A full beginner's guide about Hacktoberfest 2019 is now published. You can read it on this link here. →.
Hacktoberfest is the easiest way to get into open source! Hacktoberfest is a month long festival of open source code presented by Digital Ocean and DEV this year in 2019.
During the entire month of October 2019, all you have to do is contribute to any open source projects and open at least 4 pull requests. Yes, any project and any kind of contributions. It can be a be a bug fix, improvement, or even a documentation change! And win a T-Shirt and awesome stickers.
If you’ve never contributed to open source before, this is the perfect time to get started because Hacktoberfest provides a large list of available contribution opportunities (and yes, there are always plenty for beginners too).
Hacktoberfest has a simple and plain moto.
Support open source and earn a limited edition T-shirt!
So, yes! You can win a T-Shirt and few awesome stickers to attach on your laptop. On plus side, you will get into beautiful world of open source and get the international exposure.
It's very easy. You don't need to be an expert in coding and programming. Here are the steps you need to follow to create your -(maybe)- EXAMPLE first pull request within few minutes.
- Fork this repository by click the Fork button in the top right of this page or simply click here.
- Navigate to
CONTRIBUTORS.md
file - Edit the file and insert your short profile with the following text
### YOUR FULL NAME
- Photo: YOUR PHOTO URL
- Location: YOUR CITY, COUNTRY
- Bio: YOUR 1-2 LINES BIO
- Github: YOUR GITHUB URL
***
Here's an example of my profile
### Wajahat Karim
- Photo: https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/8867121?s=460&v=4
- Location: Karachi, Pakistan
- Bio: 📱 Android Developer . 💻 Open Source Contributor . 📝Writer . 🎤 Speaker . 👶 Father
- Github: https://github.com/wajahatkarim3
***
- Now click on Commit button.
- Create a new pull request from your forked repository (Click the New Pull Request button located at the top of your repo)
- Wait for your Pull Request review and merge approval!
- Star this repository if you had fun!
- Enjoy and welcome to Hacktoberfest 2019 and Keep Contributing :)
I am creating a simple website called as Awesome Contributors of Hacktoberfest 2019 and your profile will be added in that list and you will become AWESOME CONTRIBUTOR.
Wajahat Karim
- Website (http://wajahatkarim.com)
- Twitter (http://twitter.com/wajahatkarim)
- Medium (http://www.medium.com/@wajahatkarim3)
- LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/wajahatkarim)