❔ First open source contribution
Hi guys I am trying to do my first contribution to the OSS. I've found it quite difficult to find anything to start with, do you know any projects that can be easy for a rookie like me? I have experience working with ASP.NET and React projects, any help is welcome, cheers
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just do a search on github for issues that you think you could handle: https://github.com/search/advanced
issues that are labeled "good-first-issue" are issues that maintainers of repositories are explicitly saying they are good places for people to start contributing to the project: https://github.com/search?q=typelabel%3Agood-first-issue+language%3AC%23+&type=issues&ref=advsearch
that being said
there's not too many maintained OSS projects that are "easy"
the projects that have incentive to BECOME OSS are the ones that are not trivial for people to implement themselves, and popular enough for there to be a community need
any OSS project you dive into is probably going to feel very foreign to you
don't overthink it
pick something that interests you and look for those "Good First Issue" tags, and just go for it
lean on the maintainers, or us, for help, where you need it, and be active in communication on their github page
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