Hacktoberfest is a month-long celebration of open source software presented by Digital Ocean, App-Write, Intel and DeepSource where maintainers guide new contributors to issues that can help projects and contributors give back to projects they like or have discovered. Participants can contribute by fixing bugs or updating documentation, and contributing is a way to build skills, network, and add experience to resumes and GitHub profiles. The event aims to introduce new contributors to open source.
2. HACKTOBERFEST IS A MONTH-LONG CELEBRATION OF
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PRESENTED BY DIGITAL
OCEAN, APP-WRITE, INTEL AND DEEPSOURCE.
MAINTAINERS ARE INVITED TO GUIDE WOULD-BE
CONTRIBUTORS TOWARD ISSUES THAT WILL HELP MOVE
THE PROJECT FORWARD, AND CONTRIBUTORS GET THE
OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO BOTH PROJECTS THEY
LIKE AND OTHERS THEY'VE JUST DISCOVERED.
BUG FIXES AND DOCUMENTATION UPDATES ARE FEW
VALID WAYS OF PARTICIPATING.
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WHAT IS
WHAT IS
HACKTOBER FEST?
HACKTOBER FEST?
HACKTOBER
3. GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY
BUILD NEW SKILLS AND GAIN EXPERIENCE
LOOKS GREAT ON YOUR RESUME AND YOUR GITHUB
PROFILE
MEET AWESOME PEOPLE AND NETWORK
TURN YOUR SIDE PROJECT INTO A FULL-BLOWN OPEN
SOURCE PRODUCT
IT’S FUN!
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WHY CONTRIBUTE
WHY CONTRIBUTE
TO OPEN SOURCE?
TO OPEN SOURCE?
HACKTOBER
6. PRS MUST BE MADE ON THE GITHUB PLATFORM
ONLY PRS COUNT. ISSUES/COMMITS DO NOT
ALL PULL REQUESTS CREATED BETWEEN OCT. 1 AND OCT. 31 WILL
COUNT, REGARDLESS OF WHEN YOU REGISTER FOR
HACKTOBERFEST
PULL REQUESTS CREATED BEFORE OCT. 1 BUT MERGED AFTER DO
NOT COUNT
ANY PULL REQUEST MADE ON A PUBLIC REPOSITORY COUNTS,
WHETHER IT’S ATTACHED TO A HACKTOBERFEST ISSUE OR NOT
EACH PULL REQUEST WILL COUNT SEPARATELY EVEN IF THE PRS
ARE SENT TO THE SAME REPO
THE PRS DO NOT NEED TO BE ACCEPTED TO COUNT UNLESS THEY
ARE SPAM, IRRELEVANT, OR LABELED AS INVALID
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RULES FOR
RULES FOR
HACKTOBERFEST
HACKTOBERFEST
HACKTOBER
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8. FIND DOCUMENTATION TO CONTRIBUTE!
DOCUMENTATION IS A BIG DEAL AND IS GREATLY
APPRECIATED BY EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY
GREAT WAY TO GET YOURSELF FAMILIAR WITH A PROJECT
EASIEST WAY TO CONTRIBUTE!
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HOW DO I FIND A WAY
HOW DO I FIND A WAY
TO CONTRIBUTE?
TO CONTRIBUTE?
HACKTOBER
9. FIND PROJECTS YOU USE AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH
LOOK FOR ISSUES WITH THE TAG “GOOD FIRST ISSUE”
USE THE FOLLOWING SITES TO HELP FIND YOUR FIRST
ISSUE:
HTTPS://GITHUB.COM/SPECTRUM-CETB/SPECODER
HTTPS://GITHUB.COM/SPECTRUM-CETB/SPECTRUM-WEBSITE
HTTPS://GITHUB.COM/SPECTRUM-CETB/WEB-
DEVELOPMENT-PROJECT
AWESOME FOR BEGINEERS
UP FOR GRABS
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GET INTO YOUR
GET INTO YOUR
FIRST COMMIT
FIRST COMMIT
HACKTOBER
11. You've submitted Services Optimised to The
-GDSC-Projects/CodeHub
GitHub — October 02, 2021
Pull Request Not yet
Accepted
You've submitted Code Cleaned to The
-GDSC-Projects/CodeHub
GitHub — October 02, 2021
Matures in 14 Days
You've submitted Skills Section Added
to The-GDSC-Projects/CodeHub
GitHub — October 02, 2021
Project not
participating