Find Your Next Open Source Contribution

Contributing to open source is a great way to build your career and network, but how do you find a good issue to work on? Brian Douglas has the deets! 00:00:00 Welcome 00:00:49 Guest introduction 00:02:47 How has open source impacted our community? 00:10:23 What's open source etiqute 101? 00:20:53 Have you ever done test driven development? 00:25:21 How to find what to work on in a repo 00:28:40 Hang out in the Discord and see what questions are asked 00:36:23 How do you get started with Open Sauced? 00:53:41 Benefits of reviewing pull requests 00:57:53 Discussing your code helps you understand it better 01:15:06 How do you pick an open source project and not feel overwhelmed? 01:23:25 What are ways to find issues related to our careers? Links: - https://opensauced.pizza/ - https://hot.opensauced.pizza/ - https://github.com/open-sauced - https://www.forem.com/ - https://stars.github.com/ - https://www.partycorgi.com/ Watch future episodes live at https://twitch.tv/jlengstorf This episode was sponsored by: - Netlify (https://lwj.dev/netlify) - Nx (https://lwj.dev/nx) - Backlight (https://lwj.dev/backlight) Live transcription by White Coat Captioning (https://whitecoatcaptioning.com/) Credits: Local Elevator by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300012 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Busybody by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/ Additional sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com