André Wanlin
Customer Success Engineer, Spotify
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André, a full Stack Developer from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is a Core Maintainer, Community Plugin Maintainer and Documentation Maintainer of the Backstage open source project having contributed 3 plugins - Azure DevOps, DevTools, and Linguist - as well as various features, bug fixes and documentation updates. He's also an active CNCF Ambassador where he shares his Backstage knowledge with other CNCF projects and co-chairs BackstageCon which takes place as part of KubeCon. He's often found on the Backstage Discord Server helping others and sharing his passion for all things Backstage. When he's offline you can catch him at the local dog park with his Frenchton Bailey!
From Zero to a Top Contributor: An Open Source Success Story
Follow along with me as I take you through my journey to becoming one of the Top contributors to the Backstage project. The voyage begins where I did: zero TypeScript/JavaScript, React, and Node experience, no work policy to be able to contribute, and never having contributed before. We’ll walk along the path I took starting with submitting issues, small PRs, and then to larger plugin contributions. I’ll also talk about how being a member of the Backstage Discord server also helped along the way.
Contribute with Confidence: Dive into Backstage!
Join us for an engaging session on Backstage, a CNCF project that powers Internal Developer Portals with its rich plugin ecosystem. We’ll guide you through setting up your environment with tools like Node.js and TypeScript, introduce you to the Backstage Contributing Guide, and help you explore beginner-friendly GitHub issues with expert support.
For more seasoned Backstage developers, use this session to create a plugin and extend Backstage’s functionality. Engage with maintainers, ask questions, and gain valuable insights into the project. Whether you’re new or experienced, this is your chance to make an impact and contribute to the Backstage community!
Backstage Onboarding: Your Journey to Community Contribution!
Join us for an in-depth session on Backstage, an incubating project within the CNCF ecosystem. Backstage is a framework for building Internal Developer Portals, enhanced with a variety of plugins. In this session we will guide you through your local environment, ensuring you have all the prerequisite tools like NodeJS and TypeScript. We will then walk through the Contributing Guide to help you familiarize yourself with the project and the contribution process. From there, we will dive into a curated list of GitHub Issues perfect for first-time contributors. You will have the opportunity to receive help from Backstage experts while we tackle these issues. Embark on your journey of contributing to Backstage and its vibrant community of plugins!
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