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A first timer's guide to contributing to open source

Gift Egwuenu
February 20, 2020

A first timer's guide to contributing to open source

A Vue Vixens Workshop at Open Source Festival Africa 2020

Gift Egwuenu

February 20, 2020
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  1. OPENSOURCE FESTIVAL WORKSHOP
    A First Timer's Guide to
    Contributing to Open Source
    VUEVIXENS LAGOS CHAPTER

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  2. VUE VIXENS

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  3. A First Timer's Guide to
    Contributing to Open
    Source

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  4. What exactly is Open
    Source?

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  5. Open Source software is
    software with source code
    that anyone can inspect,
    modify, and enhance.

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  6. Why Contribute?
    Improve your tech skills
    Give back to community
    Improve your communication
    skills
    Grow your network and build your
    brand
    Great way to learn new
    technology/library/language
    Looks great on your resume

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  7. OPEN SOURCE
    OSS | TERMINOLOGIES
    CONTRIBUTOR
    MAINTAINER
    LICENSE
    CONTRIBUTING GUIDE
    TERMINOLOGIES
    README
    CODE OF CONDUCT

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  8. Let's do a short exercise
    GETTING STARTED
    Laptop
    Internet
    Git
    VSCode
    Prerequisite
    bit.ly/vv-oss-workshop

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  9. Open Source
    Ways
    COMMUNITY MODERATOR
    PROJECT DESIGNER
    WRITE DOCUMENTATION
    EVENT ORGANIZER

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  10. Resources
    FURTHER RESOURCES
    Open Source Friday
    First Timers Only
    CodeTriage
    24 Pull Requests
    Up For Grabs
    Contributor-ninja
    First Contributions
    Hacktoberfest
    An Open Source
    Etiquette Guidebook

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