How & why i started contributing to open source as an undergrad
- 1. How & why contribute to open-source The story of an undergrad - Akshesh Doshi
- 2. About myself Akshesh Doshi Data Engineer @ Agoda Live in Bangkok, Thailand I am from Udaipur, Rajasthan (the desert state of India)
- 5. Rest of the talk 2 simple questions: Why contribute to open-source? How contribute to open-source?
- 6. Why to start contributing to open-source
- 7. Why? 1. Best mentors in the world The experts of the field will review your code Work & collaborate with industry leaders
- 8. Why? 2. Work with the best tools/integrations Evolves very quickly because anyone can contribute Be the latest & greatest from CI/CD tools to project/dependency management
- 9. Why? 3. Work with latest industry standards You can write efficient code. BUT do you write readable, tested & documented code? know what is version control, pull requests, bug trackers? collaborate with the communities on Slack, IRC?
- 10. Why? 4. Gain relevant experience Many of these tools are already being used by tech giants on production! Upto 100,000s people might use your code depending on which project you work on
- 11. How to start contributing to open-source
- 12. How? Step 0: Where these projects are
- 14. How? 1. Start simple Start with your own favourite project It is easy to contribute if you know what the software does
- 15. How? 2. Find easy tickets/tasks
- 16. How? 2. Find easy tickets/tasks Many projects have #good-first-issue tickets Start with writing tests or documentation Review other peoples code
- 17. How? 3. Get familiar with the project owners Projects owners know issues for beginners & can also help you Talk with them on Slack, IRC, mailing list, etc. Help others if you want others to help you - youre a part of a community
- 18. How? 4. Let some swag motivate you Google Summer of Code Hacktoberfest Google Code-In (Concluded in 2019 but keep an eye on new programs ;)