The Web Economy/14

Critical Tools And Skills
This is a lesson part of the module The Web Economy out of the Open Source ERP/Executive Diploma course conducted by a private university.

Topics

 * Today's knowledge worker in a community open source must know certain basic tools and skills to perform efficiently
 * Among the further tools they have to handle are Chatroom client, Sourceforge repository, and Wikimedia.
 * Skills involve soft skills such as been able to follow forum threads and response to them, and editing wikis.
 * In an Open Source Software project, the contributors have to possess a high level of programming ability and be familiar with the subject matter.

Assignment Tasks

 * Create our own user account in this Wikiversity project. Take a tour here if you are a newbie.
 * Research other user pages and dress up your own user page with relevant information about yourself and what you do.
 * Create also an account in the the ADempiere Open Source ERP project wiki ADempiere Wiki and introduce yourself in the Community Portal.
 * Create your discussion pages as sub pages in the wikiversity project. Create your classroom page as Open Source ERP/Classroom/09/1 etc.
 * Try to edit some of the ADempiere Wiki such as typo and grammar mistakes.
 * Comment in the talk pages on any point that is fitting. Remember to sign your name.
 * Create a user account in http://sf.net/
 * Browse through the trackers of http://sf.net/projects/adempiere
 * How is open source software contribution different from a Wikipedian article contribution?

Activities

 * Publish your works in an attractive manner in your user page, stating your own views and findings providing links to your sources. Use the talk page here to score marks.
 * Create or edit sub-pages of course materials within wikiversity.
 * Discuss in the forum (link shall be provided) by offering your ideas and answering or comment on others' postings.

Links to Student Notes
(Provided by Students - subject to edit ranking by tutor)

Notable Links to Resources
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Sub-Pages
(Done in wikiversity as course material by the students under the guidance of the tutor)

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