DEV Community: Areahints

Who is an open source Developer?

Areahints — Sun, 01 Sep 2019 13:39:05 +0000

An open source developer is someone who contributes to open source software. open source software is free computer software that is made available along with its code and made available under license to use, modify and/or to distribute the software.

Contributing to open source gives developers practice collaborating with other developers and working with legacy code. These are the two most important skills for a modern developer in my opinion. there is a good article on Becoming an open source developer.

Most open source projects usually have at least a couple of issues on them with varying levels of difficulty. Users will often leave critical feedback and bugs they encounter, also requests might be made for features that are either specifically tailored to a particular solution or novel to the main goal of the software.

Open source Developers usually fix these issues by contributing time, skill, and code. Open source skills are lucrative, and in high demand, with 87% of open source developers crediting their expertise and continual learning of new apps, languages, and tools as the reason they are advancing in their careers.

Why would you want to be an open source developer?

Open source enables programmers to:

Develop co-operative soft skills
Maintain a portfolio of active projects to showcase to clients and employers
Work with legacy code maintained as open source
Use open source code to generate revenue
Team building is a critical skill in today's world of remote opportunities.

These are a few reasons you might consider as perks of being an open source developer. there is also the freedom of working on what you love, instead of been assigned tasks, that you would normally avoid. most companies nowadays are trying to avoid a toxic culture mentality and incorporate many open source liberties to their conventional practices.

Differences between Normie Devs and Open Devs

There aren't many differences between Normie Devs and Open Devs, just as there aren't many differences between working independently remotely and working for a company in an office.

there are a few differences which might be perks to some and are absolutely not compatible with others. for example, some people prefer a work environment where they can dive in and be absolutely focused on their tasks till lunch break, while I personally prefer to get emoji themed questions on slack from colleagues even after office hours.

Most companies already embrace and use open source software and practices in varying degrees, even if you don't identify as a open source developer, you are already contributing to open source if you leave feedback in a particular software's community.

As a developer what open source software do you regularly contribute to? it doesn't matter whether your contribution is technical, or otherwise, let me know via the comments.

Pythonistas, I need some zen!

Areahints — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 08:24:45 +0000

I visit dev.to everyday and I learn a lot. The most attractive feature about DEV for me is being able to communicate with everyone and everything.

I realised this morning that If I could find a similar site for Python, I'd probably learn as fast as possible and still enjoy it.

I'm curious to know what sites you visit daily for Python. I use reddit but most times get sucked into a different subreddit(like r/animalsbeingderps and r/thisismylifenow)

Im looking for a site with more conversation than instruction. Do you know any for Python?

Dev notifications and Telegram group

Areahints — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 08:22:37 +0000

So I noticed something, my notifications aren't chronological. I only ever check the greyed top of my notifications because I believe those are the ones I have missed or are new.

My first notification says 1 minute, then the next is 7 days ago

You can then see it switch back to 2 minutes. I scrolled to the bottom and it seems like this for most of my notifications.

Also I thought the Telegram group would share all the posts made on the main website? I regularly check the channels and this doesn't seem to be the case.

Tell me about your favorite mobile games

Areahints — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 14:17:14 +0000

almost every dev i know has a game they play on their mobile daily, i'm looking for new games so i want to know what you're currently playing.

to make things more organized, mention the name of the game and the platform(OS) you're currently playing it on.

i'm currently playing ENYO (android) and monument valley 2 (android).

What open source tool/software/script enhances your daily work?

Areahints — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 15:51:55 +0000

I'm interested in knowing which tools makes your daily job or task far easier, particularly if you discovered this tool yourself or even created it.

Dev wishes that...

Areahints — Sun, 26 May 2019 13:13:10 +0000

I wish there was a programming language that works like this;

$: what do you want to build?
$: I want a program to catalog images
$: checking database(100%); Confirm build Env (windows - 1) (OSX - 2) (*nix - 3)
$: 1 2 3
$: Writing Code (100%), default placeholder names will be used
$: Push to Github (1) Push to Gitlab (2) Local Save (3)
$: 3
$: code outputted at ~/path

I wish that instead of the current programming interviews, that test your ability to memorize code snippets and usage (especially if you have not had a reason to use such code in any capacity), companies give project based interviews, where the applicant is told to build something using the current tech stack in a limited time period.

I wish Wordpress makes a user-friendly plugin for manipulating the API. one that focuses on ease of usage.

I wish my girlfriend was a dev (life would be much simpler!).

Remember these are all wishes! what do you wish for? let me know...

Need help with python

Areahints — Sat, 25 May 2019 23:49:57 +0000

how would you achieve the following logic using python?

Take a search query, for example, why do I like dogs?
Open browser, navigate to duckduckgo (or something else), search for my query.
Save the HTML of the search page.
Open each URL in search page (for the first page)in a new tab.
Save the HTML of each opened URL