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Hacktoberfest: An Introduction To Open Source Contributions

Hacktoberfest: An Introduction To Open Source Contributions

Introduction

Hacktoberfest is a month-long celebration of open source software, run by DigitalOcean and open to everyone in our global community. To participate, you’ll need to submit four quality pull requests to public GitHub repositories in the month of October.

In this series, we’ll share information about Hacktoberfest and open source contributions, to help you participate in your first Hacktoberfest event.

Tutorials in series

Tutorial

Hacktoberfest Contributor's Guide: How To Find and Contribute to Open-Source Projects

  • September 17, 2020
  • 5 min read

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Tutorial

Hacktoberfest: How to Submit Your First Pull Request on GitHub

  • September 18, 2020
  • 7 min read

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Tutorial

Hacktoberfest Workshop Kit: How to Submit Your First Pull Request on GitHub

  • September 10, 2020
  • 3 min read

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