Contributor
Niku Singh

Document the contributor journey to GitLab


Mentors
Nick Veenhof, daniel-murphy
Organization
GitLab
Technologies
javascript, ruby on rails, golang, Analytical skills, Writing skills, Self-managing ability to troubleshoot and solve problems
Topics
documentation
This project aims to simplify the contribution process to GitLab by creating a detailed report for developers using both local and cloud-based Integrated Development Environments (IDEs). The report will identify areas where the process can be improved, and the mentee will work to address 20% of the identified gaps. The ultimate goal is to enhance the contribution experience and make it more inclusive to a broader community of developers. The project can be broken down into 3 parts Research and analysis: Aims at conducting a user research to understand the contributors journey to Gitlab. A user can contribute to gitlab in many ways through Development, Documentation, UI/UX , translation etc. main work would be to identify the contributors journey in each of those. Addressing gaps in the contributor journey Creating a list of identified gaps and discussing a way to tackle those gaps. Improving the Onboarding process Contributing to Gilab can be overwhelming, this aims at identifying the hurdles that a new contributor faces and come up with an idea to improve the process.