April 2023
Beginner to intermediate
240 pages
7h 25m
English
We talked in Chapter 1, The Whats and Whys of Open Source, about the whats and whys of open source and looked a bit at the how in the context of existing open source projects. In this chapter, we will look at what makes a good open source project. We will look at some of the key characteristics of what a good open source project looks like, some of the pitfalls I’ve seen when open source projects aren’t created with the idea of building community, and, finally, some patterns and anti-patterns for open source projects.
The concept of a good open source project is by no means a trivial one. I get asked this question routinely, usually in a conversation that goes something like this:
Person: “So, how does ...