[Practitioner Guide]: Software Development Practices

[geekygirldawn]

Practitioner Guide Topic (1 - 3 words)

Software Development Practices

Primary Metrics (2 - 4 metrics)

• Change Request Reviews
• Branch Lifecycle
• Test Coverage
• License Coverage

Why is this topic important? How will this help people improve their open source project and / or community? Who will benefit from this guide?

Projects with good software development practices will likely be more viable and more stable over the long-term, which benefits both contributors and users.

How would you like to see this guide developed?

I am interested in using this guide, but I do not want to write it myself

Additional Notes

Here is the doc where this guide will be developed: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r3EMwXwpUjGo2Cug41TXHm8bSZdxzMibphc-Y-bR238/edit

For an example of a nearly finished Insight Guide that you can use to better understand what should be in each section and how much detail to include, please see the Responsiveness guide.

[sgoggins]

I assigned myself, and I welcome collaborators!