Contributing to Open Source for the first time

[@cassidoo]

Tip for newbies: often there’s labels called “good first issue” or “my first PR” on a lot of projects that are small tasks that can introduce you to the project and make a meaningful change!

[@ambrish8144]

thanks for the tip

[@Limpuls]

Should I search for these in a specific repository or do a global search to find repositories with issues labeled as "good first issue" etc?

[@DevsLikeUs]

Thank you for the advice.

[@ArynKr]

@@Limpuls You should first get into the repo where you want to contribute and then search these terms in that repo. Hope this may answer your query.

[@Limpuls]

@@ArynKr It does, thank you!

[@santosh5336]

This is an underrated video. People just talk about open-source and its uses and everything but this is what a beginner actually need

[@jeffGordon852]

If you're not confident enough, you can do docs translation. Some people might think when they do translation they are not contributing as much as someone who writes code. But this couldn't be further from the truth! Imagine all the projects without docs!

[@ruhnet]

Couldn't agree more. Documentation, whether translating or improving is very important for any OS project, and often the primary developers don't have time/inclination/skills to keep up documentation, so people who help with that, even if they have no coding ability, are very valuable to the project.

[@AbhishekTiwari-jq8lc]

Is a grammatical error in the FAQ will be considered as a contribution and should I "pull request" for it???

[@ruhnet]

@@AbhishekTiwari-jq8lc Yes. It may be a small contribution, but it is still a contribution.

[@mananwashere]

I'm completely new to coding and open source, and documentation being so important for developers, shouldn't more experienced coders contribute to the docs ? (sorry if this was a stupid question 😂)

[@jeffGordon852]

@@mananwashere It's not a stupid question, yes experience dev write the doc, but someone with basic knowledge of the framework in question can do the TRANSLATION

[@pviveknair]

This is exactly what I was looking for. There are all these tutorials about Git and Github technologies, but none of them actually tell you how to work with them. Thank you very much for helping out with the clearly neglected front end part.

[@LilyEvans1996]

This is a very solid introduction to open source contribution!

[@cubedev4838]

Hi mimi

[@Fahadkhan_313]

Yeh

[@pd5873]

@@EricaTheScientist can u share frm where did u learn github using terminal??? I m first yr student nd want to make my first contribution soon

[@guitarman813]

This is a fantastic introduction to open-source contributions. I always wanted to get into this. But never knew where to exactly start. I have more confidence now to undertake these projects. Thanks Cami!

[@my_j.a.r.v.i.s.]

@Phoenix 😨

[@vishalpattnaik1996]

@Phoenix r/unpopularopinion

[@cs-codemon5306]

@Phoenix i dont care about facebook , i only care what i can learn from open source

[@noobsaredevil3340]

That was nice introduction for first time contribution. I actually did my first contribution today after learning from this video. It was small HTML/CSS contribution to a project but felt nice for first steps. Thanks Ma'am

[@niteshchowdhury2567]

How long does it take to make first contribution

[@Burh.2k]

@@niteshchowdhury2567 depends on you

[@tanoypaul]

This is called 'tutorial'. Just the thing I was searching from weeks... 🤞🏻

[@whisp96]

thanks, good video! I'm trying to hop into open source to better my chances for internships.

[@loicboset5015]

Thanks a lot! I've just made my first contribution!

[@khalidfrancis5430]

This is one amazing video. Very informative and very explanatory yet very detailed in demonstration and straight to the point. This was tremendously helpful to me, someone who is trying to slowly myself as a software developer yet going through the clueless beginning. THANK YOU CAMI

[@judevector]

Gosh I have watched so many videos on how to contribute to a project all seems to be confusing each other and in the process confusing me , but here I am watching this single video and it's as clear as day 😊

[@madhavanand756]

Please answer this question or a video on this topic will be great. I have learnt Java, C, C++ where I have learnt for loop, while etc, basically all basics with algos. Additionally I have learnt HTML, CSS at beginner level. I spent whole day searching repositories, saw issues but when to contribute something meaningful (not a readme file typo fix)- "I don't know where to start, how to locate - just blank" I have watched tons of videos haven't found my answer. Let me know right direction, or if I am lacking skills.

[@balaganesh3440]

This is the best guide to get started with open source contribution......kudos to the creator :)

[@chillonfunsmart4929]

I've been an open source software enthusiast for a long time now, what I've come to realize over time is that the value of open source is not just in software but in all things. When we can learn to apply the principle of open source along with the principle of decentralization to our systems of education, scientific development, governments, security, economics structure and incentives as well as corporate entities humanity will be able to level up we won't need to rely on unsustainable means of energy production, And we will have a framework to be a community of empowered individuals. We can bypass hierarchical systems that lean towards tyranny overtime. And free ourselves from relying on systems that don't fit our best interest.

[@al-ekramelaheehridoy7297]

Best tutorial on open source contributions. Period

[@jamesomina4119]

I Like Cammi Williams's explanation about how to contribute to the first first open source project, It is clearly explained and easy for the beginner to understand, Great!

[@mahipalsingh9361]

Reading the documentation and making updates there is a good start that way you understand about the system and that opens the door for more changes in the product

[@rishabhbhambani1530]

This is By far the best driving force for me to get started to open source .

[@elg281]

I hear ya

[@naseemsrour393]

Thank you for this solid much-needed introduction. It's quite helpful as a first step into the open source world.

[@tonypatriota6408]

hey Bro would you give me some tips on an open source project I want to start?

[@yawaramin4771]

At 30s Cami asks, 'Why is open source valuable to companies?' And provides three reasons. These reasons make sense in some contexts, but the original value of open source is to prevent vendor lock-in. With closed-source software like say Oracle, when you're an ordinary company, if Oracle has a bug or if they jack up their prices, or if they revoke your license or go out of business, you are stuck with very few good options and a lot of really bad ones. With open source software, if any of the above happens, you can just find another vendor who will maintain the software for you, because you have the source code. This makes software and software companies more competitive, and more competition is better for end users. Open source is great for companies that rely on software for their operations.

[@harishs9808]

Wow! I've always wondered how there is no help for someone new to open source. Short and simple steps for one's first commit. Thank you, it was much needed!

[@Radovenchik]

This is the best and most valuable thing I have seen for myself on KZbin in recent years. Thank you charming girl for such valuable information. You are the best

[@abhaygupta9245]

I actually made a contribution towards Facebook/react repo but after that when I made another contributions my local fork contains commits that are from previous contribution. I actually want to know how to keep my fork in sync with main react repo. I always mess up , I followed a lot of tutorials still no luck.

[@hridayeshsharma539]

This is really nice. Contributing to docs is how I started my open source journey.

[@bae_velvet]

Thank you ! other videos didn't do a complete example so I didn't wanna mess my first contribution! but this was from start to finish, fantastic. Great video!

[@samirhembrom2559]

Clear, concise and descriptive content I learned a lot as I have just started coding and was thinking to work in open source project

[@bobthemagicmoose]

Just a small nit: open source is usually free and user maintained by not necessarily. Open source just means that, like most traditional physical machines, you can look under the hood and fix/ modify to your own needs (think a car vs a phone).

[@enriktigasna]

Well, nee cars aren't as easy to modify as they used to be

[@ashuvssut]

Woah mann! I thought I was watching a 500k subscriber channel! This is so much Pro lvl good content. Very nicely explained!

[@tonypatriota6408]

Hey bro would you give me some tips on an open source project I want to start?

[@punkgrl325]

This is an official Facebook channel.

[@lamedev1342]

I had no idea you could just copy and paste what you want to change and it auto finds it. Thank you so much!

[@manucheremeh5303]

Most useful guide I have seen so far on first open source contribution! Thank you so much Cami Williams, I'm in love with you now ❤️

[@trelandon]

Great solid intro for first time contributors. Keep up the good work.

[@S0AndS0]

Not to be too pedantic but to mitigate mistakes it's a good idea to understand that not all Open Source software is Free, and even those that are may be free as in _free speech_ not _free beer_ Otherwise ya published an excellent overview of utilizing GItHub UI for contributing, and encouraging the use of branches is superb! Branching tip; to make and checkout a new _``_ branch in one command use the `-b` option, eg... git checkout -b

[@davidoluremi1981]

I was finally able to contribute to open source!!! Thanks Meta

[@pradiptagure7492]

It helped a lot to understand. I haven't contributed to any open source project yet. Just a question, is forking necessary? Can I create a branch from master and then commit+push and then raise the pull request to master?

[@dr4kk0nnys6]

Really useful actually, in fact, I did not only learn about the git diff command ( I didn't know that was a thing ) but also about a whole bunch of good practices.

[@shadowmaxXL]

this video 100% help me to understand how to contribute on open-source thank you so much! you're the only person i could get a better understanding about this.

[@sabarimanikandan19]

Thanks for making this video, I've been searching for a video that could help me get started with open source project and this tutorial is just awesome.

[@okellomarvin925]

This is the clearest explanation I've had, am now ready to contribute. Thanks

[@sandeeprohokale]

Thank you! very well explained and very helpful for someone who is beginner in open-source github contribution space

[@stefangerman1093]

Thank you for detailed description of the process! This helped me to make my first Github contribution. Only hiccup I had - I needed to generate token to be able to commit my changes. Thank you again. :)

[@hamedpro_experiments]

I wanna correct a little mistake : open source is not necessarily free and even it's free, there are many free licenses each with its own limits and conditions. for example GPL licenses are more restricted than MIT which almost has not any limits

[@roshnisparks7150]

Thanks sis ,I just made my first contribution... Great tutorial😊😊

[@huntermacias2023]

Great video! Super easy to follow and helpful to those just getting started with open source contributions

[@nit4tin]

A lot of useful tips for first time open source contributers packed in a concise video format

[@MakingfunofAI]

Straight to the point, helpful, short and great. Thank you for this awesome video!!

[@vancityexe]

Awesome guide, first pull requested submitted! Ready for Hacktoberfest!

[@fotiem.constant4948]

Thanks a lot for the video. will be making my first contribution soon.

[@DevsLikeUs]

me too!

[@your_virtuoso]

Great guide and explanation. The terminal ash method is also very interesting

[@ugopalatucci]

Great video. Finally, the perfect guidelines to start contributing! Good suggestion "start by editing the doc of a repo". Thanks.

[@saminchowdhury7995]

I have a question After forking the repo and downloading the codebase how do you go about testing the code and running different parts of the code? Do you just create a py file in the repo and import the downloaded codebase? or do you do something else? Thanks in advance

[@prondubuisi]

This is super easy to Follow. Sharing with members of my community.

[@victorelezua]

Na you direct me come here.

[@prondubuisi]

@@victorelezua winning souls. Lol

[@atulraghuvanshi7041]

Awsome guide for a first time contributer!

[@MarcRacho]

Thank you! This is perfect. Now I know where / how to start contributing.

[@tonypatriota6408]

Bro, I have an idea for an open project so would you give me some tips on it?

[@paulerapedreira]

Great starting guide for Open Source contribution! I am looking forward to sharing your video during #Hacktoberfest this year!

[@madhavanpari6316]

This video is a great intro for newbies like me caz it has a hands on pov experience as compared to other videos. Thanks a hell lot.

[@harshadrokade201]

That was amazing smooth explanation I watched a lots of video's but get cleared on this thank you 🙏

[@tonypatriota6408]

hey Bro would you give me some tips on an open source project I want to start?

[@ManpreetSingh-yo6ew]

Thank you for the great introduction, much appreciated.

[@tonypatriota6408]

Bro, hey would you give me some tips on an open source project I want to start?

[@edwardsmith-rowland2852]

I think its a good idea to hang on the developer mailing list and get an idea who the contributors are and what they're working on. See who could be a sort of teacher.

[@Ritik-ww7ro]

This is exactly what I was looking for . Thank you so much cami!

[@MizanulIslam]

Thanks for sharing. A good one for beginners who want to contribute in Open Source.

[@royxss]

Great explanation. Previously, I was always unsure where to start with. Thanks.

[@comaboy_98]

Thank you so much for indepth explanation i wanted for long time for open source contributions you resolved my all issues.keep doing this.Thanks

[@ihebbrini6587]

Simple yet practical, thank you very much

[@camilleclarkson3416]

This was just want I needed. Thank you sooooo much for sharing your knowledge and making it easier to understand!

[@mohammedhasanshaikh4800]

Thank you so much for explaining stuffs in such simpler way..🙌🙌

[@sakshampandey6285]

This is the video that a newbie requires.Such a helpful video.Thanks for making such videos.But can you suggests some projects where a newbie can contibute to,I mean the organizations.

[@dariocoronel4040]

Sorry for the silly question, but I'd like to know what she means when she mentions the term "SOURCE CODE" in quotes like that? What is she saying about the source code of an open source with that?

[@nlarralde]

this answered so many pending questions. Thank you!

[@itierney]

@00:20secs Why did you say "source code" in inverted commas? Is that like Dr Evil saying "LASERS"?

[@collocheru]

This is really good and clear guide, I love it!

[@That_Girly_Gamer]

Appreciated. This cleared all my doubts.

[@User-pq9ep]

Nice tutorial! Thanks a lot! I'm going to make my first contribution today. Good luck to me😄

[@qaisermahmood.288]

Thanks for a good run-through contributing to open source

[@vishalsinghpanwar2972]

Is open sourcing restricted to only the field of software development?, or is there any chance where we can contribute in other fields like Data Science, Cybersecurity, Blockchain, Cloud Computing, etc.....unable to find clarity on this...if any of you know please reply!

[@kedarkm457]

Awesome explanation, thank you 😊 I will contribute to open source community soon

[@SourabhDesaiBrief]

To the point guide for an open source contribution. I would like to see the process if we hit some conflicting changes on 2nd Pull just before we make the push, can anyone explain?

[@kushalu3937]

Thank you very much, you explained it very elegantly.

[@syedhannan546]

14:02 since you have forked it so will running "git pull" get the latest code from the official repository?

[@shafaitahir4728]

I dont get the branches and stuff. if someone changes the code while youre working on it and when you pull your code. it wont be compatible with the new code. i dont understand how that works.

[@amitsharma8337]

This was very useful! Thank you.

[@void9231]

11:09 But you created your own repo, so now you have a copy of the project on your github account and your local drive, how does other people contribution affect your copy? Why do you still need to write off of master?

[@kamertonaudiophileplayer847]

Make a video how to find open source developers for your project. For example, I need Gradle experts, where can I find them?

[@yawaramin4771]

You can contact the Gradle developers on their site: gradle.com/enterprise/contact/

[@kamertonaudiophileplayer847]

@@yawaramin4771 Thanks, although I already solved my problem, I will keep the info for future. Have a wonderful 2022!

[@newtechandcoding2213]

The pull request made in the video no longer exists, how does that work? you can't delete a PR. isn't that right?

[@PrinceRaj-os8hn]

Thanks for making understand in quick easy way!

[@radhikabansal2689]

Once you've asked for a pull request, can you delete the files from your local machine's folder?

[@HK-sw3vi]

absolutely amazing. Watch me open my sources babieeeh!

[@dhruvbhati5551]

I just made my first pull request hopefully it will be accepted, Thank you so much😃

[@rajatjain2901]

Can you help in how to clear code formatter (pull_request) check while contributing on open source project in Java language????

[@Jessislegend]

Thank you for the video! Which IDE you are using for your mac?

[@vishma9166]

This is so nice! Thank you maam.

[@michaelcohn8354]

I'm pretty new, but doesn't "Open Source" just mean the code is open to view, Doesn't make it open to use or modify? Shouldn't you check the license before doing whatever you want with the code?

[@goodmanshawnhuang]

that's a great tutorial, well done!

[@paulmb4464]

Very informative. Thank you!

[@pawan-54646]

How did you get that screenshot along with your changes in docs page,???

[@tonyiommisg]

Thank you for this! Your tutorials are so helpful for a noob like me. :)

[@tonypatriota6408]

hey Bro would you give me some tips on an open source project I want to start?

[@astronaut22]

In pytorch open source project, I have to code in python or C++ ? cause they support C++

[@inazehra1532]

You're using git bash as the terminal here, right?

[@TheSubconsciousSeeker]

Thank you! I just made my first PR 😊

[@TheSubconsciousSeeker]

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