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=Introduction=
The fall is broken into two parts. First, general open source and and community (i.e., Mozilla, OpenOffice.org) specific skills and ideas are taught. Students learn how to deal with the tools, techniques, and practices of their chosen project and its community. Second, students are taught about extensibility models, and how to write Add-ons and Extensions.
=Part I – Essential Open Source Development Skills and Concepts=
== Week 1 (Sept 1) Course introduction ==
* Course introduction
* Intro to open source
* Intro to Mozilla project
** [[Mozilla Project Overview]]
** Community, Foundation, Corporation
** [http://www.mozilla.org/about/mozilla-manifesto.html The Mozilla Manifesto]
** Mozilla [http://people.mozilla.com/~schrep/theMozillaPlatform.png platform] and [[Mozilla Technology Overview|technologies]]
* Intro to the OpenOffice.org project
** [[OpenOffice.org Overview]]
* '''Readings/Resources'''
** [http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue3_3/raymond/ "Cathedral and Bazaar"] by Eric Raymond
** [http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=7707585592627775409&q=open+source "Revolution OS"] [film] (see also http://www.revolution-os.com/ or QA 76.9.A25 R68 2003)
** [http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/z/200701/2007_0328_CTD.mp3 Mike Shaver discusses the Mozilla Manifesto] [MP3]
* '''TODO'''
** Create an '''account''' on this wiki for yourself
** Create a '''personal wiki page''' on this wiki, and add a link for yourself to the [[People]] page
** Create a '''blog''' (wordpress or blogspot or whatever) and create a feed category or tag called "open source"
** Read the [[Blog Guidelines]] for instructions on how to use your blog in the course
** Add your '''blog feed''' and info to the [[Open Source@Seneca Planet List]] so that it appears in the [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/~chris.tyler/planet OpenSource@Seneca Planet]
** '''Blog''' on your reactions to the readings for 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 (Sept 8) - Collaborative and Community Development Practices ==