teacher and musician turned developer, i've had a lifelong relationship with Lisps. currently working and playing in Ruby, JS, Erlang, and several Lisps. interest in digital audio and music software
I'm excited to participate in my first #hacktoberfest, as well as join the community here at DEV! I had been a free software user for a long time before I made my first code contribution, I know all the roadblocks that can get in the way of even trying ;)
For those new to it, I recommend looking at the issue boards on GitHub for tools you use already and might know something about. I'm an Emacs user, so many of my contributions revolve around that. Its easier when you have some context for the software you're using.
Look for places in the documentation that could be fixed, try to help someone in a chat or stack overflow and see if that leads to something you can fix in code. Ask questions, find a community willing to help you help :)
I plan to make some posts throughout the month talking about the process of identifying issues I can take on in the small amounts of time I have, and (hopefully) how to work through the issue and make a meaningful contribution. A little bit goes a long way in a public good like free software, so find the little bit you can do!
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I'm excited to participate in my first #hacktoberfest, as well as join the community here at DEV! I had been a free software user for a long time before I made my first code contribution, I know all the roadblocks that can get in the way of even trying ;)
For those new to it, I recommend looking at the issue boards on GitHub for tools you use already and might know something about. I'm an Emacs user, so many of my contributions revolve around that. Its easier when you have some context for the software you're using.
Look for places in the documentation that could be fixed, try to help someone in a chat or stack overflow and see if that leads to something you can fix in code. Ask questions, find a community willing to help you help :)
I plan to make some posts throughout the month talking about the process of identifying issues I can take on in the small amounts of time I have, and (hopefully) how to work through the issue and make a meaningful contribution. A little bit goes a long way in a public good like free software, so find the little bit you can do!