Chapter 8. Contributor Experience

By this point in the book, hopefully we have convinced you that Kubernetes is a popular and exciting technology that will bring substantial value to your enterprise. But, if you really want excitement, we highly recommend that you become a contributor to the Kubernetes community. The Kubernetes contributor community is an amazing group of very friendly people with a tremendous amount of collective knowledge about cloud computing and container technologies. By becoming a contributor, you will have the opportunity to expand your skills and strengthen your professional network. Contributing to Kubernetes can take several forms, including contributing to source code, opening bug reports, and contributing to documentation.

Learning how to contribute to an open source project like Kubernetes can be quite intimidating if you have never contributed to an open source project in the past. Fortunately, there are several resources available to help accelerate your journey to being a contributor to the Kubernetes community. In this chapter, we highlight several of these excellent online resources.

Kubernetes Website

The primary Kubernetes website is an excellent place to begin looking for information on Kubernetes. As shown in Figure 8-1, the home page for Kubernetes provides links for more information on topics such as documentation, community, blogs, and case studies. In the community section of the Kubernetes website, you will find more information on ...

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