OSS Workshop

A brief warm-up to OSS for UBC's CSSS.

About

A hands-on introduction to open source, with a focus on contributing to Hacktoberfest. Designed for UBC students, and hosted alongside the UBC Computer Science Student society.

Usage

1. Follow the slides to get an introduction to open source, the essential git commands, Hacktoberfest, and navigating an open source repository.
2. Open a PR against this repository adding your name to the table below (as the first row).
3. (Optional) Sign-up for Hacktoberfest!
4. Explore some open source repositories. See if any interest you!
5. Find a good first issue, or ticket you think is good for you to take on.
6. Read the contributing guide!
7. Create a PR for that repository.

...and you're done!

Attendance

Table created with Tables Generator. Add your name to this table with a PR!

Name	Link (GitHub, portfolio, Instagram, etc.)	Why do you want to learn how to contribute to open source?
Michael DeMarco	GitHub and @michaelfromyeg elsewhere	To give back to the developer community!

Resources

• Good First Issue
• opensource.com
• opensource.guide
• Hacktoberfest
• MLH Fellowship