ForLoop Ibadan - Practical approach to Contributing to Open Source

This presentation breaks down the steps required to get started contributing to open source projects. How to find Open source projects, commit and create pull requests.

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1. PRACTICAL APPROACH TO CONTRIBUTING TO OPEN SOURCE Abati Adewale Senior Developer at Hirefreehands
2. Who am I? kDeveloper at Hirefreehands kOpen Source Enthusiast kCommunity Builder kHost at Made in Nigeria Tech Podcast kGamer and Basketballer @acekyd @ace_kyd
3. HOW TO GET STARTED Where do you begin?
4. FIND A PROJECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO k A PROJECT YOU USE REGULARLY k A PROJECT BUILT IN YOUR FAVORITE LANGUAGE k A PROJECT THAT APPEARS INTERESTING TO YOU k FIND PROJECTS TRENDING AROUND YOU github.com
5. UNDERSTAND HOW PROJECTS ARE STRUCTURED k README.MD k LICENSE.MD k CONTRIBUTING.MD
6. MAKE YOUR FIRST CONTRIBUTION Contributing is not just about code.
7. RAISE AN ISSUE k REPORT A PROBLEM k REPORT A BUG k SUGGEST A FEATURE k GAP IN DOCUMENTATION
8. CONTRIBUTE CODE k FORK THE REPO k CLONE REPO LOCALLY k CREATE A NEW BRANCH k SUBMIT A PULL REQUEST
9. WHAT’S NEXT? REVIEWED AND APPROVED
10. THANK YOU! ANY QUESTIONS?