Have you heard about #Hacktoberfest? It's a month devoted to encouraging #opensource participation! Want to get involved? Here's how: (1/n)
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Look up beginner-friendly issues on GitHub, which will be labeled
#Hacktoberfest, & take a crack at fixing one. https://github.com/search?l=PHP&q=label%3Ahacktoberfest&state=open&type=Issues&utf8=%E2%9C%93 … 2/nShow this thread
If you need some help understanding how to contribute to open source projects, check out GitHub's guide to #OSS https://opensource.guide/ 3/n
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If you have a particular project you want to contribute to (or once you identify one), also check out that project's contributor guide. 4/n
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There are links to NumFOCUS project contributor guides on our website. https://www.numfocus.org/open-source-projects/ … Click on "Contribute Code to [Project]" 5/n
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You can also search a project's GitHub repo for
#Hacktoberfest labeled issues. Here's the@ProjectJupyter list: https://github.com/jupyter/jupyter.github.io/labels/Hacktoberfest … 6/nShow this thread -
Here's the
@nteractio list of#Hacktoberfest issues: https://github.com/nteract/nteract/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Ahacktoberfest … 7/nShow this thread -
Also look at projects that might not have implemented
#Hacktoberfest labeling but still have beginner-friendly issues. For example... 8/nShow this thread -
@Matplotlib has "New-Contributor-Friendly" and "Difficulty:Easy" labels on issues https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/labels/new-contributor-friendly … but no#Hacktoberfest label (9/n)Show this thread -
And finally, if you get stuck or have questions, reach out to the project community for help! Most projects have forums or lists... 10/n
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...and lots of them are also on Twitter. (e.g. https://twitter.com/NumFOCUS/lists/nf-sponsored-projects …) You're not bothering them—they would LOVE your help! (11/n)
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Plus, if you make 4 PRs, you get a
#Hacktoberfest t-shirt: https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/ Have fun! No time like the present to get involved. /endShow this thread -
@jakevdp posted a nice video showing how to fork a github repo and create a simple Pull Requesthttps://twitter.com/jakevdp/status/921041937301258240 …Show this thread
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