{"id":2142,"date":"2018-11-16T09:33:20","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T09:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/blogs\/?p=2142"},"modified":"2025-02-25T10:27:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T18:27:29","slug":"mvp-article-how-i-joined-the-pnp-core-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/mvp-article-how-i-joined-the-pnp-core-team\/","title":{"rendered":"MVP Article – How I joined the PnP Core Team?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two years ago I decided to be more active in the PnP community and set new goals at least one contribution a month to get to the SharePoint Dev community monthly contributors list<\/a>, also I wanted to share my knowledge in my own words the way I\u2019d like to present it. One contribution a month was the initial plan, but I realized that this makes me very satisfied and I increased the contributions from one to four or more for the next few months. Whether is an answer to a question on GitHub issue<\/a>, a new PnP sample<\/a> or just fixing a typo in a function description, every drop counts. I enjoy when I answer a question because someone might have spent days in research how to do it as I did of the beginning of my career, but now after years of experience I know the answer and can give him that in seconds. Should that be the purpose of the community?<\/p>\n

Do not be afraid to share your ideas the people will like them<\/strong><\/p>\n

After few months, I had the confidence to start creating PnP samples<\/a> with my ideas like \u201cSPFx ReactiveX (RxJs) Event Emitter<\/a>\u201d sample and the \u201cSPFx React Slide Swiper<\/a>\u201d sample and I was happy to see that the community founds my samples useful, they ask questions, request new features and improvements. That is very rewarding and keeps you in a good mood.<\/p>\n

Doing PnP demos is like a talk with folks in the coffee shop<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, to be honest, I speak a lot and not always the right thing for the context, but I was never very stressed when I had to speak. I have experience and I know that I would not disappoint dramatically, might not be brilliant, but it is not the end of the world. Here is that guy Patrick Rogers<\/a>, he opens the PnP JS SIG call<\/a> and he is always so relaxed, tries to be funny and it creates such a friendly atmosphere like you are on a talk with folks in the coffee shop\u2026 why should I be stressed then? I\u2019d like to be well prepared, so the previous day I did a few dry runs and tried to fit in 15 minutes. Now, time for my demo \u201cHey guys, my name is Velin \u2026\u201d. At this moment the stress is gone and I am focused on my content.<\/p>\n

I got even more confidence so I wanted to share my view on code quality<\/strong><\/p>\n

In our work we occasionally have to make compromises of the product quality in favors of the deadlines, but the patterns and practices is not a workplace and I realized that is exactly the right place where I can do proper software the way I understand that and show the community how they can improve their web parts using unit tests for example. I read a blog about SPFx unit testing from Elio Struyf<\/a>, another PnP Core team member. Then I started promoting unit tests in every web part. It turned that the people are interested and I got over thirty questions. This opened another door where I can contribute heavily because I have experience in both JavaScript and .NET unit testing. Then I created the \u201cReact Jest Testing<\/a>\u201d sample and it was very well accepted from the community.<\/p>\n

The BIG DEAL, the PnP Office 365 CLI and the real power of the community<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The more you know, the more you know you do not know<\/em>” \u2013 Aristotle<\/p>\n

November 2017, Waldek Mastykarz<\/a> and PnP community introduced the Office 365 CLI<\/a>. I was impressed with the idea to have one tool for managing Office 365 that runs on Windows, Linux, and MAC. After I reviewed the contribution guidelines, I thought that would be a project of a high quality and lots of potential so I committed my first commands. What happened next is that learned so much from all the contributors that I realized no matter how experienced and professional you are trying to be, in the PnP community there is always an idea or suggestion that gives you a different point of view. That is the meaning of the collective knowledge and for me, this is the real power of the community.<\/p>\n

Few hours of contributions a week, every week, resulted in invite from the PnP core team<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am not a sprinter, I am a walker I got here with small persistent steps. I have not sacrificed my personal life or family time. For me was a matter of contributions a few hours a week, every week. Those few hours gave me the satisfaction of being helpful and the eager for learning something new. Nearly two years later, I became a Microsoft MVP and that was a great opportunity to be part of the PnP Core Team.<\/p>\n

Learn, Share, Reuse<\/em><\/p>\n

About the Author<\/h2>\n

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Velin<\/a> is a Microsoft Office Development MVP, currently working as a technical architect with a focus on designing SharePoint Online and Office 365 applications. He is a frequent contributor to SharePoint Patterns and Practices (PnP)<\/a> and a member of the SharePoint PnP Core Team where is especially focused on the Office 365 CLI and the SharePoint Framework. He is passionate about good coding practices, automation and in a search of better ways for teamwork that could improve the team collaboration.<\/p>\n

You will see him speaking on SharePoint conferences and events. He posts regularly to his blog, blog.velingeorgiev.com<\/a>. Tweets from @VelinGeorgiev<\/a> and works on multiple GitHub<\/a> projects.<\/p>\n

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SharePoint Team, Microsoft – 16th of November 2018<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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