August 2019: Developer Appreciation Day (DAD)

As August has given way to September it’s time to reflect on what the past month has brought us. Recapping the evaluation of our most recent contributions to the TYPO3 core, we find some remarkable numbers. You guys are truly amazing!

Last month we had altogether:

• 70 contributors

• 31 patch authors

• 91 reviews (6 features, 57 bugfixes, 28 tasks)

• 25 documentation improvers

We could not accomplish our goals without the support, involvement and engagement of all you dedicated developers who contribute towards the TYPO3 project. It’s important to us that you all know just how much we appreciate your work.

Your contributions are the foundation of the TYPO3 open source platform - thank you!

This month, a special THANK YOU goes to Thomas Anders, Kevin Appelt, Oliver Bartsch, Michael Blunck, Alexander Bohndorf, Marco Bresch, Mathias Brodala, Cristian Buja, Jörg Bösche, Riccardo De Contardi, Rémy Daniel, Jan Delius, Kevin Ditscheid, Dmitry Dulepov, Dominik Dörr, Jonas Eberle, Randy Fay, Andreas Fernandez, Benjamin Franzke, Julian Geils, Simon Gilli, Josef Glatz, Daniel Goerz, Georg Großberger, Oliver Hader, Richard Haeser, Maik Hagenbruch, Felix Heller, Helmut Hummel, Björn Jacob, Jochen, Sven Jürgens, Oliver Klee, Markus Klein, Benjamin Kott, Tobi Kretschmann, Christian Kuhn, Jörg Kummer, Christoph Lehmann, Anja Leichsenring, Benni Mack, Daniel Maier, Tomas Norre Mikkelsen, Susanne Moog, Tymoteusz Motylewski, Chris Müller, Frank Nägler, Philipp Parzer, Sybille Peters, Maik Peuser, Simon Praetorius, Pascal Querner, Georg Ringer, Pascal Rinker, Marc von Schalscha, Roman Schilter, André Schließer, Guido Schmechel, Tizian Schmidlin, Alexander Schnitzler, Mathias Schreiber, Daniel Siepmann, Stefan P, Jan Stockfisch, Riny van Tiggelen, theline, Jens Ulrich, Matthias Vogel, Daniel Windloff and Tobias Wollender.

High five for your dedicated work! Your contributions, reviews, testing and reports on issues are highly appreciated. They’re what make TYPO3 into such a powerful and stable software solution.

Also, a very big THANK YOU to all documentation contributors for their help to extend and improve the documentation of TYPO3: Usman Ahmad, benjamingries, Riccardo De Contardi, EGburningsnow, Christian Eßl, Oliver Hader, Torben Hansen, Felix Heller, jboesche, Christian Kuhn, Jörg Kummer, linawolf, Susanne Moog, Andrea Moroni, Tymoteusz Motylewski, Andreas Nedbal, Nimmermaer, Philipp Parzer, Sybille Peters, Pascal Rinker, sascha307050, Daniel Siepmann and Georg Tiefenbrunn.

Are you a TYPO3 developer and would you like to meet other coders face-to-face more frequently? Or maybe you’re new to the TYPO3 project and would like to test the waters? We open our office doors every first Friday of the month for a full day of tackling issues in the review queue.

Location: TYPO3 GmbH, Am Wehrhahn 41, 40211 Düsseldorf, Germany
Date: September 6, 2019
Time: 9am to midnight
Goal: Get things done, indulge in that green bar feeling and have a good time!

What to expect

The review process improves the overall quality of the code and is an essential part of the development of TYPO3. Review Friday is open to anyone who wants to help out, and the process is simple. 

Come along, pick a seat, boot up your laptop, and spend time with us contributing to what we all love so much, TYPO3. There is room for coding, testing, talking and sharing stories. Food and beverages will be taken care of by us.

Sign up by simply contacting Anja Leichsenring via Slack (@maddy) or just come along to our office in Düsseldorf. We can’t wait to see you! And do let your friends and co-coders know about this regular event.

Being an open source project, TYPO3 CMS is highly depended on its devoted developers, marketers and other contributors alike. If you're interested in contributing to TYPO3 yourself, you're more than welcome to do so! Find out more about how to contribute to the TYPO3 core as well as the documentation.

We’re grateful to have so many developers involved in the our open source project–developers who believe in bringing good ideas to life, and who are truly passionate about our powerhouse content management system TYPO3. Remember: all it takes is a single patch to make a difference! Stay tuned for September’s recap that we’ll be publishing at the beginning of next month.