DEV Community: Sonal Jain The latest articles on DEV Community by Sonal Jain (@sonaljain067). https://dev.to/sonaljain067 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%2F610619%2F66897f3e-b24b-4e61-b57c-1ef8bf0a7ed5.png DEV Community: Sonal Jain https://dev.to/sonaljain067 en My First PR got merged!! Sonal Jain Fri, 16 Apr 2021 13:25:28 +0000 https://dev.to/sonaljain067/my-first-pr-got-merged-3k37 https://dev.to/sonaljain067/my-first-pr-got-merged-3k37 <p>I always want to work and contribute👩‍💻️ to large codebases but feared the complexity of code and also lack of knowledge dragged me backward from contributing to Open Source. But one day, I got an opportunity to attend a session with <strong>GitHub star⭐️ of the Year</strong> which my community has organized. After attending the session, I got the great inspiration to start with my Open Source journey by contributing to the community🚀️ and forgot about my level of knowledge/experience.</p> <p>And then the magic✨️ happens, got my first issue and after working for 2 days my first pull request got merged. The issue was not difficult but I feel proud to be a contributor to the community.</p> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--e3t9nGWY--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/q72yzis7e5nfv9f5uzh5.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--e3t9nGWY--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/q72yzis7e5nfv9f5uzh5.png" alt="Alt Text"></a></p> <p><em>Major Learning</em> - </p> <ul> <li>My myth of Open Source contribution breaks off that only experts can contribute to a project. I agree with the fact that contribution does require good knowledge but one doesn't need to know all the things to get started with Open Source. </li> <li>A good mentor can amplify your growth.</li> </ul> opensource github beginners contribution