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Beginner's Guide to Hacktoberfest

Welcome to Hacktoberfest, a month-long celebration of open source software! This guide will help you get started and make your contributions count.

What's Hacktoberfest 2023?

Hacktoberfest is a month-long celebration of open source projects, their maintainers, and the entire community of contributors. The event encourages open source developers to contribute to repositories through pull requests.It

During the entire month of October 2020, all you have to do is contribute to any open source projects and open at least 4 pull requests.

Why I should contribute?

Participating in Hacktoberfest 2023 offers a fantastic opportunity for personal growth and skill development. Engaging in this event allows you to enhance your coding abilities by working on real projects, collaborating with a diverse and global community of developers.

The experience not only helps boost your skill set but also enables you to establish valuable connections and networks within the tech industry. By contributing to open-source projects during Hacktoberfest, you're making a meaningful impact on software that is freely accessible to everyone. This act of giving back not only benefits the community but also strengthens your portfolio.

How I Can Contribute

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 -FIRST PULL request within few minutes.

1.Star this repository and Follow me on Github Here

2.Navigate to index.html and Insert your changes

Navigate to index

3.Now click to Commit Changes

Commit

4.Now click on Propose Changes

Propose Change

Rewards

For making four or more valid pull requests during October, you'll receive:

  • Aside from the knowledge you’ll gain, (and the fun you’ll have) you can earn a digital reward kit courtesy of DigitalOcean and our sponsors and partners. You’ll receive your digital reward once you’ve completed four accepted pull/merge requests. Also, the first 50,000 participants to have their first PR/MR accepted will have a tree planted in their name through Tree Nation.

  • Submit Quality Pull Requests

  1. Fork the Des Vu Technologies Hacktoberfest TodoApp repository.
  2. Clone the forked repository to your local machine.
  3. Create high-quality, meaningful PRs related to the project's goals.
  4. Make sure your PRs are original and not copied from other sources.
  5. Ensure your PRs follow the repository's contribution guidelines.
  6. Maintain open communication with the repository maintainers for any necessary updates or changes.

At the end of the event, the student who has contributed the highest number of successful and original PRs to this repository that is displayed here will be eligible for our awesome rewards.