The latest articles on DEV Community by Himanshu singh (@hsnice16). https://dev.to/hsnice16 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%2F492058%2Fe627233b-143a-4a3b-ab42-e9888765c01c.jpg https://dev.to/hsnice16 en Himanshu singh Tue, 20 Oct 2020 19:58:49 +0000 https://dev.to/hsnice16/first-time-contributed-to-open-source-repo-379h https://dev.to/hsnice16/first-time-contributed-to-open-source-repo-379h <p>This was my first time that I contributed in any open source repository . so first, a big thanks to <a href="https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/">hacktoberfest</a>. </p> <p>Yes, And now </p> <h2> <strong>What I Learned From Hacktoberfest</strong> </h2> <p>So, from my experience, contributing in open source is a fun task. <br> You are making contribution in open source , so it will help many and if there is any kind of inefficiency in your code , someone can correct you.</p> <p>And also you get familiar with many new stuffs.</p> <h2> <strong>In which I make contribution ?</strong> </h2> <p>As I am learning algorithms and data structures nowadays, So I contributed many algorithms and data structures in <a href="https://github.com/amritansh22/Data-Structures-and-Algorithms-in-cpp">this repo</a>.</p> <p><strong>Some of my pull request are for :</strong></p> <ul> <li>XOR linked list (implementation)</li> <li>counting sort (which works for both positive and negative numbers)</li> <li>radix sort</li> <li>sliding window maximum problem</li> <li>array rotation using juggling algorithm</li> </ul> <p>For me, It was really a good experience of contributing my work. And I learnt lots of new things in algorithms and data structure from <strong>Hacktoberfest</strong>.</p> hacktoberfest