However, there are plenty of additional features, including code review, project management, integrations, security, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Worth over $7 million (2018), GitHub should not\nbe ignored by companies throughout the world, especially those focusing on software\ndevelopment. Since its launch in 2008, developers have worked alongside\nmultinational corporations, sharing their expertise and helping drive companies\nforward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are a software development company<\/a> and you haven\u2019t engaged with some\nof the expert influencers on GitHub yet, now is the time. Influencers on GitHub\nspecialise in a vast array of software languages\nincluding PHP, HTML, JavaScript and Ruby<\/a>. This article is going to have a look at 10 of\nthe most influential GitHub developers and once you read their mini-biography,\nyou\u2019ll definitely be interested in working with them on your next project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Marco Pivetta is the number one contributor on\nGitHub. Known online by his alias \u2018Ocramius<\/strong><\/a>\u2019, Marco is an expert software\ndeveloper who is currently based in Frankfurt, Germany. He is currently working\nfor <\/a>Roave<\/strong><\/a>, a web development company that is\nmade up of some of the best developers around the globe. In fact, Roave\ndescribes themselves as \u201ca hand-picked team of some of the most talented\ndevelopers in the PHP community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Marco is part of the Doctrine Team \u2013 the\norganisation behind the established <\/a>Doctrine 2 Object\nRelational Mapper<\/strong><\/a>.\nHe describes his responsibilities as being revolved around multiple open-source\nPHP ventures. Most commonly, his work involves being paid to focus on \u201cbackend\nPHP application architecture\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you get a chance, follow Ocramius on <\/a>Twitter<\/strong><\/a>. Whilst a great way to\nunderstand the professional side of Marco, he also shares ideas, thoughts and\nin his own words, \u201csilly things\u201d that he comes across. You are sure to be\nentertained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ocramius is the number\none contributor on GitHub so if you are interested in working with him, it is\nworth planning ahead as he is likely to be in very high demand!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Taylor Otwell is one of\nthe biggest contributors on GitHub and he has a wonderful track record of\nsoftware development. In 2011, Taylor <\/a>founded Laravel<\/strong><\/a>, an online\ntool that is a free \u201cPHP framework for web artisans<\/strong><\/a>\u201d\nand it can help organisations build reliable and trustworthy web applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Remarkably, before\ngetting involved in PHP software development, Taylor Otwell didn\u2019t really have\nany interest in computers. In an interesting interview with him, Taylor says\nthat \u201cPHP (and a\ncheap laptop) changed<\/strong><\/a>\u201d his life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since day one, Laravel\nhas released multiple updates for its users. And, the source code of Laravel is\non GitHub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite not being\nupdated for over a year, Taylor has a blog on <\/a>Medium<\/strong><\/a> which has some interesting articles\n\u2013 both of a professional nature and a more laid-back summary of his <\/a>working\nenvironment<\/strong><\/a>. Also, with an impressive follower count of over\n83,000, you can follow Taylor on <\/a>Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Graham Campbell<\/strong><\/a> is a top 5 contributor on\nGitHub. Towards the beginning of his professional career, Graham has <\/a>graduated from the University of York<\/strong><\/a> with\na first-class degree (distinction) in Computer Science and Mathematics. He is\ncurrently undertaking a PHD at the University of Newcastle, studying Pure\nMathematics \u2013 good luck Graham!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Graham is part of the\nLaravel Framework. However, he also has involvement with the <\/a>ongoing maintenance of PHP and Laravel packages on GitHub<\/strong><\/a>.\nThese include GrahamCampbell, vlucas, thephpleague, php-build, CachetHQ,\nStyleCI, ClassPreloader, laravel-auto-presenter, AltThree, and BitbucketAPI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Amazingly, software\ndeveloped by Graham (under the graham-campbell namespace) has been downloaded\nover 8 and a half million times on GitHub. On Graham\u2019s official website, he\nalso mentions that his \u201cco-maintained vlucas\/phpdotenv package has had over 75\nmillion downloads so far!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can follow Graham on <\/a>Twitter<\/strong><\/a> and join his 6,000 strong number\nof followers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sebastian McKenzie\ndoesn\u2019t appear to have his own official website. However, this hasn\u2019t stopped\nus from finding out some really interesting facts about him. Not only does\nSebastian now work for one of the largest companies in the world, he also\ncreated a really awesome tool when in higher education. We\u2019ll explain all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now residing in London,\nEngland, Sebastian grew up in Australia where he learned about JavaScript and\ncomputer programming <\/a>whilst in high\nschool<\/strong><\/a>. Sebastian then went on to develop Babel \u2013 a well renown\nnpm package that helps you compile next-generation JavaScript.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For the more computer\nprogramming minded people out there, \u201cBabel is a toolchain that is mainly used to\nconvert ECMAScript 2015+ code into a backwards compatible version of JavaScript\nin current and older browsers or environments<\/strong><\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since creating Babel,\nSebastian worked at <\/a>Cloudflare for three months<\/strong><\/a>. Now, he has\nnow gone on to work for <\/a>Facebook<\/strong><\/a> as a JavaScript expert. You can\nkeep up to date with his professional thoughts by following him on <\/a>Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another software\ndeveloper who is a <\/a>top ten contributor on GitHub<\/strong><\/a> is Thibault\nDuplessis. Whilst it is difficult to find out what he is up to on a day to day\nbasis because of an absence of a website, but he is the creator of a fantastic\ninternet game. Behind this game is some astonishing programming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thibault is the\ndeveloper of <\/a>Lichness<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 a brilliant online chess\nplatform that allows players around the world to play <\/a>competitive\nchess<\/strong><\/a>. According to <\/a>Chess Links<\/strong><\/a>, Lichness is the second most\npopular Chess program in the world and is only topped by the famous Chess.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Quite astonishingly,\nLichness is programmed to use artificial inelegance to analyse a gamers\nperformance \u2013 should you require this extra service. And since 2017, there have\nbeen regular championships where players can win impressive amounts of cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is worth noting that <\/a>Thibault has\nconfirmed<\/strong><\/a> he always intends to make Lichness available for free\nand the business is not-for-profit. Despite not looking to make a load of cash,\nLichness also offers extra features for visually impaired chess players – the\nfirst software of its kind to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you would like to\nfollow the thoughts of Thibault Duplessis and the latest Lichness developments,\nyou can find his <\/a>Twitter profile here<\/strong><\/a>. Twitter is a good\nway to keep up to speed because Thibault does not clarify his current location,\nmeaning he appears to have the <\/a>travel bug and\nlikes to move around<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Konstantin Haase is a\nwell-established <\/a>Open Source developer<\/strong><\/a>. Since 2005,\nKonstantin has adopted Ruby as his specialist programming language and you\u2019ll\nstruggle to find anyone with a greater knowledge and track record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He currently has his\nfinger in many pies and has an impressive portfolio. This includes major roles\nat software development and delivery companies. Right now, he is the Director\nof Engineering at <\/a>scoutbee<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 an artificial intelligence\nsuite that is designed to help big players in the business world find the very\nbest programmers out there. scoutbee has recently made it into the <\/a>New York Times<\/strong><\/a>\nbecause the business has secured $60 million from venture capital benefactors.\nImpressively, these backers include Next 47 (Siemens investment), Atomico and\nLakestar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Konstantin is also a\nco-founder of <\/a>Travis CI<\/strong><\/a> – a leading delivery service for\nGitHub projects. In fact, Travis CI is a major player and is used by businesses\nsuch as Moz and Zendesk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With an 8,000 <\/a>strong following on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>, Konstantin is\na frequent Tweeter and covers all things \u2018Open Source and programming\u2019. He is\nwell worth a follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Originally from\nAuckland, New Zealand, Hadley Wickham is a very active member on GitHub and a\nvery talented individual. He is currently based Houston, Texas and is the <\/a>Chief Scientist\nat RStudio<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n R is an \u201copen source statistical language<\/strong><\/a>\u201d that is\nused to \u201cto make sense of data\u201d. The organisation created open tools for R and\nfinished products that are ready to universal businesses to \u201cscale and share\nwork\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hadley explains on his <\/a>website<\/strong><\/a>\nthat you can basically divide his work into three categories: data science\ntools (ggplot2, dplyr, tidyr, stringr, lubridate), tools for data importing\n(readr, readxl, haven, httr, rvest, xml2) and tools for software engineering\n(devtools, roxygen2, testthat, pkgdown).<\/p>\n\n\n\n As well as working at\nRStudio, Hadley Wickham is also a lecturer at <\/a>Rice University<\/strong><\/a>in Texas where he is an Adjunct Professor of Statistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019re reading this,\nyou probably have a hunger for programming and complex software. However, on\nHadley\u2019s personal website, he also shares his <\/a>family recipes<\/strong><\/a>\n\u2013 something for you to sink your teeth into! He admits that he is an avid cook\nand maker of cocktails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Samy Pesse is a <\/a>GitHub\ninfluencer<\/strong><\/a> from Lyon, France. He is currently the Chief\nTechnology Officer (CTO) at GitBook \u2013 a company that he co-founded in 2014.\nGitBook is based in his hometown \u2013 Lyon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n GitBook<\/strong><\/a> is an Open Source instrument that\nwas created to assist developers with the production of documentation. Founded\nback in 2014, the business has grown rapidly and now boasts over 500,000 users,\n150,000 spaces and 20 million monthly visitors. The GitBook team has now grown\nto 13 employees and the official website is well worth checking out for their <\/a>quirky\nphotographs<\/strong><\/a>. Samy can be spotted with a Nerf Gun \u2013 a fun addition\nto any workspace! They certainly look like a close-knit team and the\nenvironment looks really positive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Before GitBook, Samy <\/a>co-founded\nCodebox<\/strong><\/a>, a cloud based Integrated Development Environment (IDE).\nIn 2015, Codebox was purchased by Corvisa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Judging by <\/a>his Twitter<\/strong><\/a>,\nSamy is a proud Frenchman and a keen football fan!<\/p>\n\n\n\n On <\/a>GitHub<\/strong><\/a>,\nMonica describes herself as \u201cyour favourite developer\u2019s favourite developer\u201d.\nShe is very active on the platform with over 5,000 followers and she has\ncontributed over 700 times in the last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Monica Dinculescu works\nat Google where she specialises in emojis. Her job title is an Emojineer. What\na fun job and as you would expect, her Twitter profile is <\/a>not short of an\nemoji or two<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n In her role, Monica\nworks with <\/a>Magenta<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 \u201can open source research project\nexploring the role of machine learning as a tool in the creative process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Previously, Monica\nworked with <\/a>Polymer<\/strong><\/a> and was \u201ca big advocate for Web\nComponents.\u201d The Polymer Project is a mission that is aimed to help software\ndevelopers reach their potential when working with the web (and the Polymer Project\nconsists of frontend Chrome Developers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Monica is the proud\ncreator of a really impressive and fun tool that translates text into emojis \u2013\nthe Emoji Bot (@to_emoji<\/strong><\/a>). Check it out and\nsee for yourself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The <\/a>final GitHub\ninfluencer<\/strong><\/a> and programming professional we are going to look at\nis Jose Valim. Based in Krakow, Poland, Jose is an expert in Elixir programming\nlanguage. Actually, the word expert is an understatement because Jose Valim was\nthe founder of the programming language!<\/p>\n\n\n\n To create Elixir, Jose\nused the best parts of Ruby, Erlang, and Clojure to create a programming\nlanguage that was superior in his eyes. <\/a>Honeypot made a documentary on Elixir<\/strong><\/a>\nin 2018 and it is worth a watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Currently, Jose is the\nChief Adoption Officer (CAO) at <\/a>Dashbit<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 a team of experts who are ready\nto work with organisations to achieve their software programming objectives. As\npart of the Dashbit experience, organisations can gain access to the brains of\nthe founders to ensure their aims are met to the highest standards. This is\nreiterated on the Dashbit website: \u201cAt Dashbit, we help startups and\nenterprises adopt and run Elixir in production\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Previous work saw Jose\nworking at <\/a>Plataformatec<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 a consultancy (software)\nfirm working with Elixir and Ruby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It goes without saying,\nif you are interested in working with Elixir experts \u2013 Dashbit should be the\nfirst people you contact. Why? Because of a proven track record and the fact\nthat the founder of Elixir works there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n1. Marco Pivetta, Germany<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
2. Taylor Otwell, USA<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
3. Graham Campbell, United Kingdom<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
4. Sebastian McKenzie, United Kingdom<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
5. Thibault Duplessis, France<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
6. Konstantin Haase, Germany<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
7. Hadley Wickham, USA<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
8. Samy Pesse, France<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
9. Monica Dinculescu, USA<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
10. Jose Valim, Poland<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n