Hacktoberfest 2021

A mentorship initiative to help beginners kickstarting their open-source journey by completing Hacktoberfest'21 challenge.

Here's a home to your queries and quest for potential issues to contribute. I've compiled a handpicked list of beginner-friendly issues (& repositories) ahead of time so that you can get the ball rolling once Hacktoberfest kicks off! 🚀

If you are a beginner, I'll will guide you on getting started with open source and completing your Hacktoberfest challenge. You can begin by introducing yourself in your branch description. If you happen to be experienced in this field, I would be more than grateful to onboard you as a mentor.

Your First PR

All you need to know is a programming language! Voila, you're just a step away from opening your first pull request!

Here's the issue: Add More Programs

Contributing

• Feel free to raise a PR to add beginner-friendly issues (& repos).
  • Kindly follow this format to raise the PR.

Need help

Are you a beginner looking for help in kickstarting your open-source journey? Start a discussion here.

• Additionally, you can reach out to me to get 1:1 help to resolve your queries.

As a mentor, I will:

🙏 resolve beginner's doubts

👍 share beginner-friendly issues (& repositories).

💬 engage with other community members.

🤝 welcome and help others to finish the Hacktoberfest challenge.

What is Hacktoberfest?

Hacktoberfest, in its 8th year, is a month-long celebration of open source software run by DigitalOcean. During the month of October, we invite you to join open-source software enthusiasts, beginners, and the developer community by contributing to open-source projects. You can do this in a variety of ways:

How do I get started?

1. Visit the official HactoberFest website here
2. Click on the 'Start Hacking' Button.
3. Login using your Github/ Gitlab account. It is crucial that you have a Github or Gitlab account to take part in Hactoberfest.
4. And you're all set!

What do I do next?

1. Logging in through your Github/Gitlab account allows Hacktoberfest to track your progress. You are required to:
2. Make 4 succesful PRs in to a HactoberFest marked repository or need to have 'hacktoberfest-accepted' label to your PR.
3. Pull Requests made between October 1st and October 31st (both dates included) will be counted.

How to contribute to this project?

1. Choose language.
2. Select problem which you want to solve.
3. Fork this repository (Click the Fork button in the top right of this page, click your Profile Image).
4. Clone your fork down to your local machine.

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/hacktoberfest.git
   

5. Create a branch.

   git checkout -b branch-name
   

6. Make your changes (choose from any task below).
7. Commit and push.

   git add --all
   git commit -m "Add *your feature*"
   git push origin branch-name
   

8. Create a new pull request from your forked repository (Click the New Pull Request button located at the top of your repo).
9. Wait for your PR review and merge approval!

if (isAwesome) {
    // thanks in advance :p
    starThisRepository();
}