation & DB
Architecture
Joomla Core Platform + CMS
Common Open Source Libraries
Infrastructure Extensions
Bespoke Code
Bespoke UI
The Server Stack
Project Common Code
A new Joomla Library
Joomla Core Contribution
Extension Contribution
the spirit of opensource
Project specific Common Code
The bigger your ‘Common Code’ blocks, the less you
develop and maintain over time. Design your
architecture to maximise common code. Lower in the
stack, the better...
contribution as a strategy for growth and innovation
Common Knowledge, Standards
Extensions

Biggest Example in the wild - Linux

Case in action
Some sustainable common code contributions

Common Payments API
Happier Extension Developers
Less code to maintain, more time to
innovate, more help to maintain
Happier Developers
30+ Payment integrations
with a few lines of code
Happier End users !
Get more for less !!

What are horizontal
or infrastructure
extensions ?
extensions that provide ready to use,
easy to integrate common features for
‘Vertical extensions’ can be termed as
‘Horizontal’ or ‘Infrastructure’
extensions
Horizontals/Infrastructure Extensions
Vertical
extensions with a
specific purpose Vertical
extensions with a
specific purpose
Vertical
extensions with a
specific purpose

Users & Access Categories
Tag
s
VersionsMenus Languages SearchFields
The Core Joomla Horizontals/Infrastructure Extensions
Articles Contacts Newsfeeds
Media
The CMS
Modules PluginsComponents Templates
Libraries Base Framework
Custom Extensions Custom Extensions
Super simplified view of Joomla’s core horizontal extensions

Role based ACL ReportingAPIsUser Hierarchy Dashboards
Vendors
UCM
Techjoomla’s Enterprise ready Horizontal Extension & library layer
The Joomla Libraries, Application Stack & CMS
Paths
Algolia,SOLR Notifications
ClustersMail Alerts ...

10+ infrastructure extensions, many libraries & many
many code snippets !
https://github.com/techjoomla
https://github.com/appcarvers

Don't kill or dissuade your
downstream projects . Help them grow
and you shall thrive! #opensource

the #success of an #opensource
project can be
#sustainable and ensured
if downstream projects exercise a
contribution strategy

If you have a product downstream to a
#opensource not contributing
upstream might not work in the long
run

A Sustainable ecosystem for Joomla

Taking it further with distributions !

Contribution Target
30% Common code in every project. Can we do more ?

Where in the stack is
your next contribution
going ?
Joomla Core Platform + CMS
Common Open Source Libraries
Infrastructure Extensions
Bespoke Code
Bespoke UI
The Server Stack
Project specific Common Code
Common Knowledge, Standards
Extensions

Thank you !
Let’s make an #impact !
Questions ?

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