Contributing to open source software | GitHub [beginner friendly]

Hiiii I’m back with some tips for contributing to open source for beginners! PS sorry for the low quality cam, I thought it was more of a high def cam than it was lol. I hope this helps you get started in the world of open source. If there’s anything I missed, please let me know in the comments. Don’t forget to look for issues labeled “Good First Issues” to help you find some good places to start.


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The written version of the video can be found here: https://dev.to/bashbunni/getting-star... (I hope this makes it more accessible :D)

Resources
Finding a good first issue (alt. Search for issues with label: good first issue) - https://goodfirstissue.dev/
Squashing Commits - https://www.git-tower.com/learn/git/f...
Rebase vs Merge - https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutoria...
Creating Issues - https://docs.github.com/en/issues/tra...
Pull Requests - https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests

Chapters:
00:00 why contribute
01:20 wot are issues
01:52 I just wanna PR
02:30 unit tests?
02:45 what if I get stuck?
03:07 tool recommendations
03:55 asking questions
04:30 disclaimer RE: questions
05:10 dev environment difficulties
05:30 tech you need to know
06:23 honorable mentions
06:55 ELI5 contributing.md
07:12 extra lil tips ok
07:25 bai

Credits:
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