Hacktoberfest 23

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5. Your University?
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6. Satakshi Jain
Google CrowdSource
Influencer
Former Google DSC
Lead
Google Arcade Facilitator'23
Google Cloud Certified
Mentor GSSoC’23
Microsoft Cybersecurity
Engage'22
GCCP & Android
Facilitator
Harvard WECode Scholar
Who am I ?

7. What comes to your mind when you hear the word "open-
source"?
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8. Why open source? 01
How to make your first contribution?
02
What happens after submitting a contribution
03
How to find a project to contribute?
04
AGENDA
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Beyond Hacktoberfest
Introduction to HacktoberFest

9. WHY OPEN SOURCE?

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Improve your
existing skills
whether it’s coding,
User Interface
design,graphic
design, technical
writing
Engaging in open
source communities
helps in networking
with like-minded
peers and mentors
which can be
invaluable for future
career opportunities.
Open source
contributions
provide students
with the
opportunity to
work on real-world
software projects.
Why contribute to open source?
Improves your
problem solving and
getting feedback
from experienced
developers helps in
improving code
quality.

11. Why do you wish to contribute to open source?
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12. INTRODUCTION
TO
HACKTOBERFEST

13. Hacktoberfest is a month-long celebration of open-source projects,
their maintainers, and the entire community of contributors.
Introduction to Hacktoberfest
To participate in Hacktoberfest you can register anytime between
September 26 and October 31.
By participants in Hacktoberfest you can get started with your open
source journey and get a chance to showcase your unique skill set.
The primary goal is to foster collaboration, learning, and
community engagement within the open source ecosystem.

14. Project maintainers must accept your pull/merge
requests for them to count toward your total
To The first 50,000 participants to have their
first PR/MR accepted will have a tree planted
in their name through Tree Nation
Participants with four pull/merge requests accepted
between October 1 and October 31 will receive a
unique digital reward

15. Maintains an open source
project, a developer, who has
contributed before and has
some experience
Maintainer
Already contributes to
open source, generally
works in a tech role,
familiar with Git.
Contributor
Never made a pull request
before, or new to tech
in general.
Beginner
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Who is Hacktoberfest event for ?

17. HOW TO FIND A PROJECT
TO CONTRIBUTE ?

18. Firstly decide which programming languages, frameworks, or
technologies you are comfortable with or interested in working with
and this will narrow down your search
How to find a project to contribute?
Use filters to search for projects based on your interests, skills,
and programming languages.
Contribute in a project in which maintainer is active so that you
can get your doubts resolved.
Use Hacktoberfest label to search for projects which are under
Hacktoberfest

19. Consider starting with beginner-friendly projects. Look for issues
labeled as "good first issue" or "beginner-friendly."
Secondly once you find a project that interests you. Look for a
"Contributing" or "README" file that provides guidelines for
contributors.
Review the project's documentation and code of conduct to
understand the project's standards and expectations.

20. HOW TO CONTRIBUTE ?

21. Search for issues to contribute
Communicate effectively
How to make your first contribution?
01. 02.
03. 04.
05. 06.
Create your own issues
Set Up Your Development Environment
Make required changes and fix bugs Create a Pull Request

22. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER
SUBMITTING THE CONTRIBUTION?

23. You don’t get a response.
01.
Someone requests changes to your
contribution
02.
Your contribution doesn’t get
accepted.
03.
Your contribution gets
accepted.
04.
What happens after submitting a
contribution?

24. Outreachy
Google Summer of Code (GSoC)
Linux Kernel Mentorship Program
MLH
Fellowship
Google Season of Docs
(GSoD)
Season of
KDE
GirlScript Summer of Code (GSSoC)
Beyond Hacktoberfest
Hyperledger Mentorship
Program
Social Summer Of Code (SSOC)

25. Connect with me !!