The latest articles on DEV Community by Iago Alonso (@bledy). https://dev.to/bledy 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%2F419895%2Fc55d189b-b923-4963-81ef-e0dd6f823823.jpg https://dev.to/bledy en Iago Alonso Sat, 17 Oct 2020 03:56:39 +0000 https://dev.to/bledy/first-year-participating-58jm https://dev.to/bledy/first-year-participating-58jm <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--fF1Mg3tt--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/4hle1kblbm07c6kmre5w.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--fF1Mg3tt--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/4hle1kblbm07c6kmre5w.png" alt="Congratulations screenshot" width="721" height="272"></a></p> <p>It was an awesome experience. My contributions were small <br> but I had the opportunity to discover new and interesting projects.</p> <h3> Contributing to Poliastro </h3> <p>This was my highlight of the event, and even though it was a docs contribution, i got the chance to experience part of the workflow of a well-structured repo.</p> <div class="ltag-github-readme-tag"> <div class="readme-overview"> <h2> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--566lAguM--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev.to/assets/github-logo-5a155e1f9a670af7944dd5e12375bc76ed542ea80224905ecaf878b9157cdefc.svg" alt="GitHub logo"> <a href="https://github.com/poliastro"> poliastro </a> / <a href="https://github.com/poliastro/poliastro"> poliastro </a> </h2> <h3> poliastro - 🚀 Astrodynamics in Python </h3> </div> </div> <p>Poliastro is not an easy repo, but after searching a bit i found an issue that i could actually tackle (the <em>only</em> one, actually).</p> <div class="ltag_github-liquid-tag"> <h1> <a href="https://github.com/poliastro/poliastro/issues/986"> <img class="github-logo" alt="GitHub logo" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--566lAguM--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev.to/assets/github-logo-5a155e1f9a670af7944dd5e12375bc76ed542ea80224905ecaf878b9157cdefc.svg"> <span class="issue-title"> Add fancy links in docs </span> <span class="issue-number">#986</span> </a> </h1> <div class="github-thread"> <div class="timeline-comment-header"> <a href="https://github.com/astrojuanlu"> <img class="github-liquid-tag-img" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--aylywOPy--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/316517%3Fv%3D4" alt="astrojuanlu avatar"> </a> <div class="timeline-comment-header-text"> <strong> <a href="https://github.com/astrojuanlu">astrojuanlu</a> </strong> posted on <a href="https://github.com/poliastro/poliastro/issues/986"><time>Jun 30, 2020</time></a> </div> </div> <div class="ltag-github-body"> <p>Idea taken from SfePy new website:</p> <p><a href="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/316517/86114760-47907b80-bacb-11ea-9199-218f0a523249.png" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--AHEzl8sQ--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/316517/86114760-47907b80-bacb-11ea-9199-218f0a523249.png" alt="Screenshot_2020-06-30 SfePy Simple Finite Elements in Python — SfePy version 2020 2 documentation"></a></p> </div> <div class="gh-btn-container"><a class="gh-btn" href="https://github.com/poliastro/poliastro/issues/986">View on GitHub</a></div> </div> </div> <p>After a bit of research (mostly visiting the <a href="https://github.com/sfepy/sfepy">SfePy</a> repo to see how they did it, as i already had a bit of experience with <a href="https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/">Sphinx</a>) i decided that it was a good fit for me, as it was not difficult, and it was a "feature" that would make the docs appearance a bit nicer.</p> <p><strong>I could actually add a bit of value to the project!</strong></p> <div class="ltag_github-liquid-tag"> <h1> <a href="https://github.com/poliastro/poliastro/pull/1023"> <img class="github-logo" alt="GitHub logo" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--566lAguM--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev.to/assets/github-logo-5a155e1f9a670af7944dd5e12375bc76ed542ea80224905ecaf878b9157cdefc.svg"> <span class="issue-title"> Add fancy "Links" section to docs sidebar </span> <span class="issue-number">#1023</span> </a> </h1> <div class="github-thread"> <div class="timeline-comment-header"> <a href="https://github.com/ibLeDy"> <img class="github-liquid-tag-img" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--tEcieJiX--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/45886240%3Fv%3D4" alt="ibLeDy avatar"> </a> <div class="timeline-comment-header-text"> <strong> <a href="https://github.com/ibLeDy">ibLeDy</a> </strong> posted on <a href="https://github.com/poliastro/poliastro/pull/1023"><time>Oct 01, 2020</time></a> </div> </div> <div class="ltag-github-body"> <p>Fixes #986</p> </div> <div class="gh-btn-container"><a class="gh-btn" href="https://github.com/poliastro/poliastro/pull/1023">View on GitHub</a></div> </div> </div> <p>Yes, it is not a hard PR. Yes, it is a docs contribution, but this was <em>my</em> contribution to a really interesting project, and i hope it is not the only one, even though i know nothing about astrodynamics.</p> hacktoberfest