The latest articles on DEV Community by Akshay Bhopani (@akshaybhopani). https://dev.to/akshaybhopani https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F496407%2F9e392f72-2619-474d-8659-06bec5edcfb0.jpeg https://dev.to/akshaybhopani en Akshay Bhopani Thu, 22 Oct 2020 08:51:59 +0000 https://dev.to/akshaybhopani/open-source-is-awesome-hacktoberfest-2020-1fio https://dev.to/akshaybhopani/open-source-is-awesome-hacktoberfest-2020-1fio <h2> It was fun contributing to open-source. This is What I Learned from Hacktoberfest 2020 </h2> <p>Being a web developer my contributions were mostly on website projects. Here are a few of those highlighted contributions.</p> <h2> Picture In Picture </h2> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--gmPLqd3e--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/pcceqk7gd98in55kq44t.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--gmPLqd3e--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/pcceqk7gd98in55kq44t.png" alt="Picture In Picture"></a></p> <p>Picture In Picture uses Browser's getDisplayMedia Method to capture the screen and then request Picture In Picture Feed.</p> <p>Here are my contributions -</p> <p>1) Trigger getDisplayMedia() Method only on button click instead of page start.<br> 2) New easy to understand interface with proper step by step explanation.</p> <h2> What I Learned </h2> <p>Learned about browser's getDisplayMedia and requestPictureInPicture() method. <br> Learned more about CSS flexbox and its techniques.</p> <p><a href="https://akshaybhopani.github.io/PIP/">View PIP App</a><br> <a href="https://github.com/AKSHAYBHOPANI/PIP">Visit GitHub</a></p> <h2> Keikocorp Website </h2> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--iifXK9XX--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/w5wq14gdaaq1eyfcee2x.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--iifXK9XX--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/w5wq14gdaaq1eyfcee2x.png" alt="Keikocorp"></a></p> <p>Incredibly, Bruno the CEO of Keiko Corp has built the fastest-growing tech start-up in Silicon Valley, without ever having launched a website. Bruno's marketing team is insisting that they need a website. The design is totally open to interpretation and modification during the first iteration of development.</p> <p>Here are my contributions -</p> <p>1)Adding Padding to sections as required by the mockup given by Keiko Corp.<br> 2)Fixing Weird Spacing Below Navbar caused by CSS override. </p> <h2> What I Learned </h2> <p>Learned about Figma design and making most of it and using its CSS in our own projects. Learned about how CSS Overrides can cause several issues and troubleshoot the same.</p> <p><a href="//keiko-corp.netlify.app/">View Keiko-Corp Website</a><br> <a href="https://github.com/AKSHAYBHOPANI/Keiko-Corp">Visit GitHub</a></p> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s---32NVr1z--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/p6ddc3ntcu3qlrqtw0fs.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s---32NVr1z--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/p6ddc3ntcu3qlrqtw0fs.png" alt="Alt Text"></a></p> <p>These are some of my contributions to Hacktoberfest 2020. It was a fun learning experience. Thanks to Digital Ocean, GitHub, and Dev Community for combined efforts to make Hacktoberfest 2020 a real success. </p> hacktoberfest