How to Contribute to an Open Source Project on GitHub

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“Feel free to submit a PR!” - words often found in GitHub issues, but met with confusion and fear by many. Getting started with contributing open source is not always straightforward and can be tricky. With this series, you’ll be equipped with the the tools, knowledge, and understanding you need to be productive and contribute to the wonderful world of open source projects. Much of this series speaks about GitHub, but most of the concepts are generally applicable to contributing to any open source project, regardless of where it’s hosted.

So enjoy the course and start contributing to the projects you use and love today!

Instructor

Kent C. Dodds

Kent is a JavaScript developer who likes open source and teaching.

He is currently working for himself as a full-time educator. Before going full-time on education, Kent worked at PayPal. During his time there he represented the company on the TC39 committee and started several Open Source projects, notably glamorous💄, downshift 🏎️ and dom-testing-library 🐙.

Course content (14 lessons)

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