On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Marc A. Pelletier marc@uberbox.org wrote:
On 07/19/2014 05:47 AM, Mark Clements (HappyDog) wrote:
I've never been to a hackathon before! What should I expect? Are any of you guys coming?
Hackathons tend to cover the range from "complete newbie" to "Brion"; it's the meeting place for everyone who are involved - or want to get involved - in everything related to technical aspects of Mediawiki/Wikimedia; from core to language to tools.
It's actually quite fun; you get to sit down and work with like-minded people on most everything that strikes you fancy, and whatever you want to learn you are certain you meet someone there you can teach you. (And vice-versa!). Whether you feel like sitting down and to a hacking run, flit from one topic to another to find new things you can help with, or just want to meet-and-greet you'll find something for you.
Relevant reading:
*https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon: What to expect, the schedule, etc...
*https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Hackathon/Laptop_setup: What and how to install the tools you need if you don't have them already (Git, Gerrit, MediaWiki-Vagrant, etc..)
I hope you enjoy the hackathon, Mark!