Contributing to Open Source - A Beginner's Guide to Making Your First Pull Request

This beginner course introduces the process of contributing to open-source software, from choosing a project and identifying a first task to understanding its codebase, engaging with its community, and making small, well-practiced commits.

Syllabus

⌨️ Course Introduction
⌨️ Instructor + Outcomes
⌨️ What is Open Source?
⌨️ Projects, Repos, Issues, Pull Requests
⌨️ The Benefits Of Open Source
⌨️ The Right Reason To Do Open Source
⌨️ Improve Something You Use
⌨️ Find Companies Active In Open Source
⌨️ Choose The Right Project
⌨️ Go With The Flow
⌨️ Identify A First Task
⌨️ Case Study: ReactJS Open Source Repo
⌨️ Find The Project Community
⌨️ Learning The Codebase
⌨️ What Are The Most Important Modules?
⌨️ What Opinions Do The Authors Have?
⌨️ Share What You Learn
⌨️ Start With Something Small
⌨️ Good Practices When Making Commits
⌨️ Be Like Water
⌨️ Anticipate Common Pushback
⌨️ Taking The Next Step