Open source day

This is an important day for us in the bootcamp. As developers we use a lot of tools, libraries, and even our operating system that have been built by other developers. Not only have these been provided to us for free but with the ability to change them to suit our specific needs. As users and consumers of open source software who are capable of contributing back, it's important we do. It's also extremely gratifying to know you're adding value to other developers, which has a multiplier effect on the personal impact you're making.

In addition to the ethical justification, there are significant learning objectives to contributing to open source.

• Forcing you to understand existing code bases
• Having to adhere to an existing style guide
• Understanding the bug and getting clarification on the fix
• The excitement of having your contributions accepted
• The joy of giving back

How to contribute

https://egghead.io/series/how-to-contribute-to-an-open-source-project-on-github

How to find places to help

• https://open-source.now.sh/
• #help-wanted on GitHub
• Trending in open source - GitHub's list of trending projects
• 14 Ways to Contribute to Open Source without Being a Programming Genius or a Rock Star
• Up For Grabs - curated tasks for new contributors
• The Beginner’s Guide to Contributing to Open Source Projects
• CodeMontage - community-driven projects for NPOs
• CodeTriage
• How to contribute to open source
• Contribute to open source
• Please submit a pull request if you find other good resources

Other ideas

• This could be a good repo to contribute to: https://github.com/rmurphey/js-assessment
• Think about a recent change in the community that will effect a lot of projects. For example, at the time of this edit, these just happened:
  • react-router was just updated from v3 to v4.
  • React.propTypes is no longer recommended. Now you should be using the npm prop-types package.