danthareja/contribute-to-open-source

[STILL ACTIVE] Learn the GitHub workflow by contributing code in a fun simulation project

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Contribute to Open Source

The goal of this project is to empower you to contribute code to open source projects on GitHub by teaching you the mechanics of the process in an interactive experience.

You

have started the journey of learning how to code
have taken an online course or two
are empowered by your new ability to create
are curious what "open source" means and how you can do it too

Your mission

Jump right in and fix issue #1.

contribute

educational

hacktoberfest

learning

open-source

pull-request

Significant stargazers

Eric Simons

990 followers · starred Dec 2017

Oscar Balcells Obeso

46 followers · starred Dec 2020

Shahed Nasser

2,870 followers · starred Feb 2022

Anais Urlichs

881 followers · starred Feb 2022

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