The latest articles on DEV Community by quentinncl (@quentinncl). https://dev.to/quentinncl 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%2F240077%2F2c21873a-ca46-4d02-854e-91b21dc97703.jpeg https://dev.to/quentinncl en quentinncl Wed, 09 Oct 2019 07:15:22 +0000 https://dev.to/quentinncl/how-i-started-contributing-to-open-source-4fl8 https://dev.to/quentinncl/how-i-started-contributing-to-open-source-4fl8 <blockquote> <p>Photo by Dino Reichmuth on Unsplash</p> </blockquote> <h2> I'm going to do it! 💪 </h2> <p>It's now been more than 3 years since I started my career as a javascript developer and it's been a while since I wanted to start contributing to open source. </p> <p>Why didn't I start before? Because like many I think, I was a victim of the imposter syndrome. A very good article on the subject that I found <a href="https://dev.to/lewismenelaws/the-imposter-syndrome-why-you-feel-like-a-fake-34f3">here</a>. A feeling that some people should know but nevertheless powerful. 😰</p> <p>The hacktoberfest was an opportunity for me to start (or an excuse? 🤭).Small contributions to start like on the <a href="https://github.com/frinyvonnick">Yvonnick Frin</a> repository on <a href="https://github.com/frinyvonnick/gitmoji-changelog">gitmoji-changelog</a> where I did for example: </p> <p>a PR on the addition of .editorconfig file</p> <div class="ltag_github-liquid-tag"> <h1> <a href="https://github.com/frinyvonnick/gitmoji-changelog/pull/124"> <img class="github-logo" alt="GitHub logo" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--A9-wwsHG--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev.to/assets/github-logo-5a155e1f9a670af7944dd5e12375bc76ed542ea80224905ecaf878b9157cdefc.svg"> <span class="issue-title"> #112 ✨ add editor config </span> <span class="issue-number">#124</span> </a> </h1> <div class="github-thread"> <div class="timeline-comment-header"> <a href="https://github.com/quentinncl"> <img class="github-liquid-tag-img" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--8R-6WEgP--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/12430277%3Fv%3D4" alt="quentinncl avatar"> </a> <div class="timeline-comment-header-text"> <strong> <a href="https://github.com/quentinncl">quentinncl</a> </strong> posted on <a href="https://github.com/frinyvonnick/gitmoji-changelog/pull/124"><time>Sep 28, 2019</time></a> </div> </div> <div class="ltag-github-body"> </div> <div class="gh-btn-container"><a class="gh-btn" href="https://github.com/frinyvonnick/gitmoji-changelog/pull/124">View on GitHub</a></div> </div> </div> <p>a PR on updating the README file to include instructions for use with npx.</p> <div class="ltag_github-liquid-tag"> <h1> <a href="https://github.com/frinyvonnick/gitmoji-changelog/pull/123"> <img class="github-logo" alt="GitHub logo" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--A9-wwsHG--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev.to/assets/github-logo-5a155e1f9a670af7944dd5e12375bc76ed542ea80224905ecaf878b9157cdefc.svg"> <span class="issue-title"> #110 ✨ Add npx instruction on README </span> <span class="issue-number">#123</span> </a> </h1> <div class="github-thread"> <div class="timeline-comment-header"> <a href="https://github.com/quentinncl"> <img class="github-liquid-tag-img" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--8R-6WEgP--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/12430277%3Fv%3D4" alt="quentinncl avatar"> </a> <div class="timeline-comment-header-text"> <strong> <a href="https://github.com/quentinncl">quentinncl</a> </strong> posted on <a href="https://github.com/frinyvonnick/gitmoji-changelog/pull/123"><time>Sep 28, 2019</time></a> </div> </div> <div class="ltag-github-body"> <p>I tried to use npx and it works ! 🎉</p> <p>I've just updated the README with instructions</p> </div> <div class="gh-btn-container"><a class="gh-btn" href="https://github.com/frinyvonnick/gitmoji-changelog/pull/123">View on GitHub</a></div> </div> </div> <p>thank you for validating them 🙏 </p> <p>And that's not all, on the <a href="https://github.com/carloscuesta">carloscueta</a> repository where I proposed 2 PRs on adding gitmoji. </p> <p>addition of the emoji 💂</p> <div class="ltag_github-liquid-tag"> <h1> <a href="https://github.com/carloscuesta/gitmoji/pull/339"> <img class="github-logo" alt="GitHub logo" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--A9-wwsHG--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev.to/assets/github-logo-5a155e1f9a670af7944dd5e12375bc76ed542ea80224905ecaf878b9157cdefc.svg"> <span class="issue-title"> Add emoji guard </span> <span class="issue-number">#339</span> </a> </h1> <div class="github-thread"> <div class="timeline-comment-header"> <a href="https://github.com/quentinncl"> <img class="github-liquid-tag-img" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--8R-6WEgP--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/12430277%3Fv%3D4" alt="quentinncl avatar"> </a> <div class="timeline-comment-header-text"> <strong> <a href="https://github.com/quentinncl">quentinncl</a> </strong> posted on <a href="https://github.com/carloscuesta/gitmoji/pull/339"><time>Oct 01, 2019</time></a> </div> </div> <div class="ltag-github-body"> <h2> <span class="octicon octicon-link"></span>Description</h2> <p>Add 💂‍♂️ for adding PR and issue templates (#321)</p> <h2> <span class="octicon octicon-link"></span>Tests</h2> <ul> <li>[x] All tests passed.</li> </ul> </div> <div class="gh-btn-container"><a class="gh-btn" href="https://github.com/carloscuesta/gitmoji/pull/339">View on GitHub</a></div> </div> </div> <p>addition of the emoji 💫</p> <div class="ltag_github-liquid-tag"> <h1> <a href="https://github.com/carloscuesta/gitmoji/pull/340"> <img class="github-logo" alt="GitHub logo" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--A9-wwsHG--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev.to/assets/github-logo-5a155e1f9a670af7944dd5e12375bc76ed542ea80224905ecaf878b9157cdefc.svg"> <span class="issue-title"> ✨ add dizzy emoji </span> <span class="issue-number">#340</span> </a> </h1> <div class="github-thread"> <div class="timeline-comment-header"> <a href="https://github.com/quentinncl"> <img class="github-liquid-tag-img" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--8R-6WEgP--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/12430277%3Fv%3D4" alt="quentinncl avatar"> </a> <div class="timeline-comment-header-text"> <strong> <a href="https://github.com/quentinncl">quentinncl</a> </strong> posted on <a href="https://github.com/carloscuesta/gitmoji/pull/340"><time>Oct 01, 2019</time></a> </div> </div> <div class="ltag-github-body"> <h2> <span class="octicon octicon-link"></span>Description</h2> <p>Add 💫 for animation (#309 )</p> <h2> <span class="octicon octicon-link"></span>Tests</h2> <ul> <li>[x] All tests passed.</li> </ul> </div> <div class="gh-btn-container"><a class="gh-btn" href="https://github.com/carloscuesta/gitmoji/pull/340">View on GitHub</a></div> </div> </div> <p>which are still awaiting validation.</p> <p>That being said, contributing, seeing your work validated and integrated into different products, gives you a sense of pride 🤩 A sense of belonging to a caring community with which I know I will continue to learn a lot. It pushes me to go further in side-project (which I would put in public on Github of course) and to continue to contribute and to be able to bring my paw!</p> <p>This hacktoberfest is only the beginning of the journey!🥳</p> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--VkF1ltCm--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/4cb40kd3qkqnjnedzg4q.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--VkF1ltCm--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/4cb40kd3qkqnjnedzg4q.png" alt="hackatoberfest successful" width="800" height="367"></a></p> hacktoberfest opensource github javascript