Onboarding
IN PROGRESS: This section is in the early planning stages and is subject to change. Stay tuned for details.
Code California aims to make the open source onboarding process one that embraces empathy, continuous learning, support, collaboration and community.
Individuals and agencies onboard to Code California through:
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Training
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Events
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Resources
Individuals
All members of the Code California community are encouraged to actively engage through the various platforms provided, including learning about the policy and playbook, registering for training and events, exploring relevant tools, and following activities via our outreach avenues.
Checklist
Agencies
All California government agencies (state/county/city) are encouraged to actively engage with the Code California community.
Checklist
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Establish a Code Coordinator
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Host recurring open source open space events
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Set up GitHub organization (ex: California Department of Technology, CA Office of Digital Innovation, Child Welfare Digital Services)
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Create/publish agency code.json file
Resources
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Introduction - Building Your Agency's Open Source Practice (code.gov)
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Get Started Contributing to Open Source Through Civic Tech (Sara Cope)
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Open source checklist (U.S. General Services Administration)
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Before you ship (18F)
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Intro to GitHub (18F)
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About organizations (GitHub)
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About pull requests (GitHub)
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About branches (GitHub)
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About forks (GitHub)
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About issues (GitHub)
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Two-factor authentication (GitHub)
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Requiring two-factor authentication in your organization (GitHub)
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Organizing members into teams (GitHub)
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Access permissions on GitHub (GitHub)