How to Contribute to Open Source: A Beginner's Guide

Checklist for getting started: [ ] Start by reading through: Open Source Guides. It's brief, easy to ready and gets right to the point on tips, support and advice when it comes to contributing to Open Source [ ] Find and Pick a Project [ ] Read the project documentation, get familiar with it [ ] Choose one

Git Rundown

The Importance of Version Control What is git? Git is a distributed version control system. Distributed: * Files are stored on multiple machines (i.e. your local machine and github.com) Many people can work on one project simultaneously Version control: * previous versions of the project can be saved and retrieved