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Hacktoberfest 2022

Lakindu Kariyawasam — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:26:36 +0000

Last year I created a simple web project, added some issues and made it public on GitHub for #hacktoberfest2021. This year I continued it for #hacktoberfest2022 and I received many pull requests from across the world. 🤩

Hacktoberfest is a month-long celebration run by DigitalOcean to celebrate and give back to open-source projects and software. The goal is to encourage everyone in our global community to contribute to open source.

The website is simple and made for beginners to open-source world, which showcases your GitHub profile pic and the commits you did to the repository, on the webpage using #GitHubAPI.

I know it is not much but seeing people fixing bugs, issues and adding new features to another one's project simply shows us how much we can give for the open-source community. 🧑‍💻

If you are new to open-source and feel like you want to contribute,

You can visit the webpage in here:

https://lakinduk.github.io/hacktoberfest2022/contributors/

If you want to contribute, pick any issue, bug or feature in:

https://github.com/LakinduK/hacktoberfest2022/issues

Visit the website from last year:

https://lakinduk.github.io/hacktoberfest2021/contributors/

Feel free to report any bugs, request new features in the issues section. 😎

How to add Vim to Visual Studio Code to speed up your coding!

Lakindu Kariyawasam — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 17:35:52 +0000

Nowadays, many developers use Visual studio code as their favourite because it's a lightweight IDE which is made by Microsoft for Windows, Linux and macOS that supports debugging, syntax highlighting, extensions, intelligent code completion, snippets, code refactoring, and embedded Git.

Vim is a powerful keyboard-based text editor that enables developers to code faster without lifting their hands off the keyboard.

There is a simple way to enable Vim in your favourite code editor within a few minutes.

How to setup Vim in visual studio code

Open your visual studio code IDE, go to the 'extensions' tab and Search for Vim.

2.Double-check the version you got is similar to vscodevim.vim as the below image and hit install.

3.Setup key-repeat to make vim extension works better.
Google search vscode vim github and click the first result of vs code vim git repository or click this link below.
Link

4.Scroll down to the "installation" section and follow the installation steps according to your OS platform.

This is a handy thing to add especially when you are new to vim. because it allows you to hit the key and it repeats like in vim in terminal. ex:- hit j to move down

5.Restart VS code

Testing Vim on VS Code

1.Create a new file on VS Code

Now you can see the cursor is a bit wider than before.

2.Press i to get into "insert mode" and hit enter like 4-5 times to move the cursor down.

3.Now press and hold k to see if your cursor goes up.
If it moves smoothly, then you have enabled it successfully.

If it gets stuck, then try restarting the VS Code or repeat step 4 in the "How to setup visual code" section.

Using Vim inside the VS Code really improves the speed of your coding once you get familiar with Vim's shortcuts.

So, there you have the Vim editor installed successfully in VS Code.
Enjoy! :D

OpenHackDaySriLanka2020

Lakindu Kariyawasam — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 22:10:10 +0000

Hacktoberfest is a great event for the beginners to start contributing to the open source projects & also to find and be updated about the projects you should start working on.

We, the FOSS Community NSBM in Sri Lanka had organized the OpenHackDaySriLanka 2020 hacktoberfest as an online event. It was very informative session & we discussed about what is git & github, open source projects, how to contribute and be a part of hacktoberfest and the github campus expert program.

you can see the full video of the event here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9SgDkurrlo