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How to contribute to Open Source

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The document discusses how to contribute to open source projects. It begins by defining open source as software with publicly accessible code that can be modified. It then outlines how to get started contributing by creating a GitHub account, forking projects, making changes, and submitting pull requests. The document notes contribution rules vary by project but provides an example. It describes many ways for developers and non-developers to contribute, including testing code, writing documentation, translations, and more. Contributing provides benefits like learning skills and building an online presence.

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How to contribute to Open Source? Speaker: Hor Phallin Position: Web Developer at Web Essentials Email: phallin@web-essentials.asia phallin.webdeveloper@gmail.com Tel: 097 701 6131
Agenda What is Open Source? Getting start with contribution on github The rules for contribution How can developers and non developer contributes to Open Source?
Agenda What will you get back from contributing to Open Source? Reference
What is Open Source? The term "open source" refers to something that can be modified because its design is publicly accessible.
What is Open Source? Open source software is software that source code is available for modification or enhancement by anyone. The open source softwares are Firefox, Linux, OpenOffice, Thunderbird, etc.
What is Open Source? Open source also has license. Open source license is different from other license. They are GPU, Apache License 2.0,
Starting contribution with github Create github account. Searching for project you want to contribute Fork it Change it Pull request
The rules for contribute The rules depend on the project that you contribute to. For example, jquery project -https://github.com/jquery/jquerymobile/ blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
How can developers and non developers contribute to Open Source? Just say thanks or Like to project or software originator are also called contribution.
The ways to contribute Provide reports (say something you like and dislike) Create feature request (Suggest a Feature) Test the code Answer questions on the forums and mailing lists.
The ways to contribute Design user interface, logo, website and art work Promote the projects or software Write blog posts Bug fix (apply patch)
The ways to contribute Use the product Write documentation Translation Donation Be professional
What will you get back from contributing to Open Source? Practice and learn about software development Practice and learn programming language or technology To build your online presence Amazing feeling
References http://blog.udacity.com/2013/10/getstar ted-with-open-source-projects.html http://blog.udacity.com/2013/10/getstar ted-with-open-source-projects_8.html https://help.github.com/articles/fork-arepo
References https://help.github.com/articles/usingpullrequests
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