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== Introduction Week 1 ==
* Course introduction
** Pick one Closed and one Open license/EULA, and read them from start to finish. Pick '''3 things that struck you''', blog about it and your reactions to the readings this week.
** Begin learning how to use [[Irc|IRC]] for communication. We'll cover this in detail next week, but it's better to get started early.
== Week 2 ==
* Open/Closed Licenses
** Discussion of findings in license readings from week 1
** Case Study: Markdown and open licensing, open standards, forking, blogging, and Twitter
*** [http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/ Markdown 1.0.1 (2004)]
*** [http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/license Markdown's license]
*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown Markdown is used everywhere, by everyone]
*** [http://blog.codinghorror.com/responsible-open-source-code-parenting/ calling out a maintainer (2009)]
*** [http://blog.codinghorror.com/the-future-of-markdown/ call for standardization of Markdown (2012)]
*** [http://rumproarious.com/2012/10/29/markdown-the-spec/ failed attempt to standardize (2012)]
*** [https://twitter.com/gruber/status/507590050880561153 podcast of Gruber discussing Markdown]
*** [http://blog.codinghorror.com/standard-flavored-markdown/ a second attempt, Standard Markdown (2014)]
*** [https://twitter.com/markdown Standard Markdown rejected]
*** [http://spinhalf.net/omg-markdown/ the difficulty with standardizing]
*** [https://twitter.com/codinghorror/status/507680549712838656 naming fallout]
*** [http://blog.codinghorror.com/standard-markdown-is-now-common-markdown/ a third attempt, Common Markdown (2014)]
* Discussion of Class Projects
** Filer
** MakeDrive
** Brackets, Nimble
** Appmaker
** Mobile Appmaker
* Release 0.1
** [https://github.com/js-platform/filer/issues/277 Implement du in Filer]
** You will learn git, github, JavaScript, node.js, npm, Filer, code review
** You must fix the bug yourself and have it reviewed by another student *and* review another student's implementation (i.e., do a pull request against another student's fork, and vice versa)
* '''TODO'''
** Sign-up for a case study and begin researching and immersing yourself - [[2014 Open Source Project Case Study]]
** Reading: [http://www.firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/578/499 The Cathedral and the Bazaar]