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Following up previous post introducing how to get Open Source development data, it’s time to play with them. I’ll use Pandas, the Python Data Analysis Library as main tool in this post.
Let’s create a simple data frame with information about the files touched in each commit. The script could look like this:
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This post was initially intended to share thoughts about PyConES 2017, but it’s been an stressful events month. So it also contains experiences from the latest conferences I’ve attended/participated/talked: LibreCon, Open Source Summit Europe and Liferay Spain Symposium.
Let’s start the reviews…
Simple analysis of open source development in public administrations can be done very easily. This post describes the initial steps to understand how to obtain previous post results.
We’ll learn how to use Perceval. It’s the tool responsible for data retrieval in GrimoireLab, the free, open source software framework for software development analytics.
Take some coffee or tee, and let’s start!
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Many people don’t believe me when I say I am a shy person and I don’t like public speaking. How have I learned to overcome stage fright?
Everything started in the University (where else?) around late 90’s. I’ve studied Industrial Engineering (nothing related with computer science or programming). I was mad at using HP calculators, participating in some international newsgroups, betatesting new models, and even writing some code. That was my first participation in on-line tech communities.
My colleagues at the university asked me for a training course. That was my first public talk, in front of around 100-200 people in a classroom, using real transparencies. I still remember my legs shivering.
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This is a first post to show a simple analysis of some open source projects from Spanish public administration as an example of government transparency.
It follows a previous post about transparency in government funded software development. I’ve read about the Technology Transfer Centre from Spanish Ministry of Finance and Public Function, so I decided to run a similar analysis on its repositories in GitHub.
I’ve found very interesting patterns. Let’s name a few.
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