https://github.com/cllspy/contributing-to-open-source
This course covers everything you need to contribute meaningfully to existing open-source software projects.
https://github.com/cllspy/contributing-to-open-source
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This course covers everything you need to contribute meaningfully to existing open-source software projects.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/cllspy/contributing-to-open-source
- Owner: CllsPy
- Created: 2024-11-18T02:59:53.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-11-20T17:58:54.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-07-27T09:33:06.708Z (8 months ago)
- Size: 15.6 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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# Contributing-To-Open-Source
This course covers everything you need to contribute meaningfully to existing open-source software projects.
# A FreeCodeCamp Course
This course is taught by James Pearce ( https://github.com/jamesgpearce ). He is the former Head of Open Source at Meta, the company that invented React, Hack, and PyTorch, along with 100s of other popular projects.
⭐️ Contents ⭐️
- ⌨️ (0:00:00) Course Introduction
- ⌨️ (0:05:42) Instructor + Outcomes
- ⌨️ (0:09:46) What is Open Source?
- ⌨️ (0:14:10) Projects, Repos, Issues, Pull Requests
- ⌨️ (0:19:06) The Benefits Of Open Source
- ⌨️ (0:26:33) The Right Reason To Do Open Source
- ⌨️ (0:32:27) Improve Something You Use
- ⌨️ (0:41:59) Find Companies Active In Open Source
- ⌨️ (0:48:59) Choose The Right Project
- ⌨️ (0:59:39) Go With The Flow
- ⌨️ (1:09:40) Identify A First Task
- ⌨️ (1:21:46) Case Study: ReactJS Open Source Repo
- ⌨️ (1:24:26) Find The Project Community
- ⌨️ (1:34:59) Learning The Codebase
- ⌨️ (1:44:04) What Are The Most Important Modules?
- ⌨️ (1:48:17) What Opinions Do The Authors Have?
- ⌨️ (1:52:16) Share What You Learn
- ⌨️ (1:58:08) Start With Something Small
- ⌨️ (2:03:14) Good Practices When Making Commits
- ⌨️ (2:10:25) Be Like Water
- ⌨️ (2:16:59) Anticipate Common Pushback
- ⌨️ (2:25:39) Taking The Next Step
## Futher Reading
- [OSS for Devs](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/a-practical-guide-to-start-opensource-contributions/)