Bøger af John Mertic

Accelerate your career and make an impact by launching and running a successful open source projectPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey Features:Understand the method and rationale for launching an open source projectExplore best practices and insights for running an open source projectLeverage open source projects to advance your careerBook Description:Open source is ubiquitous in our society, with countless existing projects, and new ones emerging every day. It follows a "scratch-your-own-itch" model where contributors and maintainers drive the project forward. Through Open Source Projects - Beyond Code, you'll learn what it takes to develop a successful, scalable, and sustainable open source project.In this book, you'll explore the full life cycle of open source projects, from inception, through launch, to maturity, and then discover how to sunset an open source project responsibly. Along the way, you'll learn the concepts of licensing, governance, community building, ecosystem management, and growing maintainers and contributors, as well as understand how other open source projects have been successful or might have struggled in some areas. You can use this book as an end-to-end guide or reference material for the future.By the end of this book, you'll be able to accelerate your career in open source. Your newly acquired skills will help you stay ahead of the curve even with the ever-evolving nature of technology.What You Will Learn:Explore what is open source and how you can use it to accelerate your careerStart an open source project while exploring its key considerationsGrow, support, and manage a vast community of developers and usersBuild and maintain a mature and sustainable projectEnable mass users and developers to downstream productization and outreachUse open source as a portfolio to build your careerUnderstand when to end a project and conduct it responsiblyWho this book is for:This book is for software developers, product managers, project managers, business leaders, or general enthusiasts looking to start an open source project or currently maintaining one.

SugarCRM is a leading open-source customer relations management tool and development platform with nearly 5.5 million downloads, nearly 17,000 developers, and lots more users.

In the crowded field of customer relationship management (CRM) systems, SugarCRM stands outnot only for its modular design, but also for the ease with which you can develop, customize, and extend your CRM applications. This concise book provides a thorough overview of the development tools and APIs available in SugarCRM 6.2, showing both developers and nondevelopers alike how to use them to build a sample application step-by-step.You'll learn how to bend and twist SugarCRMs extensible MVC framework to create custom applications, including solutions for automating your business that go beyond traditional CRMs.Learn how SugarCRM modules interact with one another through data relationshipsBuild your CRM application with SugarCRMs GUI developer toolswithout touching codeUse built-in design templates with Module Builder to design new CRM modulesCustomize modules with the Studio tool to add new fields or additional relationships between modulesAutomate common and tedious tasks within your application, using custom PHP code with SugarCRM's powerful APIIntegrate external applications into your CRM solution through SugarCRM's web services API