The latest articles on DEV Community by Apoorva S Mehta (@apoorva823). https://dev.to/apoorva823 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%2F492232%2F6572f050-d1c3-4b48-b3bd-67d86c65f6ab.jpg https://dev.to/apoorva823 en Apoorva S Mehta Sat, 17 Oct 2020 02:16:53 +0000 https://dev.to/apoorva823/my-hacktoberfest20-4clc https://dev.to/apoorva823/my-hacktoberfest20-4clc <h2> What I Learned From Hacktoberfest </h2> <h2> How did I come to know about Hacktoberfest 2020? </h2> <p>This was the first time I participated in the Hacktoberfest event. And also the contributions I made were my initial ones. Though I had heard about open source and its vastness, but on making 11 PRs out of which 3 got rejected and labelled spam, I reconsidered my decision of planning for open source contribution anytime in future but not today.</p> <h2> Current Scenario </h2> <p>After all this and seemingly forgetting about hacktoberfest and my PRs, I resolved to first gain skills. But it was today morning when I received a mail of having completed the HacktoberFest 2020. And that made me yet again rethink about learning by contributing to real projects and not just watching tutorials.</p> <h2> HacktoberFest 2020 :- </h2> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--r2Rsw1FO--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/3hy3txt8jx6x4g54ofs8.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--r2Rsw1FO--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/3hy3txt8jx6x4g54ofs8.png" alt="Alt Text" width="880" height="429"></a></p> <h2> Conclusion </h2> <ol> <li>This had been my first contributions to open source</li> <li>First time participation in the Hacktoberfest(or any such event or challenge for that matter)</li> <li>First Blog on DEV platform And hope to continue now that I have started this journey.</li> </ol> hacktoberfest opensource github