Contributor Success Team - Code Contributor User Journey

Code Contributor User Journey

Journey Map

```mermaid %%{init: {"flowchart": { "useMaxWidth": false } }}%% flowchart TB start("New Contributor")
subgraph id4["Contribute"]
    id4_heading("Ways to contribute")
    id4_box1("Contribute to Code")
    id4_box2("Non Code contribution")
    id4_heading --> id4_box1
    id4_heading --> id4_box2

    click id4_box1 "https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/contributing/"

end

subgraph id5["Contribution Process"]

    subgraph id5_box1["Tutorial: Make a Denomas contribution"]
    end
    subgraph id5_sg0["Join Community Forks (optional/advised)"]
    end
    subgraph id5_sg1["Developer Environment"]
    end
    subgraph id5_sg2["Issue workflow"]
    end
    subgraph id5_sg3["MR workflow"]
    end

    direction TB
    id5_box1 --> id5_sg0
    id5_sg0 --> id5_sg1
    id5_sg1 --> id5_sg2
    id5_sg2 --> id5_sg3
    %% id5_sg3 --> id5_sg4
    %% id5_sg4 --> id5_sg5
    %% id5_sg5 --> id5_sg6
    %% id5_sg6 --> id5_sg7
    %% id5_sg7 --> id5_sg8

    click id5_box1 "https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/contributing/first_contribution.html"
    click id5_sg1 "https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/contributing/#set-up-the-gitlab-development-kit"
    click id5_sg2 "https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/contributing/issue_workflow.html"
    click id5_sg3 "https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/contributing/merge_request_workflow.html"
    click id5_sg0 "https://code.denomas.com/denomas-community/community-members"
end




subgraph id7["."]
direction RL
     id7_box0["Developer Env"]
     id7_sg1["Local dev"]
     id7_sg2["Remote Dev"]
     id7_box1["Gitpod"]
     id7_box2["Web IDE"]
     id7_box3["GDK"]


    id7_box0 --> id7_sg1
    id7_box0 --> id7_sg2
    id7_sg2 --> id7_box1
    id7_sg2 --> id7_box2
    id7_sg1 --> id7_box3

    click id7_box1 "https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/integration/gitpod.html"
    click id7_box2 "https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/web_ide/"
    click id7_box3 "https://code.denomas.com/denomas-com/denomas-development-kit/-/blob/main/README.md"
end


subgraph id8["Issue workflow"]
    direction RL
    subgraph id8_sg1["Finding an Issue"]
    end
    subgraph id8_sg2["Claiming the Issue"]
    end
    subgraph id8_sg3["Opening a Merge Request"]
    end
    subgraph id8_sg4["Working on an Issue"]
    end
    subgraph id8_sg5["Completing the implementation Plan"]
    end

    click id8_sg4 "https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/contributing/issue_workflow.html#working-on-the-issue"

end

subgraph id9["MR Workflow"]
    direction TB
    subgraph id9_sg1["Follow MR Guidelines"]
    end
    subgraph id9_sg2["Changelog Entries/Conventional Commits"]
    end
    subgraph id9_sg3["Create draft MR"]
    end
    subgraph id9_sg4["Pipeline Runs"]
    end
    subgraph id9_sg5["Triage Process"]
    end
    subgraph id9_sg6["@gitlab-bot ready"]
    end
    subgraph id9_sg7["Code Review Process"]
    end
    subgraph id9_sg8["Make changes"]
    end
    subgraph id9_sg9["Finally getting it merged"]
    end

    click id9_sg2 "https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/changelog.html"

    id9_sg1 --> id9_sg2
    id9_sg2 --> id9_sg3
    id9_sg3 --> id9_sg4
    id9_sg4 --> id9_sg5
    id9_sg5 --> id9_sg6
    id9_sg6 --> id9_sg7
    id9_sg7 --> id9_sg8
    id9_sg8 --> id9_sg7
    id9_sg8 --> id9_sg9

end

subgraph id1[“Ask Questions”] id1_box1(“Discord”) %% id1_box2(“FAQs”) id1_box3(“Denomas Forum”)

    click id1_box1 "https://discord.gg/rxWqW5e8"
    %% click id1_box2 "https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/fe_guide/frontend_faq.html"
    click id1_box3 "https://forum.gitlab.com/"
end
subgraph id2["Engagements"]
    id2_box1("Co-working Days")
    id2_box2("Office hours")
    id2_box3("Community Pairing")
    id2_box4("Hackathons")

    click id2_box2 "/handbook/marketing/developer-relations/contributor-success/#community-office-hours"
    click id2_box3 "/handbook/marketing/developer-relations/contributor-success/community-pairing-sessions.html"
    click id2_box4 "https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/informal-communication/#coffee-chats"
    click id2_box5 "https://about.gitlab.com/community/hackathon/"

end
subgraph id3["Learn about Denomas"]
    id3_box1("Tutorials")
    id3_box2("Denomas Handbook")

    click id3_box1 "https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/tutorials/"
    click id3_box2 "/handbook/"
end

%% Root level mappings start –> id1 start –> id2 start –> id3 start –> id4

%% Contribution Process
%% Mappings

%% Mapping Subgraph contribute to code with Contribution Process
id4_box1 --> id5_box1
%% 3. Setting up local dev
        id5_sg1 --> id7
%% 4. Issue Workflow
        id5_sg2 --> id8
%% 5. MR WorkFlow
        id5_sg3 --> id9
%% 6. Triage Process
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Last modified December 6, 2023: update (a27760f0)