What was the issue about?
The issue was about identifying all the broken links on the website and fixing them for a better user experience.
What did I need to do to prepare the fix?
There wasn't a lot of set up that needed to be done. The following are the commands I needed to use for the set up.
git remote add upstream https://github.com/IshaanAdarsh/ezmail - add a reference to the original repo
git remote -v - to check remote for this repo
git pull upstream main - to sync forked repo with upstream repo
git checkout -b issue-13 - to create a new branch
npm install - to install dependencies
npm run dev -- --open - to start the server
To prepare the fix, I needed to browse the website and identify which links were broken and not working. Additionally, I had to determine which URL to use for fixing the broken links by inspecting the code, without having to ask the author for the correct URL.
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Before
After
What did I learn?
I learned that a programmer needs to at least skim through the entire code to fix a minor issue on the website. My task was to identify and repair the broken link. To accomplish this, I needed to know which URL to use. To find out the correct URL, I had to determine which endpoint could be used in this case by reviewing the code that specifies all of the endpoints.
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