The Web Economy/14

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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.

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^[1], and Wikimedia^[2].
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.

Create our own user account in this Wikiversity project. Take a tour here^[3] 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 ^[4]
How is open source software contribution different from a Wikipedian article contribution?

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.

(Provided by Students - subject to edit ranking by tutor)

(Provided by Students - subject to edit ranking by tutor)

(Done in wikiversity as course material by the students under the guidance of the tutor)

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